Chrome Browser Acts More Like an OS, But Security Is Unclear (PC World)
PC World - Google has announced that forthcoming releases of its Chrome browser will be able to run apps in the background. Essentially, the feature moves Chrome one step closer to becoming a true application platform--and with continuing efforts to develop HTML5, in a few years time it's very likely the Chrome browser will have more in common with an operating system than a humble Web browser.
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Wall Street Beat: Enterprise Trumps Consumer IT Sales (PC World)
PC World - Repeating what has been a familiar pattern for the past six months, tech earnings and market forecasts this week show that while enterprise IT sales, especially for software, are booming, consumer demand for PCs is flagging.
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LibreOffice Software Is Here to Stay (PC World)
PC World - If there was any doubt as to the long-term capability of LibreOffice to sprint ahead of Oracle-backed OpenOffice.org, those concerns pretty much just flew out the window. In a wildly successful fundraising effort, the Document Foundation has succeeded in collecting $68,800 (50,000 euros) in just eight days, effectively ensuring a future for the open-source productivity software suite.
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Kinect Hack Lets You Impersonate An Octopus Impersonating Humans (PC World)
PC World - Despite Microsoft's initial disapproval of amateur hackers tampering with the Kinect software and developing custom drivers, the developers behind indie game OctoDad have managed to hack their quirky physics-based puzzle game to allow full motion control; given that OctoDad is all about acting like an uncoordinated octopus strapped inside a human suit, we thought it might be fun to showcase the game in action.
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Six Things I Love About Google's Android 3.0 (PC World)
PC World - Android has always frustrated me. I've tracked Google's mobile operating system ever since its debut on the T-Mobile G1, and time and again I've seen new versions fall short of overhauling the interface into a clean, user-friendly experience that can compete with--and push--Apple's iOS.
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Mariner upgrades Paperless document management software (Macworld)
Macworld - Mariner Software has released Paperless 2.0, the latest upgrade to its comprehensive digital document management software for home and business.
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Motorola Xoom Review Roundup: The Critics Weigh-in (PC World)
PC World - Motorola's Xoom tablet is the first true challenger to Apple's iPad, in that it runs an operating system designed for tablets -- Android 3.0, or Honeycomb -- and is comparably-sized with a 10.1-inch display. And after months of hype, it's finally available at Verizon Wireless stores and ready to be picked over by the tech press.
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Microsoft: Update Glitch Hit 10 Percent of Phone 7 Users (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft shed a little bit of light on the problems it had sending out the first update for its Windows Phone 7 software, but it has still suspended updates to Samsung phones while it works out the issue.
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Splashtop Linux: A Free Chrome OS Alternative (PC World)
PC World - Web surfers tired of waiting for the official release of hardware featuring Google's Chrome OS now have a browser-based alternative right at their fingertips: Splashtop Linux 1.0, a downloadable instant-on operating system tailored to life in the cloud.
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Box.net Closes $48M Funding Round (PC World)
PC World - In yet another sign of cloud-hosted software's momentum in the business market, Box.net, which makes a software-as-a-service content management application, announced on Thursday that it has closed a US$48 million funding round.
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Google Turns up the Enterprise Collab Heat on Microsoft (PC World)
PC World - Google will intensify its attack on Microsoft's enterprise collaboration business with the release on Thursday of the Cloud Connect plug-in for Microsoft Office and with the launch of a trial program for the collaboration components of Google Apps.
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Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office Launches Worldwide (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Google on Thursday expanded the availability of Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, which lets Office users sync their activity with Google Docs.
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Developer preview of Lion arrives with more new features (Macworld)
Macworld - Apple on Thursday released a developer preview of Mac OS X Lion, the next incarnation of the Mac operating system. The new version sports a number of features that werenأ¢آ€آ™t showcased when Apple offered a sneak preview of Lion back in October.
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Windows Phone 7 Glitch: A Stumble Microsoft Can't Afford (PC World)
PC World - When you're a bit player in the ultra-competitive mobile phone market, you can't afford to make a lot of mistakes. But that's what Microsoft did this week when it delivered a buggy software update of its Windows Phone 7 operating system to its mobile phone customers, an upgrade that unfortunately bricked a small number of Samsung handsets.
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DotNetNuke Acquires Social Collaboration Vendor (PC World)
PC World - Web Content Management Platform provider DotNetNuke has acquired Active Modules, a vendor of social collaboration software, the two companies announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Google Releases Honeycomb SDK, Updates Android 2.3 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google on Tuesday released the software development kit for its tablet-optimized version 3.0 of Android, also known as Honeycomb. The SDK gives developers the tools and application programming interfaces, or APIs, needed to create apps for the platform. In addition, the search giant is rolling out 2.3.3 of its smartphone-targeted Gingerbread version of Android.
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SAP Bets on In-memory, Mobility in New BI Release (PC World)
PC World - SAP is hoping to gain ground in the increasingly heated market for BI (business intelligence) software, announcing a suite on Wednesday that focuses on areas like mobility and real-time data analysis.
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Microsoft Pulls Phone 7 Update for Samsung Phones (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In an embarrassing glitch for the world's leading software maker, Microsoft has put an update for its Windows Phone 7 operating system on hold for users of Samsung devices following technical problems that damaged what it said was a "small number of phones."
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Apache Opens Content Management Space (PC World)
PC World - In an effort to make content management systems work more harmoniously with one another, the Apache Software Foundation has promoted its Apache Chemistry interoperability toolkit to a top level project.
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Mind-Controlled Car Does Exactly What You Think (PC World)
PC World - A German Lab in Berlin has created a car that can turn right, turn left, accelerate, and brake using only your thoughts (أ¢آ€آ¦and some electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors, and some creative software hooked up to the hardware of your car).
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