Monday, December 19, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 19/12/2011





Silver Lake, Microsoft working on new Yahoo stake offer: source
(Reuters)

The Yahoo! offices are pictured in Santa Monica, California April 18, 2011. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - A consortium of private equity group Silver Lake, software giant Microsoft Corp and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are reworking their bid for a minority stake in Internet company Yahoo Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.



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Automatic Updates Coming To Internet Explorer
(NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Microsoft intends to begin delivering automatic updates of its Internet Explorer browser beginning next year to ensure that as many machines as possible running Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 are protected from the latest malware schemes of cyber criminals.

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Europeans lukewarm on Nokia Windows phone: survey
(Reuters)

Reuters - European consumers show little interest in Nokia's first smartphone using Microsoft's Windows Phone software, a survey by Exane BNP Paribas showed on Friday.

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Salesforce.com enters HR software business
(Reuters)

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff walks speaks to the crowd during his keynote address at the Dreamforce event in San Francisco, California August 31, 2011. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Salesforce.com Inc is entering the business of selling human resources software in a move that raises the stakes in its battle to woo customers away from bigger rivals SAP AG and Oracle Corp..



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Adobe results beat Street view, shares rise
(Reuters)

Reuters - Software maker Adobe Systems Inc, the maker of Photoshop and Acrobat software, released quarterly results that beat Wall Street projections, sending its shares up 3 percent.

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FBI contacted phone monitoring firm about software
(AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A senior executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software secretly installed on 141 million cell phones told The Associated Press on Thursday that the FBI approached his company about using its technology but was rebuffed, one day after FBI Director Robert Mueller assured Congress that agents “neither sought nor obtained any information” from the company. The disclosure will likely inflame suspicion about the monitoring tool and its usefulness to the U.S. government.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - A senior executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software secretly installed on 141 million cellphones said Thursday that the FBI approached the company about using its technology but was rebuffed. The disclosure came one day after FBI Director Robert Mueller assured Congress that agents "neither sought nor obtained any information" from the company, Carrier IQ.



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IBM Acquires Emptoris in Smarter Commerce Move
(NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - IBM on Thursday announced an agreement to acquire a leader in the cloud and on-premise analytics software field. IBM will take over Emptoris for an undisclosed amount.

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RIM: Next-generation phones not out till late 2012
(AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011 file photo, Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of Research in Motion gestures at the end of his keynote address to the BlackBerry DevCon Americas conference in San Francisco. Research In Motion Ltd. reports quarterly financial results Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, after the market close (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)AP - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Thursday that new phones deemed critical to the company's future will be delayed until late 2012.



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Sony eyes Vita push, feels Fitch heat
(Reuters)

Reuters - Sony Corp, set to report a $1 billion loss this year, is banking on a big slate of new software to drive sales of its new PlayStation Vita handheld games device, even as Fitch downgraded the Japanese electronics giant to a notch above junk.

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