Wednesday, July 28, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 28/07/2010



Yahoo Changing Its Model for Building Media Products (PC World)
PC World - Yahoo is building a centralized software infrastructure across all its media products, to make development and global updates more efficient, an executive said on Saturday.
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Telecom software groups merge in app store battle (Reuters)
Reuters - Two telecom operator-backed software groups are merging to counter increasing competition from new rivals Google and Apple for mobile phone applications.
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SAP Reports Revenue up 12 Percent, Earnings up 15 Percent (PC World)
PC World - SAP reported a 15 percent year-on-year rise in earnings for the second quarter, on revenue up 12 percent. It forecast that underlying revenue growth in its core business of software and software-related services will accelerate following completion of its acquisition of Sybase.
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Federal ruling allows iPhone users to alter software (Reuters)
An Apple keyboard with mouse pictured in 2005. Apple on Tuesday unveiled the Reuters - The U.S. copyright office issued exemptions to a copyright law, giving legal protection for people who unlock their smartphones like Apple Inc's iPhone.


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SAP's 2nd-quarter profit up 15 percent (AP)
AP - Business software maker SAP AG said Tuesday that growth in the United States and emerging markets helped it to a 15 percent increase in second-quarter net earnings.
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Google in bid for government software business (AFP)
The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google made a pitch for more government software business, unveiling a new suite of Internet-hosted calendar, email and other products that meets official US security requirements.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Google made a pitch for more government software business, unveiling a new suite of Internet-hosted calendar, email and other products that meets official US security requirements.


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SuccessFactors widens 2Q loss as expenses rise (AP)
AP - Business software maker SuccessFactors Inc. said Monday its loss in the second quarter widened, hurt by stock options expenses and higher operating expenses.
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Citigroup fixing iPhone banking security flaw (AFP)
Banking colossus Citigroup on Monday released an update to stop its iPhone mobile banking software from secretly squirreling away basic account and transaction data.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - Banking colossus Citigroup on Monday released an update to stop its iPhone mobile banking software from secretly squirreling away basic account and transaction data.


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AT&T Rolls Out Second Wi-Fi Supplement To 3G (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - AT&T launched a new hot-zone pilot Monday in downtown Charlotte, N.C., to provide supplemental Wi-Fi coverage for smartphone subscribers in an area that consistently experiences high 3G traffic and mobile data use. The wireless carrier also told media outlets that it will be introducing a software patch over the next three weeks to improve the performance of an Alcatel-Lucent app that has been slowing mobile-device data speeds for less than two percent of its wireless customers.
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Why Ubuntu Linux Is a Good Business Choice (PC World)
PC World - Chances are good that if someone walked into your office right now and peeked over your shoulder, they would see a Windows operating system on your computer. But, did you know that you have a choice of something other than Windows for that computer on your desk, and that you have the same choice for the servers in your data center?
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China Security 2Q net income more than doubles (AP)
AP - China Security & Surveillance Technology Inc., which makes electronic surveillance products and software, said Monday its second-quarter net income more than doubled as government spending on its services continued.
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Siemens provides additional technology to Chrysler (AP)
AP - Siemens AG's automation software division said Monday it has agreed to provide technology for product design and development to Chrysler Group LLC.
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Google unveils government version of software (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc released a special version of its Web-based productivity software designed to meet stringent U.S. government security requirements, as the Internet search giant seeks to outmaneuver rivals in the race to provide federal and state agencies with new technology.
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Summary Box: Gov't allows unapproved iPhone apps (AP)
AP - THE NEW IPHONE RULE: Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run software applications that haven't been approved by Apple Inc. — a practice known as "jailbreaking."
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Citi iPhone app stored user data, software fixed (Reuters)
Reuters - Citigroup Inc's mobile banking software for Apple Inc's iPhone improperly stored some users' sensitive data in hidden files on the popular devices, but the bank said it has fixed the glitch.
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New gov't rules allow unapproved iPhone apps (AP)
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs holds the iPhone 4 during the keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco in June, 2010. Apple said its latest generation iPhone will become available starting Friday in more than a dozen additional countries.(AFP/File/Ryan Anson)AP - Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run software applications that haven't been approved by Apple Inc., according to new government rules announced Monday.


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AT&T Now Patching Flaw That Slowed IPhone 4 (PC World)
PC World - AT&T is patching software in its network to fix a bug that kept iPhone 4 users from getting the full upstream speed on their handsets.
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AT&T to fix glitch affecting iPhone speeds (Reuters)
A customer displays an iPhone 4 purchased at the Apple Store 5th Avenue in New York June 24, 2010. REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - AT&T Inc plans in the next two to three weeks to gradually fix a software defect that cut speeds for customers sending data from the Apple Inc iPhone 4 and from laptop modems.


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IDC: SaaS Momentum Skyrocketing (PC World)
PC World - Interest in the SaaS (software as a service) delivery model is growing to the point that by 2012, almost 85 percent of new vendors will be focused on SaaS services, according to new research from analyst firm IDC.
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Jailbreaking officially granted DMCA exemption (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - If you jailbreak your iPhone to add third-party software, you can do so with the comfort of knowing you aren't violating copyright laws, after a federal ruling came down on Monday.
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