Saturday, August 28, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 28/08/2010



Mozilla unveils alpha browser for Android
Mozilla today released an alpha version of its mobile browser for smartphones running Google's Android operating system.
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Gmail users make 1M calls in 24 hours
Google announced on Twitter that more than 1 million calls had been placed via Gmail in a 24-hour period.
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Purdue builds app that slows servers when cooling fails
An administrator from Purdue University has developed software that can slow servers when the AC goes out
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Froyo update ready for HTC Droid Incredible
HTC Droid Incredible users can now get Froyo, the Android 2.2 software update that provides Flash media player and 3G hot spot capabilities.
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Update: HP ups 3PAR bid to $2B, tops Dell's latest offer
The pitched battle for 3Par hit a new level today as Hewlett-Packard this morning bid $30 a share, or $2 billion, for the storage vendor just hours after Dell had raised its bid to $27 a share.
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Older Software in Windows 7
Bill Hullender wants to upgrade to Windows 7. He asked the Answer Line forum if his XP software will still work.
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The Two Most Meaningful CRM Reports
CRM systems are where the richest data about customer relationships is supposed to live, and most CRM systems provide a report-writing system as well as dozens of canned reports. As I wrote last week, reports immediately expose data quality problems and some of them can provide dangerous misinformation.
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Intel lowers Q3 revenue forecast
Intel lowered its revenue forecast for the fiscal third quarter of 2010 Friday, citing lower-than-expected demand for consumer PCs in mature markets.
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uTorrent patches application against DLL vulnerability
The developers of the uTorrent file-sharing application have released an updated version that fixes a problem that could allow an attacker to load malicious code onto a user's computer.
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