Compuware taps Gomez for performance management (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Compuware this week began offering Gomez adVantage, a solution for optimizing application performance that combines the company's Vantage monitoring software with Web site performance measurement technology acquired from Gomez.
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Microsoft fiscal 2Q earns up 60 pct on PC rebound (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its earnings in the most recent quarter jumped 60 percent, as a rebound in the personal computer industry drove sales of the company's latest Windows operating system.
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Microsoft net profit hits record $6.66 bln (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft said Thursday that second-quarter net profit hit a record 6.66 billion dollars on unprecedented revenue driven by demand for the new Windows 7 operating system.
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Cyber spies and thugs attacking power-water plants (AFP)
AFP - Power plants, oil refineries and water supplies increasingly dependent on the Internet are under relentless attack by cyber spies and thugs, according to a McAfee report.
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China, US, Russia in cyber arms race: net security chief (AFP)
AFP - China, the United States and Russia are among 20 countries locked in a cyberspace arms race and gearing up for possible Internet hostilities, according to the head of web security firm McAfee.
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On the Call: Microsoft's new CFO Peter Klein (AP)
AP - In November, Microsoft Corp. announced that Chris Liddell, the chief financial officer credited with helping the sprawling software maker tighten its belt, would leave the company.
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Oracle claims firm stole its intellectual property (Reuters)
Reuters - Oracle Corp has filed a suit against a little known rival that provides low-cost software maintenance services, in a case similar to one that Oracle is fighting against rival SAP AG.
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Want Root on Your Palm Pre? Enter the Konami Code (PC World)
PC World - Ever wonder what sort of jobs hardcore NES players get in adulthood? We've seen the Konami code show up on a variety of websites and games to unlock everything from secret pages to unicorn mode on ESPN.com; clearly, life follows video games. Not limiting themselves to cute Easter eggs on prominent sports sites, a few NES geeks wound up developing the software behind the Palm Pre and used their gaming experience to reveal the inner workings of the device's firmware.
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Microsoft profit beats on strong Windows 7 sales (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp posted a bigger-than-expected 60 percent jump in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Windows 7, and said it expected business technology spending to recover this year.
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Critical Infrastructure under Siege from Cyber Attacks (PC World)
PC World - A new report from McAfee--In the Crossfire: Critical Infrastructure in the Age of Cyber War--suggests that the use of cyber-attacks as a strategic weapon by governments and political organizations is on the rise. The survey follows closely on the heels of the attacks on Google and a number of other companies, which Google has declared were initiated by the government of China itself.
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Scammers Hop on iPad Bandwagon (PC World)
PC World - iPad search results may contain poisoned links that lead to rogue antivirus software, as fraudsters unleash a favorite malware-pushing tactic.
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Symantec shares fall as 4Q outlook disappoints (AP)
AP - Symantec Corp. shares fell Thursday after the security software company's fiscal fourth quarter outlook disappointed investors.
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Key infrastructure often cyberattack target: survey (Reuters)
Reuters - Every second critical infrastructure supplier has been a target of a cyberattack, a survey of security software firm McAfee showed on Thursday.
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Motorola smartphone sales beat Street but shares fall (Reuters)
Reuters - Motorola Inc's quarterly profit was slightly ahead of expectations and its smartphones sold better than expected in its first quarter selling phones running Google Inc's Android software.
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Apple's iPad Ready to Challenge the Kindle (PC World)
PC World - Not only will the Apple iPad compete with the Amazon Kindle as an e-reader, but because Apple's new tablet will run iPhone apps, it will compete with Kindle's software, too. People who buy the iPad can choose to use Apple's new iBooks app and bookstore, or they could opt to run Kindle's iPhone app on the device instead.
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Nintendo Q3 profit down 23 pct (Reuters)
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd posted a 23 percent fall in quarterly profit as software sales for its DS handheld game player slowed and it cut the price of its Wii console, keeping its forecast for the first annual profit decline in four years.
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Nintendo Profits Down Despite Robust Holiday Sales (PC World)
PC World - Nintendo enjoyed robust sales during the year-end holiday season thanks to a handful of hit titles for its Wii and DS devices, the company said Thursday. The popularity of games like the latest Super Mario Bros title gave software sales a boost, particularly in Japan, but that wasn't enough to make up for poor performance earlier in 2009.
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Adobe: We Want Flash Developers on the IPad (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems reached out to Flash developers in the wake of Apple's iPad announcement, saying it plans to add support for the iPad's higher screen resolution to its upcoming Packager for iPhone development tool.
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Oracle Seeks Fast Profit From Sun (PC World)
PC World - Oracle on Wednesday tried to answer the question that has vexed much of the technology industry since it announced its acquisition of Sun Microsystems last April: How will Oracle make the ailing systems and software vendor a profitable part of its business?
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BMC Software posts 3Q earnings jump, ups outlook (AP)
AP - BMC Software Inc. said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter earnings jumped 32 percent, fueled in part by increases in the business software maker's licensing and maintenance revenue.
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