Tuesday, November 23, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 11/22/2010



Multitasking, wireless printing come to iPad (AP)
AP - Apple says new software available Monday will allow owners of the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad to print wirelessly over Wi-Fi networks.
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Apple releases updated operating system update for iPad (AFP)
Guests play with the new Apple iPad during an Apple Special Event in San Francisco, California, in January 2010. Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system Monday bringing multitasking, folders, a unified inbox and wireless printing to the iPad.(AFP/File/Ryan Anson)AFP - Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system Monday bringing multitasking, folders, a unified inbox and wireless printing to the iPad.


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Multitasking comes to the iPad with iOS 4.2 (Appolicious)
Appolicious - iPad owners who five months ago saw services like multitasking, unified email and folder categorization come to the iPhone can now feel whole with Apple’s roll out of iOS 4.2. The software update is available today.
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Attachmate agrees to buy Novell for $2.2 billion (Reuters)
Novell, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Ronald Hovsepian speaks during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York, May 15, 2007. REUTERS/Keith BedfordReuters - Software provider Novell Inc said it agreed to be bought by privately held Attachmate Corp for about $2.2 billion in a deal that also involves Novell selling some assets to a consortium led by Microsoft Corp.


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Novell draws bidding war; Attachmate offers $2.2B (AP)
AP - Business software maker Novell Inc. said Monday it has found a new suitor to take over the company after rejecting a lower offer from a private equity firm earlier this year.
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Apple to enable AirPlay with Apple TV 4.1 software update (Macworld)
Macworld - On Monday, as a part of the roll-out of iOS 4.2, Apple will release a software update to its second-generation Apple TV, upgrading the device from version 4.0 to version 4.1.
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Apple releases iOS 4.2.1 (Macworld)
Macworld - On Monday, Apple will release iOS 4.2 (the company says by 10 a.m. Pacific Time), a free software update that brings the features of iOS 4—including multitasking, fast app switching, and a unified mail inbox—to the iPad for the first time. We had a chance to use the update, which also adds the new AirPrint and AirPlay features to all compatible devices, for a few days: here's a first look.
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Summary Box: Investors lining up to buy Salesforce (AP)
AP - SALESFORCE FERVOR: Wall Street has fallen in love with Salesforce.com Inc. as a concept known as "cloud computing" has taken off. The term refers to subscribing to software programs hosted over Internet connections instead of installed on individual machines. Salesforce has been building its business around clouding computing for 11 years.
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Apotheker a no-show in Oracle-SAP trial (AP)
AP - An industrial espionage trial between Oracle Corp. and SAP AG, two of the world's biggest business software makers, ended Friday without the testimony of one of its most anticipated witnesses.
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Salesforce shares soaring on cloud computing craze (AP)
AP - A hot high-tech concept known as "cloud computing" is lifting Salesforce.com Inc.'s stock to lofty heights.
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Kin Phones Have New OS but No Studio (PC World)
PC World - After an unsuccessful first outing, Microsoft's second-effort Kin phones are available from Verizon, this time with a different operating system, slightly different pricing options and without their most popular feature.
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LibreOffice Is Taking Shape With Third Beta (PC World)
PC World - It's been less than two months since the Document Foundation announced that it was launching its own "fork" of the OpenOffice.org productivity software suite, but already its new LibreOffice alternative is beginning to take shape.
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Splashtop Releases Remote Desktop for iPhone (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Splashtop, formerly known as DeviceVM, has expanded its Splashtop Remote software to the Apple iPhone and the iPod touch.
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Valve survey: Most Mac gamers use laptops (Macworld)
Macworld - Every month, Valve updates its Hardware & Software Survey that compiles and sort information gathered from various users of Valve’s Steam game service. While it’s supremely useful for analyzing the preferences and behavior of PC gamers, the data on Mac users hasn’t always been available.
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FireCore Brings Last.FM and Web Browsing Hack to Apple TV (PC World)
PC World - So far in the Apple TV 2 jailbreak saga, we've seen hacks for a weather app and even support fot Plex, although admittedly there were a few buggy setbacks. Now, software company FireCore has announced that it will be bringing both Last.FM and Web browser named Couch Surfer to the Apple TV via its own app, aTV Flash (black).
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Windows at 25: Where It's Been, Where It's Going (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Saturday, Nov. 20 marks twenty-five years since the formal introduction of Microsoft Windows. With that in mind, it's instructive to look back at where Windows has come from and where it may be going.
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Adobe Reader X Makes PDF Files Safer (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Reader X is here. Adobe announced earlier this year that it was working on a more secure version of its ubiquitous PDF reading software, Adobe Reader. The new version includes Protected Mode, a sandboxing security control designed to prevent malware exploits against the application.
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Yahoo! Connected TV store to start selling widgets (AFP)
Yahoo! on Thursday said it will let software makers sell programs known as widgets at a Connected TV store for televisions embedded with the firm's Internet technology.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - Yahoo! on Thursday said it will let software makers sell programs known as widgets at a Connected TV store for televisions embedded with the firm's Internet technology.


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Apple updates Boot Camp, MacBook firmware (Macworld)
Macworld - Apple on Thursday released several patches for its Boot Camp software as well as firmware updates for its MacBook and 13-inch MacBook Pro.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Smashes Entertainment Records (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The video-game industry may be suffering, but Microsoft is on a roll, just in time for the holiday shopping season. After selling more than a million Kinect units in its first 10 days on the market, the software giant is now reporting the largest entertainment launch in history with Call of Duty: Black Ops.
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