Microsoft and RIM grow on app developers: survey (Reuters)
Reuters - Mobile software developers remain fixated on Apple and on Google's Android as the prime targets of their toil, but Microsoft and Research In Motion are making inroads as tablet offerings multiply.
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The State of Windows 8 (PC World)
PC World - Only Microsoft knows how the next version of its Windows operating system will look and what it will be called, but big changes could be ahead for the OS observers refer to as "Windows 8."
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Security apps boost Apple as BlackBerry alternative (Reuters)
Reuters - A slew of small security software developers are helping Apple's iPhone gain a foothold within corporations that were once the exclusive domain of Research In Motion's BlackBerry.Read More ...
VMware Sales Up 37 Percent on Continued Demand (PC World)
PC World - VMware's fourth-quarter revenue jumped 37 percent as businesses increased spending on its virtualization software, the company announced Monday.
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Google and Mozilla take 'Do Not Track' steps (AFP)
AFP - Mozilla and Google on Monday took steps toward giving people more online privacy but each said hurdles remain to creating simple "Do Not Track" buttons for Web browsing software.Read More ...
HP CEO to Reveal Strategy March 14 (PC World)
PC World - Hewlett-Packard has invited journalists to an event March 14 where CEO Léo Apotheker is expected to lay out his plans for the company, including anticipated greater investments in enterprise software.
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Etima updates SyncMate with Android support (Macworld)
Macworld - Eltima Software has released SyncMate 3, the latest upgrade to its multifunctional Mac sync tool. SyncMate 3 features the ability to sync your Mac with an Android phone, and includes a revamped interface and improved device mounting features.
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AVAST Software to Offer Free Virtualization (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In the past AVAST Software's virtualization sandbox technology has been reserved for paying customers. With the coming version 6.0, the free edition will also gain this technology.
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Photo stitching makes a scene with You Gotta See This! app (Appolicious)
Appolicious - I never thought I'd be saying this, but I really like this app, and the $1.99 price tag is actually worth it. You Gotta See This! by Boinx Software for iPhone 4 and iPod Touch (4th gen.) running iOS 4.0 or later, is an excellent photo-stitching app for more than just panoramas. This app blends together a series of pictures taken with the iPhone camera, and turns them into an excellent creative collage of pictures that forms the scene you were just admiring.
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Apple's App Store hits 10 billion downloads (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple's App Store reached landmark 10 billion downloads on Saturday, further underlining the lead of the iPhone-maker in mobile online software battle, a counter on front page of the store showed.
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Insider Software launches WEBSIWYG (Macworld)
Macworld - Insider Software, the maker of FontAgent Pro font management software, has announced the debut of WEBSIWYG, a Web-based font-catalog service that lets users view and request fonts on networked FontAgent Pro Servers.
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Google Copied Java in Android, Expert Says (PC World)
PC World - An intellectual property expert has uncovered 43 instances where it appears that Google copied Java code without permission in the most recent versions of the Android operating system.
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Twitter Targeted With Fake Antivirus Software Scam (PC World)
PC World - Twitter has been resetting passwords for accounts that started distributing links promoting fake antivirus software in an attack that used Google's Web address shortening service to conceal the links' destination.
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Working in Google Docs Keeps Getting Better (PC World)
PC World - Google has been quietly adding a raft of new features to its Google Docs online office suite over the last few months, and there are rumors even more significant features are due very soon.
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iOS 4.3 Beta Hints at a Social Network for Apple Devices (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Can the second-most-profitable company in America leverage its popularity with hundreds of millions of consumers into a successful new social network? A beta of the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 4.3, suggests that's what the computer giant plans.
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Is Sony Planning to Thwart PS3 Pirates with Blu-ray Serial Keys? (PC World)
PC World - What if Sony took a page from Microsoft and required you activate games on your PlayStation 3 before playing? Or not just games, how about Blu-ray discs--movies, games, software, whatever--in general?
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Intel seen winning EU approval for McAfee deal: sources (Reuters)
Reuters - Intel Corp is set to win EU approval next week for its $7.68 billion purchase of security software maker McAfee Inc after offering more concessions to ease antitrust concerns, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.Read More ...
OSI, FSF Want Inquiry of Microsoft Consortium Deal on Novell (PC World)
PC World - Protesting the secrecy of the deal, the Open Source Initiative and the Free Software Foundation have jointly asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the purchase of more than 800 patents by a Microsoft-led consortium, CTPN Holdings.
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Soundminer Android Malware Listens, Then Steals, Phone Data (PC World)
PC World - Researchers have developed a low-profile Trojan horse program for Google's Android mobile OS that steals data in a way that is unlikely to be detected by either a user or antivirus software.
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T-Mobile: Vibrant Upgrade Coming Soon, but Not iPhone 3G (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - T-Mobile executives at a press breakfast on Thursday said that a software upgrade for the Samsung Vibrant is coming "very soon," but that the Apple iPhone's hardware prevents T-Mobile USA from selling that popular smartphone.
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