PC World - Amazon announced that it will soon update the Kindle software to allow users to lend and share Kindle books. The new feature is a welcome addition--catching the Kindle up with the rival Nook e-reader, and enhancing the value of the Kindle as a business tool.
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Microsoft Brings Windows Games to the Web This November (PC World)
PC World - Taking aim (well, kind of) at online game distributors like Direct2Drive, Impulse, and Steam, Microsoft says it'll sell downloadable PC games online starting November 15. The company already allows players to purchase and download full PC games, but required they do so using a locally installed software client.
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Microsoft Office Mobile 7: Hands-On With the Productivity Suite (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's release of Windows Phone 7 brings updated mobile-formatted Word, Excel, and PowerPoint programs, and OneNote Mobile, to your fingertips. The touchscreen-friendly revamp of Office Mobile is radically different from version 6.5. And files are supposed to resemble their appearance on the desktop more closely.
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4 Reasons to Give Linux Mint 10 a Try (PC World)
PC World - Canonical's newly released Ubuntu 10.10 -- or "Maverick Meerkat" -- may still be dominating the headlines in the Linux world these days, but it's by no means the only excellent distribution of the open source operating system. Following just behind Ubuntu on DistroWatch's list of popularity, in fact, is not just Fedora, at No. 2, but also--of particular interest this week--Linux Mint.
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Apple will no longer pre-install Flash on Macs (Reuters)
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The Top 10 Stories in IT This Week (PC World)
PC World - Steve Jobs was a busy man this week, making a rare appearance on Apple's quarterly earnings call where he availed himself of the opportunity to trash-talk the competition, which seems to be a hobby for him of late, and taking the stage at a company event focused on Mac hardware and software. In other news, Microsoft took to the cloud.
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Beware Fake Microsoft Security Essentials (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Security Essentials is fake. Well, it is and it isn't. Microsoft Security Essentials is a free antimalware protection program from Microsoft, but a new malware threat identified by security software vendor F-Secure is also masquerading as Microsoft Security Essentials. You want to avoid that one.
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HP Slate 500 Fans the Mac vs. PC Flames (PC World)
PC World - The HP Slate 500 tablet is red meat for technology fanboys on both sides of the ongoing Mac vs. PC debate. The HP Slate runs Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system and is gunning to compete with Apple's iOS-based iPad. Yep, you guessed it. It's chest pounding time.
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Microsoft opening online computer games shop (AFP)
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Windows 7 Thrives: Why You Should Jump on the Bandwagon (PC World)
PC World - When Windows 7 launched, Microsoft was almost apprehensive about trumpeting it too much. Following the Windows Vista debacle, Microsoft was understandably gun-shy about overt bragging that might come back to haunt them in some clever Apple marketing campaign. Fast forward a year, and Windows 7 is a phenomenal success that has eclipsed expectations, so why are you still using Windows XP?
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Acorn updated with new filters, WebP support, more (Macworld)
Macworld - Flying Meat software has bumped its image-editor Acorn to version 2.6. Beyond the usual hodgepodge of bug fixes and tune-ups, the newest version also adds a variety of new features.
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Sensory To Ship 'Speech Trigger' SDKs for iOS, Android (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On Monday, speech technology company Sensory will release software that allows true hands-free speech triggers for both the Android and Apple iOS operating systems, Sensory's chief executive said Friday.
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Tech Industry Facing Shortage of Mobile App Developers (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Mobile software developers and designers are in short supply and high demand as the tech industry revs up its mobile units, according to a survey by online job board Dice Holdings.
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Wipro profit tempered by staff costs, forex loss (AP)
AP - Wipro Ltd., India's third-largest software outsourcer, reported a 10 percent rise in quarterly profit Friday, short of expectations as salary hikes and foreign exchange losses hit margins, sending the stock down nearly 4 percent.
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HP unveils $799 tablet with a PC feel (Reuters)
Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co unveiled its first product for the fast-growing tablet market, a $799 device running Microsoft Windows that is aimed at business customers.
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Happy Birthday Windows 7: Anniversary Stats (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft is everyone's favorite whipping boy, but it did get something right when it introduced Windows 7, which celebrates its one year anniversary Friday. Over the past year the Redmond gang has sold 240 million licenses of Windows 7. That makes the operating system - that replaced dismal Vista - the fastest selling OS in history, according to its makers. Here are some other fun numbers from Microsoft about Windows 7.
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Developers have hopes, questions for Mac App Store (Macworld)
Macworld - Mac developers face a brave new world now that Apple plans on getting into the software retail business. The news came Wednesday when CEO Steve Jobs announced his company’s plans to launch a Mac App Store modeled after Apple’s online retail outlet for iPhone and iPad apps. While tied to next summer’s launch of Mac OS X Lion, the Mac App Store will debut in the next 90 days for Snow Leopard users.
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Ballmer touts Windows Phone 7 (AP)
AP - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the Windows Phone 7 software will be the "coolest" thing the company releases this year.
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First Year Strong for Windows 7 as PC Users Flee Vista (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is celebrating the first year of Windows 7 success. The software giant reports it has sold more than 240 million licenses to date.
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Apple TV Hackers Produce a Weather App (PC World)
PC World - Well, that didn't take long! Earlier this week, GeekTech reported that the new Apple TV can officially be hacked, and already an app has been tested on the device. A small software company names Nito TV posted an image on its Twitter feed displaying the Apple TV running a simple custom weather app.
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