Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Should Rule Business Smartphones (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft shook things up this week with some high-profile departures, and a reorganization of the Entertainment and Devices division that has CEO Steve Ballmer directly controlling the future of Microsoft's consumer technologies. When it comes to smartphones, Windows Phone 7 should arguably be the de facto platform for business professionals, but Microsoft may be delivering too little, too late.
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Fitch raises Oracle outlook to 'positive' (AP)
AP - Fitch Ratings on Friday raised Oracle Corp.'s rating outlook as the business software giant continues to rake in cash from operations.
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ThoughtWorks gives agile IT an online forum (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - ThoughtWorks unveiled this week an online community focused on exchange of ideas and best practices related to agile software development.
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FontAgent Pro adds font auto-activation for CS5 apps (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Now that Adobe has released the new version of its Creative Suite, software programs that work with it are also being upgraded to ensure compatibility. One of the first out the gate is FontAgent Pro.
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Big-Gun Studios Back Adobe's Flash Fight with Apple (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - If this were a gunfight scene in a western, just as Apple and Adobe Systems exchanged shots over whether Flash should be on the iPad, two big guys have come to Adobe's aid. Back in the real world, Time Warner and NBC Universal have reportedly told Apple they have no intention of mass re-encoding their movie and TV libraries from Flash video into a format that supports HTML5.
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Steve Jobs steers Apple to the top (AFP)
AFP - Apple, maker of the Macintosh computer, the iPod, iPhone and iPad, surpassed US software giant Microsoft this week in terms of market value and now trails only Exxon Mobil and PetroChina in market capitalization.
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Adobe Considers More Frequent Patch Schedule (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems is considering patching its applications more frequently after moving to a quarterly patching schedule for its Acrobat and Reader programs last year.
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SubRosaSoft releases CopyCatX 5.0 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Your excuses for not backing up have just been reduced yet again. On Thursday, SubRosaSoft released CopyCat 5.0, a major upgrade to its drive duplication and backup software.
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Update: Google Android UI to Still Be OEM-Configurable (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Matias Duarte, who led Palm's webOS UI design, has left Palm and joined Google as its User Experience Director for the Android operating system.
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China's OPhone to Find Its Way to US as Android+ (PC World)
PC World - Beijing software company Borqs is the little-known company behind China Mobile's Google Android-based OPhone operating system. It may soon find fame in the U.S. if its software finds its way into the hands of U.S. users of Dell's Aero smartphone on the AT&T Wireless network.
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What desktop virtualization really means (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Desktop virtualization harks back to the good old mainframe days of centralized computing while upholding the fine desktop tradition of user empowerment. Each user retains his or her own instance of desktop operating system and applications, but that stack runs in a virtual machine on a server -- which users can access through a low-cost thin client similar to an old-fashioned terminal.
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Opera browser user growth boosted by iPhone access (Reuters)
Reuters - Opera Software said its Internet browser for Apple's iPhone was downloaded more than 2.6 million times in April after the Norwegian company got access to iPhone as the first rival browser.
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QAD fiscal 1Q loss narrows (AP)
AP - Business software maker QAD Inc. said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed, despite a drop in revenue, as expenses dipped.
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SeaChange profit surges on software gains (AP)
AP - SeaChange International Inc. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit surged on higher sales of software for video-on-demand television services.
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Alleged $100M Scareware Sellers Facing Charges (PC World)
PC World - Three men are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly raking in more than US$100 million while running an illegal "scareware" business that tricked victims into installing bogus software.
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Magma Design posts smaller 4Q loss (AP)
AP - Magma Design Automation Inc., a provider of chip design software, posted a smaller net loss for its fiscal fourth quarter Thursday, with revenue and adjusted earnings above Wall Street's expectations thanks to strong performance in its main product groups.
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Novell posts higher 2Q profit but revenue slides (AP)
AP - Networking software maker Novell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit climbed, helped by lower operating costs even as revenue declined.
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Blue Coat Systems posts profit in 4Q (AP)
AP - Security hardware and software maker Blue Coat Systems Inc. on Thursday posted a profit for the fiscal fourth-quarter, lifted by higher sales as companies resumed spending on technology after a lull during the recession.
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PangeaVR HD gives iPads a panoramic view (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Pangea Software has released PangeaVR HD, an app that lets you interactively view full-screen 360-degree panoramas on the iPad. It follows in the footsteps of Pangea VR, first released on the iPhone in 2008. This iPad version, however, delivers a completely redesigned to support high-resolution panoramas up to 4028x1024 in size.
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Nokia and Opera support Adobe's Flash in Apple spat (Reuters)
Reuters - Cellphone maker Nokia and browser firm Opera Software pledged on Thursday to support Adobe Systems' Flash software in its bitter row with Apple.
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Microsoft is good but apple Mac has taken the world technology to a different level.
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