If the idea of using Linux in your business is one that makes you nervous, chances are you've fallen prey to one or more of the many myths out there that are frequently disseminated by competing vendors such as Microsoft. After all, each Linux user means one less sale for such companies, so they have a powerful motivation to spread such FUD.
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BI firm opts for iPads over laptops
MicroStrategy, a business intelligence software maker, has deployed 1,100 Apple iPads to executives and sales personnel to conduct critical job-related tasks. The company said it expects 700 more iPads to be deployed soon.
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Adobe resurrects Flash tool after Apple about-face
Adobe on Thursday said it would resurrect a tool that lets developers port Flash applications to the iPhone after Apple did an about-face earlier in the day.
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Microsoft apologizes for recurring service outages
Microsoft apologized to customers of its hosted software services for businesses after at least three outages over the past few weeks.
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'Here you have' email worm spreads quickly
Security experts warned Thursday of a fast-spreading email worm, the first large outbreak of this type in nearly a decade.
The worm appears in email messages with the subject "Here you have," and contains what seems to be a link to an Adobe PDF file. In fact the link takes the victim to a Web page hosted on the members.multimania.co.uk domain that then tries to download a screensaver (.scr) file. If the user agrees to installing that file, he is then infected by the worm, which mails itself to his email contacts.
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News quiz: The week in tech
Google made searching a smidge faster this week, while proving yet again they really are smarter than the rest of us combined. What else happened? Craigslist responded to complaints from 17 state attorneys general, Mark Hurd got a new gig, Apple opened its App Store kimono, and the planet got a brief reprieve from two boulder-size asteroids. Have you got what it takes to ace our quiz before we're all blown to kingdom come? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now strap on your tinfoil helmets and begin.
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Update: Nokia names Microsoft's Elop as new CEO
Nokia has named Stephen Elop, former president of Microsoft's business software group, to become its new CEO effective from later this month.
Elop will replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo in the top job on Sept. 21. Kallasvuo loses his board seat with immediate effect and will step down from the CEO position on Sept. 20, Nokia said. Elop will leave Microsoft immediately, that company said.
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Cloud-based source code host adds Git
Codesion, which offers hosted source code management, has added the Git distributed version control system to its services, the company said this week.
The company enables users to host code repositories, including Subversion and CVS. Developers can use "best of breed" development tools with Codesion, said company CEO Guy Marion. These repositories are deployed to cloud platforms such as Amazon Elastic Compute Service (EC2).
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Microsoft plans to deliver double the dosage on Patch Tuesday next week
Microsoft today said it will issue nine security updates to patch 13 bugs in Windows, Office, and its Web server software next week.
The number of Sept. 14 updates will be more than double the maximum the company has delivered in any other of this year's odd-numbered months. Microsoft traditionally delivers relatively few patches in those months.
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Windows Phone 7 set for Oct. 11 launch, according to report
Microsoft will launch Windows Phone 7 on Oct. 11 at an event in New York, according to a report on the Pocket-lint website.
Pocket-lint, which publishes gadget news and reviews, cited multiple Microsoft sources that it did not name.
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Apple loosens restrictions on programming tools
Apple today reversed its decision earlier in the year that barred developers from using rival programming tools, including one that has since been discontinued by Adobe, to build applications for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
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