'E-Mail Successor' Google Wave Will Be Dropped (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - So much for Google Wave. What was positioned as web-based software that could transform Internet communications is officially dead. Yes, Google has pulled the plug on Google Wave.
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Apple promises update to patch PDF exploit (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Apple has already identified the iPhone security exploit used by the Web-based jailbreak procedure released earlier this week and, according to a statement the company provided to CNet, the company has a software fix ready to go.
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Elcomsoft Releases IPhone 4 Password Cracker (PC World)
PC World - Russian password-cracking company Elcomsoft has released new software that can in some instances figure out the password used to encrypt backed-up iPhone data.
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Google Android gains pace, social Web a focus: CEO (Reuters)
Reuters - About 200,000 smartphones and other devices based on Google's Android operating system are sold every day, CEO Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, underscoring the strong challenge to rivals like Apple's iPhone.
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Acer Debuts New Dual Android, Windows XP Netbook (PC World)
PC World - Acer's latest crack at combining Google's Android mobile software and Microsoft's Windows XP OS in the same netbook was unveiled at a computer show in Taipei on Thursday.
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Microsoft and Salesforce end patent duel (AFP)
AFP - Packaged software giant Microsoft has announced it has settled a patent duel with cloud computing firm Salesforce.com.Read More ...
Google phones unseat BlackBerry as US best seller (AFP)
AFP - NPD Group has reported that smartphones running on Google-back Android software unseated BlackBerry devices as top-sellers in the United States during the second quarter of the year.Read More ...
Google: 200,000 Android phones sold every day: CEO (Reuters)
Reuters - About 200,000 smartphones based on Google's Android operating system are sold every day, CEO Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, underscoring the strong challenge to rivals like Apple's iPhone.
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Android Use Continues Growing as RIM Declines (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Continued good news for Google's ascendant Android operating system is bad news for Research In Motion, as the Canadian smartphone leader lost some market share for the first time in nearly three years, a study suggests.
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Avici Software introduces Whiteboard HD for iPad (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Avici Software on Wednesday unveiled Whiteboard HD, which the company bills as a “visualization, collaboration, and learning tool for the iPad.†The app unsurprisingly provides a virtual whiteboard, upon which you can add shapes, text, or freeform drawings.
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Microsoft and Salesforce settle patent tiff (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it reached a patent agreement with rival Salesforce.com Inc, settling a recent flurry of lawsuits between the two software companies.Read More ...
Google's Android leads U.S. smartphones (Reuters)
Reuters - Smartphones running Google's Android software were the top seller among consumers in the United States in the second quarter, industry tracker NPD said on Wednesday.Read More ...
Microsoft shares retreat after downgrade (AP)
AP - Shares of Microsoft Corp. edged lower Wednesday after Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry downgraded the software giant in part due to increased competition from Apple's Macs to its Windows operating system.
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Motorola and Verizon Plan Cable-TV-Watching Tablet (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In the wake of the huge success of Apple's iPad, Motorola and Verizon are working on a tablet that could change how television is watched. The device, based on Google's open-source Android operating system, will allow users to watch cable TV on its 10-inch screen and could be available in the U.S. as early as this fall.
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Trusteer Finds 100,000 UK Computers Infected With Zeus (PC World)
PC World - At least 100,000 computers in the U.K. are infected with the Zeus malware, an advanced piece of spying software that is regularly defeating most antivirus software suites, according security vendor Trusteer.
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Ember grows into official Campfire app (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Collaboration software company 37Signals is known, among other things, for its Campfire group chat program. Previously, access to the service via iPod Touch or iPhone app was relegated to the third-party Ember. Now, thanks to the acquisition by 37Signals, Ember has a new name: Campfire. Aside from the name change and a new icon, Campfire incorporates everything that users loved about Ember, minus the hefty $9.99 price tag; Campfire is free.
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Hackers could enslave iPad, iPhone: security firms (Reuters)
Reuters - A newly discovered vulnerability in the software that runs Apple Inc's iPad and iPhone could allow hackers to enslave the popular mobile devices, three security firms said on Tuesday.Read More ...
RIM Still Working on Flash for BlackBerry Devices (PC World)
PC World - Research In Motion executives on Tuesday said the company isn't ignoring Flash, but continuing to work with Adobe Systems on bringing support for the multimedia platform on its mobile devices.
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Repetition Breaks Google Audio CAPTCHA (PC World)
PC World - Google has fixed a flaw in its Audio CAPTCHA software that could have given scammers a way to automatically set up phoney accounts with the company's services.
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Cortado's Corporate Server Becomes Android-friendly (PC World)
PC World - German software vendor Cortado has added Android-based smartphones to the list of devices using version 5.0 of its Corporate Server platform that can access network printers and documents stored in corporate networks, the company said on Tuesday.
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