Microsoft patches "critical" crack in Windows (AFP)
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Cisco Settles Antitrust Suit Over Software Updates (PC World)
PC World - Cisco Systems has settled a 2008 lawsuit in which independent network maintenance company Multiven charged that Cisco forced customers to buy its SMARTnet service plan in order to get bug fixes and software updates.
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Google phones gaining ground in US smartphone market (AFP)
AFP - Smartphones running on Google-backed Android software are gaining ground in a hot US market, according to figures released Monday by industry-tracker Nielsen Company.Read More ...
RIM's 'BlackPad' Tablet: Why It'll Succeed, Why It Won't (PC World)
PC World - Despite growing competition from Apple's iPhone and Google's Android platforms, Research In Motion (RIM) reigns supreme in the U.S. smartphone market. Its market share tops 40 percent, and it's shipped more than 100 million BlackBerry devices. RIM's new BlackBerry 6 operating system and rumored Bold 9800 handset will likely debut on Tuesday at a media even in New York City. And the company's a major player internationally too.
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Apple posts Digital Camera Raw Compatibility 3.3 update (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Apple has posted yet another Digital Camera Raw Compatibility software update as it continues to increase its support for the RAW format in Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’09.
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Windows 7 Tops Vista, But Windows XP Still Dominates (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The percentage of Windows 7 users worldwide exceeded the share held by Windows Vista for the first time last month, according to Net Applications. Despite Microsoft's withdrawal of active support, however, the web metrics firm's latest data demonstrates that Windows XP continues to be the OS of choice for the majority of PC users worldwide.
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Microsoft to sell Office for Mac 2011 in October (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Monday it will start selling the next version of its Office programs for Apple Inc.'s Macintosh computers at the end of October.
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IBM closes Coremetrics acquisition (AP)
AP - IBM Corp. said Monday it has closed its acquisition of Coremetrics, a San Mateo, Calif., provider of Web analytics software that helps customers develop marketing campaigns.
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Lower-Priced Office for Mac 2011 Will Ship in October (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft on Monday announced the release date for the next version of Office for Mac. The software giant will make its productivity software suite available to Mac users by the end of October.
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Microsoft Rushes Unscheduled Patch for Shortcut Flaw (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft is issuing an out-of-band patch today to address rising attacks against the Windows shortcut vulnerability discovered last month. The update comes just over a week ahead of the regularly scheduled Patch Tuesday for the month of August, but leaves Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2 systems to fend for themselves.
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Microsoft's Office for Apple computers due in October (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Monday that it would release the updated version of its lucrative Office software package for Apple Inc computers in late October, with a starting price of $119.Read More ...
SolarWinds to buy back up to $25 million in shares (AP)
AP - Business software maker SolarWinds Inc. said Monday its board has authorized buying up as much as $25 million worth of its own stock.
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Microsoft sets pricing, October release for Office 2011 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - When it arrives on retail shelves later this year, the next version of Microsoft Office for the Mac will cost between 20 percent to 50 percent less than Office 2008, according to pricing announced by Microsoft Monday.
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Hackers Update iPhone Jailbreak App (PC World)
PC World - The latest version of software that allows iPhone owners to install applications not approved by Apple has been released just days after the practice was declared legal under U.S. copyright law.
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Report: Windows 7 Passes Vista in Market Share (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The second straight month of Internet Explorer market share gains wasn't the only good news for Microsoft to come out of July's Netmarketshare report. According to numbers from the traffic analytics organization, Windows 7 now constitutes a larger slice of the total operating system market share than its predecessor Vista, for the first time.
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Microsoft Announces Cheaper Office for Mac, Ship Date (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On Monday, Microsoft announced that the next version of the Apple Mac OS version of its leading productivity software suite, Microsoft Office 2011, would be available by the end of October. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant also announced that pricing for the suite would be more in line with the Windows versions.
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NTT DOCOMO Plans to Buy PacketVideo (PC World)
PC World - NTT DOCOMO plans to acquire PacketVideo Corporation, a company that develops multimedia software for mobile phones, the Japanese mobile operator said on Monday.
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Uniloc Sues McAfee, Sony, Others for Patent Infringement (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Uniloc has filed a patent infringement suit against five companies, including Sony, Activision Blizzard, Aspyr Media, McAfee, and Quark.
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Japan's NTT DoCoMo to buy US video software firm (AFP)
AFP - Japanese mobile phone giant NTT DoCoMo said Monday it was spending 111.6 million dollars to take over a US video software firm and beef up its multimedia services.Read More ...
Smooth-talking hackers test hi-tech titans' skills (AFP)
AFP - Hackers at an infamous DefCon gathering are proving that old-fashioned smooth talk rivals slick software skills when it comes to pulling off attacks on computer networks.Read More ...
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