Thursday, September 9, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 08/09/2010

SAP partner launches cloud-based mobile app service
Leapfactor, an SAP partner and startup, today announced a cloud-based system to support mobile applications, including back-office custom applications for accounting and customer support.

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HP introduces low-cost alternative to blade servers
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a low-cost, entry-level server for small businesses that bundles advanced features in a small package.
HP's ProLiant MicroServer is targeted at small businesses and is an inexpensive alternative or even complementary product to blade or rack servers, said McLeod Glass, director of marketing in HP's Industry Standard Servers and Software group.

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Firefox among first browsers to fix DLL load hijacking bug
Mozilla on Tuesday patched 15 vulnerabilities in Firefox, 11 of them labeled critical.
One of yesterday's patches addressed a problem found in scores of Windows applications, making Firefox one of the first browsers to be patched against the DLL load hijacking bug that went public three weeks ago.

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Rhomobile upgrades development-as-service platform
Rhomobile will announce Wednesday version 2.0 of its development-as-a-service platform for building smartphone applications.
RhoHub 2.0 is a SaaS platform enabling online development of native applications for Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Google Android phones. RhoHub applications can be hosted via Heroku hosting infrastructure. Ruby and HTML development are supported on RhoHub, which leverages the Model View Controller paradigm.

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Salesforce.com readies native mobile apps for Chatter collaboration
Salesforce.com is working on a series of native mobile applications for its Chatter collaboration software, the company announced Wednesday. Supported platforms include Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, Google Android, and Reseach in Motion's BlackBerry.

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Cisco, Citrix team on enterprise desktop virtualization
Hoping to ease a typically arduous deployment process, Citrix and Cisco Systems are jointly offering a package for running a large number of virtual desktops across an organization.
The idea behind the as-yet-unnamed offering is to "bring simplicity to the desktop market," said Jackie Ross, a Cisco vice president.

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LG announces smartphones with dual-core processor
LG Electronics on Tuesday announced a new series of smartphones with next-generation dual-core processors, which should provide a big leap in performance while maintaining device battery life.
LG's new Optimus line will include smartphones running on Nvidia's Tegra 2 dual-core chips, which will also allow handsets to play 1080p high-definition video, LG said in a statement.

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Symantec ties Enterprise Vault to Microsoft cloud apps
Symantec unveiled Tuesday updated storage and backup gear, giving Enterprise Vault 9.0 a way to integrate archiving and discovery-related legal requests with Microsoft's cloud-based Business Productivity Online Services. The best portable hard drives

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Speed boost puts Google Chrome 6 into dead heat with leaders
Google's Chrome 6 is 17 percent faster than the version it replaced, putting it in a virtual dead heat with the speed leaders, Opera and Safari, according to benchmark scores.

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