Microsoft Resumes Windows Phone 7 Updates (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software update is back on track after bugs with the upgrade bricked a small number of Samsung phones. About ten percent of Windows Phone 7 smartphones owners had problems with the update, and Microsoft had to pull the breaks on the upgrade until it got fixed.
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Comic Kinect Turns Human Interaction Into a Comic Book Fight Scene (PC World)
PC World - Life would be better with flashy comic book sound effects. At least, that’s what one group of students thinks. Four students at Carnegie Mellon University worked together to create “Comic Kinect,†a Kinect hack that adds comic book-esque sound effects to ordinary contact. The software tracks users’ skeletons, and then adds graphics where they contact each other to simulate the look of a fight.
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Google Offers More Cloud Storage Despite Gmail Fiasco (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The next step in Google's cloud-based services expansion is User Managed Storage, which allows customers to save up to 16 terabytes of data without new software or hardware. A terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes, or one trillion bytes.
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iTunes 10.2 update paves way for iPad 2, iOS 4.3 (Macworld)
Macworld - Apple has put together quite the collection of new iOS-related products for next Friday, March 11. Now it wants to help you prepare with an update to the software at the heart of it all: iTunes.
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Apple announces GarageBand for iPad (Macworld)
Macworld - During Apple’s iPad 2 event on Wednesday, the company also announced and showed off the upcoming GarageBand for iPad app, a version of Apple’s music creation software that’s part of iLife.
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GDC: Netflix on Nintendo 3DS This Summer, 3D Super Mario Announced (PC World)
PC World - Nintendo says it plans to bring Netflix streaming movies to its 3DS handheld this summer, as well as the option for 3DS owners to access thousands of hotspots via a software update in May.
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Qualcomm Gearing up for Next Windows OS (PC World)
PC World - Qualcomm on Tuesday said it is stepping up its software efforts as its chips begin supporting more operating systems, including Microsoft's upcoming Windows OS, which will be targeted at mobile devices, tablets and PCs.
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Apple previews iOS 4.3 (Macworld)
Macworld - Apple gave iOS users a glimpse at what to expect from its forthcoming iOS 4.3 update on Wednesday, when it previewed the mobile operating system at its iPad 2 launch event. iOS 4.3 promises improved Safari performance, wireless media streaming in the form of iTunes Home Sharing, AirPlay improvements, a Personal Hotspot option for the iPhone 4, and a preference setting for the iPad’s side switch.
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Embedded Linux Gets a Boost in Newly Unified Project (PC World)
PC World - Whatever your opinion of Linux's desktop potential, few would dispute the value of the open source operating system in embedded devices such as mobile phones and personal media players. After all, it's fast, it's free, it's open source, it's customizable and it's extremely stable, among many other advantages.
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Sony Makes the Move a Researcher's Tool (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In a twist, Sony said Wednesday that it will make a version of its Sony PlayStation Move software available to researchers, hobbyists and universities, to develop their own motion-aware applications for the PC.
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Apple Shows Off iOS 4.3 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Apple on Wednesday showed off iOS 4.3, the next version of its mobile operating system.
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Man Gets 7 Years for Forcing Modems to Call Premium Numbers (PC World)
PC World - A New Hampshire man who made US$8 million by installing unwanted dial-up software on computers and then forcing them to call expensive premium telephone numbers was handed down an 82-month sentence on Monday.
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Adobe CEO gets 2010 compensation valued at $12.2M (AP)
AP - Shantanu Narayen, the CEO of software maker Adobe Systems Inc., received fiscal 2010 compensation valued at $12.2 million, up sharply from $5 million a year earlier, as the company behind Photoshop and Flash technology improved is sales and earnings following a lackluster 2009.
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IBM Products Aim to Speed Up, Automate Virtualization (PC World)
PC World - IBM is aiming to make it easier for enterprises to manage their virtualized environments, with new features in the Tivoli Provisioning Manager and other software products.
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Nik Software Aims to Improve B&W Photos with Silver Efex Pro 2 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Nik Software's new Adobe plug-in gives more control over your black and white images.
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Intel and McAfee Set to Take Security Beyond the PC (PC World)
PC World - Intel's acquisition of McAfee--originally announced last August--has passed regulatory hurdles and is now official. The question now is: "What does the future hold with the combination of one of the leading chip manufacturers and one of the leading security vendors?"
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Google: Storage software update led to e-mail bug (AP)
AP - Google says an update to e-mail storage software led to an unexpected bug Sunday that left tens of thousands of Gmail users without access to their messages.
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Google to restore all Gmail accounts after bug (AFP)
AFP - Google said Monday it expected to restore all Gmail accounts after a bug in a storage software update wiped out the email messages of a small number of users of the free Internet service.Read More ...
Information Builders Targets IPad, Android With BI Suite (PC World)
PC World - Information Builders upped its ante in mobile BI (business intelligence) software on Tuesday, announcing a product suite that includes native capabilities for Apple and Android devices.
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Apple's Mobile Partner in China Launches Own IPhone Rival (PC World)
PC World - China Unicom announced a new smartphone and software platform Monday, Wophone, that will rival Apple's iPhone, Google's Android and China Mobile's Ophone offerings.
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