Thursday, September 9, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 08/09/2010

Salesforce.com offers Chatter networking on mobile (Reuters)
Reuters - Salesforce.com will offer mobile versions of its Chatter tool for social networking inside companies from later this year as it seeks to make its software more ubiquitous and its customers more productive.
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Extensis launches Portfolio Server 9.5 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Extensis has announced Portfolio Server 9.5, a new version of its Digital Asset Management (DAM) software, designed to help small businesses and corporate teams quickly locate and access large collections of photos, graphics, documents, and videos.
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Norton Releases 2011 Security Products (PC World)
PC World - Norton on Wednesday announced its 2011 versions of its Norton Internet Security suite and Norton Antivirus software. Norton also announced a new application--Norton Power Eraser--that is designed to remove the increasingly common fake antivirus malware.
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Salesforce.com Readies Native Mobile Chatter Apps (PC World)
PC World - 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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Red Bend Buys VirtualLogix for Mobile Virtualization (PC World)
PC World - Red Bend, a mobile software management company, has acquired VirtualLogix to stake its claim in the emerging field of mobile virtualization.
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Apple releases Safari updates (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - On Tuesday Apple issued minor updates to its Safari Web browser with “improvements to compatibility and security”: Safari 5.0.2 for Leopard and Snow Leopard (OS X 10.5.8 or later) or Windows (XP, Vista, and 7) and Safari 4.1.2 for Tiger (OS X 10.4.11).
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Android vs. IPhone Is No Easy Call (PC World)
PC World - Google's Android mobile operating system proved a formidable rival to the wildly popular iPhone in a recent real-world test.
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Crowded Smartphone Market Could Bring IT Headaches (PC World)
PC World - Business and consumer demand for smartphones is growing rapidly, but no single mobile operating system will rule the market in the way that Windows dominates personal computers.
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HP files suit against former CEO over Oracle job (AFP)
US computer titan Hewlett-Packard filed a complaint against former chief executive Mark Hurd, pictured in 2007, on Tuesday, a day after he was named a co-president at US business software giant Oracle.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - US computer titan Hewlett-Packard filed suit against former chief executive Mark Hurd on Tuesday after he was named a co-president at US business software giant Oracle.


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U.S. Justice Dept probing Google/ITA deal: sources (Reuters)
The logo of Google is pictured in front of its former headquarters in Beijing July 12, 2010. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - The U.S. Justice Department is looking into allegations that Google Inc's purchase of airline ticketing firm ITA Software Inc will cost rivals access to data they need to compete with the search giant as it moves into the travel market, sources familiar with the probe said.


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Oracle investors cheer ex-HP boss Hurd's arrival (Reuters)
Mark Hurd, chairman, CEO and president of HP speaks at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Pasadena, California, in this July 24, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/FilesReuters - Oracle Corp investors cheered the surprise hiring of former Hewlett-Packard Co Chief Executive Mark Hurd on Tuesday, sending the business software company's stock up sharply after the latest twist in a juicy drama that has captivated Silicon Valley.


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Eye-Fi Adds Software Development Program (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The makers of the Eye-Fi Wi-Fi card for digital cameras and other portable devices announced a new developer program on Tuesday that will allow application developers to add support for the cards.
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Digital River buys Journey Education Marketing (AP)
AP - Digital River Inc. on Tuesday said that it has bought online software and book retailer Journey Education Marketing Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
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Yikes! Coming to TV This Fall -- Google And Its Ads (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google, the company that seems intent on becoming a force in anything that uses electrons, said Tuesday that it expects to expand its Web TV service across the globe. CEO Eric Schmidt said at the big IFA consumer electronics show now in Berlin that he expects other TV set manufacturers to join Sony, which is scheduled to launch Web TV in the U.S. beginning this fall. Samsung has recently said it is considering releasing TV sets with the Google software.
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HP sues ex-CEO Hurd over new job at rival Oracle (AP)
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2006 file photo shows then, Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd gestures during a keynote address at the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Oracle Corp. has hired former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd to help lead the database software maker in a pivotal moment in Oracle's 33-year history as it tries to muscle in on more of HP's turf Monday, Sept. 6, 2010.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing the chief executive it ousted last month, Mark Hurd, to stop him from taking a top job at rival Oracle Corp.


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Send HTML e-mail from your iPhone with MarkdownMail (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - If you’ve ever wanted to spice up your iOS device’s e-mail messages with a little styled text, you’ve run up against one of the limitations of Apple's mobile software. But if you’ve got proficiency with the Markdown markup language—invented by Daring Fireball’s John Gruber—then you’re in luck, thanks to Second Gear’s new MarkdownMail app.
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Dell Killing Windows XP Option This Month (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Dell said Tuesday that it plans to stop offering Windows XP as a preloaded OS option beginning this month, as a prelude to Microsoft's slow phase-out of the older operating system.
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New QuickBooks for Mac Adds Multi-User Support (PC World)
PC World - Intuit announced the release of QuickBooks 2011 for the Mac Tuesday, targeting small businesses that want to spend less time on bookkeeping and more time on making money. New features in the latest version of the software include multi-user support, the ability to set user permissions, improved handling of everyday tasks like tracking vehicle mileage and better integration with Apple's spreadsheet program, Numbers.
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Report: Samsung Might Add Google's Android Software to TVs (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Samsung is reportedly considering the production of TV sets that will incorporate Google TV's Android software.
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Justice department probes Google's ITA Software deal: report (Reuters)
People walk towards the Google China headquarters in Beijing March 23, 2010. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - The U.S. Justice department is looking into Google Inc's takeover of airline ticketing software firm ITA Software Inc, to determine whether the deal would exert too much influence on the online travel industry, the Wall Street Journal said.


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