Wednesday, July 18, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 18/07/2012





'Space nut' looks skyward with Web-funded satellite
Ask any Silicon Valley entrepreneur about their startup and they'll usually tell you the sky is the limit. For some, it's not just the limit but the goal. Combining advances in electronics and new sources of funding with the Valley's geeky, do-it-yourself culture, two teams are turning to the Internet to fund satellites and take project supporters along for the ride into space.

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New Microsoft Office: Cloud? Check. Social? Check
The next version of Microsoft Office, unveiled on Monday, is a dramatic departure from the software that millions of users have come to know, built for the cloud and for touch-based computing and packed with features that make it more social and, Microsoft hopes, more intuitive to use than past releases.

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Update: Google exec Marissa Mayer takes over as Yahoo CEO
Marissa Mayer, a longtime Google executive, has been named the next CEO at Yahoo.

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Skype glitch sends messages to the wrong contacts
Skype, a division of Microsoft, confirmed on Monday that a glitch in its software has led to instant messages being shared with unintended parties.

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Givit for iPhone and iPad
I happen to think my daughter is the most wonderful kid on the planet. Total strangers, however, may not agree. And instead of courting their dissent by posting videos of my child doing delightful things, I turn to a more private way of sharing videos with friends and family.

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Nokia cuts Lumia 900 price in half to $50
Nokia cut the price of the Lumia 900 smartphone in half, to $49.99, less than four months after the device went on sale at AT&T.

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Microsoft launches preview of new Office 2013
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today unveiled the next version of Office as the company launched previews of the suite for consumers and businesses.

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Intel dishing out $29K to Android developers in game app contest
Intel is dishing out a total of US$29,000 in cash prizes to Android developers in an effort to encourage coders to write games for tablets and smartphones using Intel chips.

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Sprint to sell IdeaPad U310 Ultrabook for $800
Sprint has become the first U.S. wireless carrier to offer an ultrabook, which is being sold with a 3G/4G mobile hotspot device at no added cost.

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Office 2013 beta review: Microsoft (almost) nails it
The beta version of Office 2013 gets a needed facelift and adds a host of useful features, but its cloud integration leaves something to be desired.

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