Thursday, January 28, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 28/01/2010



China says no limits on use of Google's Android (AP)

In this photo taken on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, workers clean and repair broken part of a marble tablet bearing Google's logo in front of Google China's headquarters building in Beijing. Google's Android operating system should face no limits on its use by China's phone companies so long as it complies with Chinese regulations, the government said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China tried Wednesday to assure mobile phone companies using Google's Android operating system that they won't be hurt by a dispute over Web censorship, saying the technology will be allowed if it complies with regulations.



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PlayStation 3 Hack Released Online (PC World)
PC World - Days after announcing he'd managed to hack Sony's PlayStation 3 console to run his own software George Hotz has released the exploit online.
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China Says No Limits on Google's Android If It Follows Laws (PC World)
PC World - China on Wednesday said Google's Android operating system will not be blocked if it follows local regulations, after speculation that Google's threat to leave China could hurt the adoption of Android there.
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Oracle plans to hire 2,000 workers: report (Reuters)

The Oracle headquarters in Redwood Shores, California. Brussels regulators have software giant Oracle's bid for hardware and software vendor Sun Microsystems, saying the deal would not skew the market in Europe.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)Reuters - Software maker Oracle Corp , which is near to closing its $7 billion acquisition of computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc , plans to hire 2,000 sales and engineering employees, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.



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Oracle to Keep Investing in Sun's Server Lines (PC World)
PC World - Oracle on Wednesday is expected to offer assurances that it will continue to invest in all of Sun Microsystems' main server platforms, in an effort to convince Sun customers that they should stick with those products as the database giant works to reinvent itself as a systems and software company.
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Did McGraw-Hill CEO spill Apple's tablet secret? (AP)
AP - The McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc.'s CEO spoke on CNBC Tuesday and appeared to confirm speculation that Apple Inc. will indeed unveil a tablet computer running on iPhone software during a highly anticipated media event Wednesday.
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New technology gives 3-D views of arteries (AFP)

Doctors perform heart surgery. Cardiologists could soon have 3-D images of patients' coronary arteries at their fingertips and better treat heart disease thanks to a new software unveiled by researchers on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Arnaud Roux)AFP - Cardiologists could soon have 3-D images of patients' coronary arteries at their fingertips and better treat heart disease thanks to a new software unveiled by researchers on Tuesday.



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Oracle Sues Rimini Street for Intellectual Property Theft (PC World)
PC World - Oracle has filed a lawsuit against third-party maintenance provider Rimini Street and its CEO Seth Ravin, alleging the parties have been engaged in "massive theft of Oracle's software and related support materials through an illegal business model," according to documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.
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Apple Tablet, Market Confirmed on National TV (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Terry McGraw, the chief executive of McGraw-Hill, has confirmed the existence of the Apple tablet on national TV, even going so far as to reveal the operating system as well as the target market.
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Google to Push Update for Nexus One Soon (PC World)
PC World - Google hopes to be able to push out a software fix in about a week for a 3G connectivity problem that many Nexus One users have complained about.
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Novell unveils software appliance development package (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Novell on Tuesday will offer a package of tools enabling development of software appliances that bundle the application, application server, OS, and database into a single virtual machine image.
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Nexus One Update Will Fix Some 3G Woes (PC World)
PC World - A fix is coming for the 3G connectivity problems that some Google Nexus One users have been reporting since the phone's launch in early January. The search giant turned mobile maven said it will provide an over-the-air software update in the "next week or so" to address the issue.
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Ahead of the Bell: VMware shares jump (AP)
AP - Shares of VMware Inc. climbed in premarket trading Tuesday after the software maker's first-quarter results beat expectations, and it predicted a big jump in first-quarter sales.
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Adobe prices $1.5 billion in debt (AP)
AP - Adobe Systems Inc., a software company best known for its Adobe Reader and the PDF document format, said Monday it priced $1.5 billion in new notes, most of which will go to paying down its existing debt.
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VMware Revenue Lifted by Maintenance Fees (PC World)
PC World - Virtualization company VMware has reported a healthy increase in revenue for the fourth quarter, thanks largely to gains from software maintenance fees.
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AccuRev offers agile ALM suite (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - AccuRev on Tuesday is introducing a suite of tools offering application lifecycle management for development teams using agile methodologies, featuring software from AccuRev, Rally Software, and Urbancode.
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Microsoft Accidentally Posts Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft accidentally published the Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK (software developers kit) on Friday but has since pulled it, the company said.
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How to Save on Microsoft Business Software (PC World)
PC World - Many small businesses pay too much for Windows, Office, and other Microsoft products. They buy software off retail shelves or online, one-at-a-time, and miss significant discounts that are available to almost every company. If your company uses more than four Microsoft products, such as Project or Visio, there is a discount program available. You just have to know where to look.
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10 Best Bets for Apple's 'Latest Creation' Event (PC World)
PC World - We're just over 48 hours away from the grand unveiling on Wednesday when Apple will show off to the world its "latest creation." Most people are expecting Apple to introduce a tablet computer with a 7- or 10-inch touchscreen. But that's not all. Along with the expected new device, signs point to possible MacBook refreshes, software updates, and more. With that in mind, here are ten things I'd like to see at Apple's event.
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Firm Claims Proof of 50 Apple Test Tablets (PC World)
PC World - Web analytic firm Flurry claims it has proof an Apple tablet is in the works. Based on Internet traffic analysis from third-party software developers, Flurry says Apple's Cupertino campus has been testing hundreds of mobile of apps on what it believes are 50 prototype Apple tablets.
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