Wednesday, April 20, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 20/04/2011





Court hears arguments in Microsoft patent case
(AP)

AP - The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments from Microsoft Corp. asking it to overturn a $290 million patent infringement judgment against the world's largest software maker, a ruling that could have a profound effect on how corporations protect and profit from their future inventions.

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Nero Releases Free Kwik Media Organizer App
(PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - Free Nero Kwik software aims to make managing, sharing, and transferring music, photos, and video as easy on Windows and Android as easy as it is on Mac and iPhone.

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Adobe Platform Will Stream Videos To Apple's iPad
(NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Adobe Systems' Flash Media Server platform is poised to embrace new HTML5 capabilities that will enable content publishers to stream protected video to more mobile devices, including Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. To make this happen, Adobe will add support for HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) -- a technology developed by Apple as part of the company's QuickTime X and iOS software.

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Top court hears Microsoft appeal on i4i patent
(Reuters)

Reuters - Microsoft Corp urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to make it easier to challenge some patents as part of its appeal of a record $290 million jury verdict for infringing a small Canadian software firm's patent.

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Analysis: Intuit's small-business bets paying off
(Reuters)

A man walks past a Turbo Tax software software filing package on display at a Staples store in Manhasset, New York, April 15, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - For some 20 million Americans, tax season means powering up the computer, opening a TurboTax software program and, if all goes well, getting their finances in order.



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HP might beat Google, Apple to cloud music service for its webOS
(Appolicious)

Appolicious - Every tech company in the business is working on a tablet, but the devices generally circle around those offered by other companies like Apple (AAPL) and function using Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system. So, in a word, they’re all kind of similar. Android tablets compete with each other but not so much in the realm of software because they’re all running Android, leaving the competition to be between iPads and their iOS system and Google’s operating system, with variations of tablets available on the Google side.

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Reports of MeeGo's Death Were Greatly Exaggerated
(PC World)

PC World - Like most operating platforms, MeeGo has had its critics almost from the beginning. Ever since Nokia announced its effective abandonment of the Linux-based mobile operating system earlier this year, however, many observers have been quick to sound MeeGo's death knell.

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Key SaaS Software Executive Leaving SAP
(PC World)

PC World - SAP executive John Wookey, who was charged with developing a SaaS (software as a service) strategy for large enterprises, is leaving the vendor after about two-and-a-half years, the company said Monday.

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Chrome OS Nears Release, But Where are the Netbooks?
(PC World)

PC World - Google's Chrome operating system for netbooks has been in the works for a while, but the company finally seems ready for a May launch. The company launched a stable developer channel for Chrome OS last week, fueling speculation that devices with the software would be announced in May at Google I/O conference, possibly shipping by summer, as the company previously promised.

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Microsoft Office 365 Beta Opens for Business: What's Inside
(PC World)

PC World - Now anyone can try Office 365, Microsoft's cloud productivity package for businesses. The service opened Sunday night for beta testing, coming a step closer to its final launch, which will occur sometime later this year.

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