Chile Aims for the High-end of Offshore Outsourcing (PC World)
PC World - Chile aims to be a key supplier of IT and related services to the U.S. market, but its key challenge is that it does not have the large number of trained people required to compete with the large software and services operations in India and the Philippines.
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OpenOffice.org Volunteers Cut Ties with Oracle (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - LibreOffice. That's the possible new name of OpenOffice.org. The volunteers that develop and promote the free office software severed ties with Oracle on Tuesday and formed an independent group called The Document Foundation.
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AOL buys maker of Brizzly social software (AP)
AP - AOL Inc. said Tuesday that it bought Thing Labs Inc., which created online social software Brizzly, for an undisclosed amount.
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iPad Runs Windows 95, Universe Stays Intact (PC World)
PC World - When it comes to iOS downgrading, most people talk about reverting to an older version of the operating system, like going from iOS 4 back to 3.2. The guy who posted this video to YouTube clearly has an entirely different definition.
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Fedora 14 Tests Desktop Virtualization (PC World)
PC World - The newly released version of the Fedora Linux-based operating system will be the first to incorporate desktop virtualization capabilities, the Fedora Foundation announced on Tuesday.
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Microsoft Live Spaces Moves to WordPress: An FAQ (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft is shutting down its Windows Live Spaces blogging service and migrating an estimated 30 million of its users to the competing blogging site WordPress.com, owned by Web development firm Automattic. Microsoft says Windows Live Spaces users have six months to transfer content from their Live Spaces blog to the WordPress. Microsoft has provided a Web-based migration tool to help with the process.
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‘LibreOffice’ Is Good News for OpenOffice (PC World)
PC World - Given Oracle's recent decision to pull the plug on OpenSolaris, there has been considerable concern over the past few months about the future of the OpenOffice.org productivity software suite.
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Hog Bay releases PlainText for iPhone, iPad (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Looking for some Dropbox-powered text-editing action but not quite ready to shell out for an app like Second Gear’s Elements? PlainText from Hog Bay Software is an ad-supported, slimmed down alternative that sports the same sync features in a simple, spartan interface.
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Office for Mac 2011: What are your questions? (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - We're compiling a list of questions about Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac! We've got the final versions, but consumers won't get them for a few more weeks. Send us your questions and we'll do our best to answer them in a future Macworld.com story.
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CA Technologies to Buy Hyperformix (PC World)
PC World - CA Technologies has entered into a formal agreement to purchase capacity management software provider Hyperformix, which is based in Austin, Texas, the two companies announced Tuesday.
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Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Launching Oct. 26 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft announced Tuesday that Office for Mac 2011 will be available on October 26.
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Idappcom Seeks to Displace Penetration Testers (PC World)
PC World - A U.K. company is seeking to displace penetration testing companies with an appliance and software that can frequently test whether security devices are catching bad network traffic and exploits.
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Tablet, Phone Software Developers Face Multicore Challenge (PC World)
PC World - Writing applications for devices like tablets and smartphones could become more challenging as CPUs and hardware accelerators are added to mobile chips, experts agreed at a processor conference on Monday.
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5 Reasons Nokia's N8 Is Dead On Arrival (PC World)
PC World - So far, Nokia's new Symbian phone, the N8, is getting lukewarm reviews, and few are willing to bet on anything except its slow demise. There are reasons, mainly its operating system, that make the phone a very hard sell to Americans consuming both Android and Apple iOS systems and applications.
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DRM Library From Microsoft Opens Your Computer to Attacks (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has been a proponent of DRM (digital rights management) for some time now, and has built in a number of protections to every level of its operating system.
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Oracle sues Micron, claiming price fixing (Reuters)
Reuters - Oracle Corp has sued Micron Technology Inc for fixing prices of computer memory chips, in a continuance of litigation it inherited from Sun Microsystems.
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Cisco Launches New Small-Business Products (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Cisco Systems is launching new products and services for small businesses. The offerings from the San Jose, Calif.-based company include switches for creating a small-business network, new IP phones, and video-monitoring equipment and software.
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Survey says Android's future bright, iOS interest still strong (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Makers of mobile apps think that Google’s Android operating system has a better long-term outlook than Apple’s iOS, according to a survey conducted by Appcelerator of the developers that use its app-building tools. But the news isn’t exactly grim for Apple, as developers polled by Appcelerator continue to be heavily interested in creating apps that run on the iPhone and iPad.
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Android Has More Potential Than iOS, Developers Say (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The future looks brighter for Google's Android mobile operating system than Apple's iOS, believe the majority of mobile application developers surveyed by software maker Appcelerator and researcher IDC.
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Cyber crooks out for LinkedIn members' bank accounts (AFP)
AFP - Cisco on Monday warned that crooks have inundated LinkedIn with emails crafted to trick members of the career-oriented social networking service into downloading software that loots bank accounts.Read More ...
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