Thursday, March 25, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 25/03/2010



Ahead of the Bell: Analyst downgrades NICE (AP)
AP - A Morgan Keegan analyst downgraded shares of Israeli data recording products maker NICE Systems Ltd. on Wednesday, saying the company's largest customer plans to develop its own software instead of relying on NICE's.
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Ahead of the Bell: Adobe up after 1Q surprise (AP)
AP - Shares of Adobe Systems rose in premarket trading Wednesday following the release this week of better-than-expected first-quarter results and a solid outlook for this quarter.
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Samsung unveils new Galaxy S Android phone (Reuters)
Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's second-biggest mobile phone maker, on Tuesday unveiled a new smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S, which is based on Google Inc's Android software.
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On Your Side: A Promised Software Disc Fails to Arrive (PC World)
PC World - I purchased G Data Internet Security 2010 from Ultimate Internet Security's Website.
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On the Call: Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen (AP)
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. posted solid results for its fiscal first quarter, boosted by higher revenue amid a stabilizing economy. Its revenue and adjusted earnings beat Wall Street's expectations.
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Summary Box: Adobe posts lower 1Q profit (AP)
AP - THE FIRST QUARTER: Higher expenses pushed Adobe's net income lower from the year before, but revenue increased 9 percent and overall results breezed past Wall Street's estimates.
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Adobe posts lower 1Q profit, exceeds expectations (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2009 file photo, Adobe Systems Inc.  headquarters in San Jose, Calif., is seen. Adobe Sytems, Inc. will  report quarterly earnings after the market close Tuesday, March 23,  2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday that fiscal first-quarter earnings declined on higher expenses, but sales climbed as demand for its design and publishing software improved with the stabilizing economy.



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Opera Submits Browser for iPhone To Apple's App Store (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Opera Software submitted a mobile web browser for the iPhone to Apple's App Store on Tuesday. Called Opera Mini for iPhone, the application was first demonstrated at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona last month.
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Adobe earnings, revenue beat forecasts (Reuters)
Reuters - Design software maker Adobe Systems Inc reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that exceeded Wall Street projections and forecast that second-quarter revenue would beat analysts' expectations as it launches new products.
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Opera Challenges Apple in its Own App Store (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Opera Software has officially submitted its Opera Mini browser to Apple's App Store, in what could become an interesting showdown on the state of alternative iPhone Web browsers.
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Opera applies for its browser to get iPhone access (Reuters)
Reuters - Opera Software said it would apply on Tuesday for its mobile browser to be distributed on Apple's iPhone, seeking to crack a new and potentially lucrative market closely guarded by Apple.
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Demo's cool software: There's no iPhone app for that (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Apple's stubborn refusal to open the iPhone/iPad platform is catching up with it.
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Internet Explorer Loses Share in European Markets (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft's delivery of a browser choice screen to European PC users this month is already beginning to have an effect on the software giant's market share within the European Union. For example, the latest statistics from StatCounter suggest that the new browser ballot is driving Internet Explorer share declines in France, the United Kingdom, Italy and elsewhere.
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Microsoft Pushes Benefits of Desktop Virtualization (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is stepping up its commitment to desktop virtualization. Late last week, the software giant announced new virtualization technologies, a simplified licensing structure, and an expanded alliance with Citrix Systems.
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CSG Systems to buy back $120M of senior debt (AP)
AP - CSG Systems International Inc., which provides software and services that manage customer service for cable and satellite TV companies, said Monday it has agreed to spend about $125 million to buy back about $120 million in outstanding senior debt in an effort to reduce interest payments.
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DEMO Kicks Off With Focus on Mobile Apps (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - This year's DEMO conference has a new executive producer and a somewhat smaller group of new companies, but it still looks to have some interesting new software.
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5 Things That Could Save Palm (PC World)
PC World - As Palm had previously warned, its sales figures released last week were not as high as the company had hoped. Palm's sales figures have declined by 29 percent compared to the same time last year, despite producing WebOS, a new and well-received operating system, and two new WebOS devices, the Palm Pre and Pixi.
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Xerox Researches Technologies for Emerging Markets in India (PC World)
PC World - Small print shops in India and other emerging markets often cannot afford to buy the software required for print and design services. Xerox researchers in Chennai in southern India are investigating the option of delivering the software to these businesses as a low-cost document service through a cloud computing model.
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Earnings Preview: Adobe Systems (AP)
AP - Software maker Adobe Systems Inc. reports its fiscal first-quarter results on Tuesday after the market closes.
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Microsoft's browser loses market share in Europe (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft's Internet Explorer has lost market share in major European markets, such as France, Britain and Italy, after the U.S. software firm started to make it easier for European consumers to use competing browsers.
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