Android Big Winner as Smartphone Sales Increase 50 Percent (PC World)
PC World - As worldwide smartphone sales grew by 50 percent during the second quarter, Android was the big winner, as it became the third largest operating system and sales passed 10 million units for the first time, according Gartner.
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SniperSpy lets you keep a close eye on remote Macs (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - If you’re concerned about your child or employee’s activities on the Internet and want to go beyond standard site-blocking software, monitoring software might be your key to peace of mind—assuming you have no moral qualms with spying on your family or employees.
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eWallet for the Mac now available (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - If you’re using Ilium Software’s eWallet app for iOS, get ready to sync some data, because Ilium has finally released a native version of eWallet for the Mac.
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Smartphone apps help keep the faith on Ramadan (AFP)
AFP - Smartphone software is helping Muslims keep the faith during the month-long rite of fasting and prayer known as Ramadan.Read More ...
DeviantART Hops on HTML5 Bandwagon With Muro Drawing App (PC World)
PC World - Ever wanted to create a quick sketch or a time-intensive drawing, but didn’t have the right software installed on your machine? A new web app from DeviantArt called Muro lets you draw on any computer with a browser that supports HTML5. And yes, this even means you can draw on your iPad (without Frash).
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New Android Malware Texts Premium-rate Numbers (PC World)
PC World - Researchers at Russian security company Kaspersky Lab say they've discovered the first malicious software program to target Google's Android mobile operating system.
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Software Removes People from Google Street View (PC World)
PC World - Pesky pedestrians can be removed from Google Street View with some experimental software developed by a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego.
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Goldman Sachs upgrades Akamai in place of Nuance (AP)
AP - Shares of Nuance Communications Inc. took a hit Tuesday after the speech-recognition and digital imaging software maker posted disappointing results for its fiscal third quarter and was downgraded by Goldman Sachs.
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MyTunesRSS streaming app adds video controls, more (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Codewave Software has updated its placeshifting iPhone app, MyTunesRSS, adding video playback controls, playlist shuffling, bug fixes, and more.
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IBM Buys Document Capture Vendor Datacap (PC World)
PC World - IBM made the latest in its long run of acquisitions on Tuesday, announcing the purchase of document capture software vendor Datacap. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Verizon Roadmap Leak Suggests Android Phones, Tablets Galore (PC World)
PC World - Verizon is doubling-down on Android devices, according to reports, with a bevy of new devices headed to consumers soon based on the Google mobile operating system. New Android tablets and smartphones are on their way to Verizon, according to a scoop from BoyGeniusReport. The devices are said to come toward the end of this year and in early 2011, sources told the gadget blog, along with Android 3.0.
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Verizon, Motorola Introduce Droid 2 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On Tuesday, Verizon Wireless and Motorola today announced the long-awaited Droid 2, a new version of the company's popular Motorola Droid cell phone with a better keyboard, faster processor and updated software.
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McAfee says malware threat at a new high (Reuters)
Reuters - McAfee Inc, the No. 2 security software maker, said production of software code known as malware, which can harm computers and steal user passwords, reached a new high in the first six months of 2010.
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Amdocs Defects Slow Billing Rollout, Clearwire Says (PC World)
PC World - Defects in Amdocs software code will push back the introduction of a new customer care and billing system at Clearwire until next year, the wireless broadband provider said in a regulatory filing.
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Novell lowers fiscal 3rd-quarter outlook (AP)
AP - Networking software maker Novell Inc. on Monday cut its fiscal third-quarter revenue outlook, saying customer jitters over the company's possible sale are hurting sales.
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CineXPlayer brings Xvid video support to iPad (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - One of the long-time limitations of Apple’s iOS devices has been their inability to deal with media files in formats beyond those few that Apple prescribes. But a new app, NXP Software’s CineXPlayer, now lets iPad users play video files encoded in the popular Xvid format.
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Apple introduces compatibility lab day passes for developers (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Apple Developer Connection members have long had access to the company’s compatibility labs, which allow them to test their software on a variety of Apple hardware configurations. But on Monday, Apple added a new option: a $99 Single Lab Day Pass for members of its Mac Developer Program.
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Arq joins the ranks of Mac-friendly online backup services (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - There’s yet another contender if you’re looking for an online backup solution. Haystack Software has released Arq, a backup application that uses Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Arq offers encrypted backups, flexible scheduling, and the ability to select and exclude files as you see fit.
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Pear Note 2.0 gains Web sharing, speed control (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Taking text notes or recording the audio of a lecture or meeting is old news. Pear Note from Useful Fruit Software unites both tasks in a single document that pairs the audio and text, and a major 2.0 upgrade to the previously reviewed version brings new sharing and playback features, topped off with a redesigned interface.
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Site Reputation Being Built Into DNS (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - One of the architects of the DNS, the naming system for the Internet, is building into the server software for the Internet a system to allow cooperating servers to share reputation data in order to block malicious domains.
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