IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 16/02/2009

Microsoft, Nokia hit back at Apple with virtual stores (AFP)

AFP - Software giant Microsoft and Finnish handset maker Nokia announced the launch of new virtual stores for mobile phone applications on Monday in a clear nod to the success of a similar idea by Apple.

Software in focus in battle for mobile customers (Reuters)

Reuters - Telecom industry leaders including Nokia, China Mobile and Microsoft raced to announce online software stores on Monday in a drive to find new sources of revenue and please consumers.

Microsoft Announces Mobile Apps Store, Backup Service (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft will introduce an application store with its newest version of Windows Mobile software, it planned to announce at Mobile World Congress, where it also was to formally open a limited beta for its My Phone data backup offering.
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Microsoft revamps mobile push (Reuters)

Reuters - Microsoft said on Monday it had signed a deal with LG Electronics, under which the world's third-largest cell phone maker will use Windows software in most of its smartphones.

Adobe to make video on smartphones (Reuters)

Reuters - Adobe Systems, which popularized the use of video and animation on the Web, is introducing a new version of its Flash software that runs not only on computers but also on the latest high-end mobile phones.

HTC Unveils Updated IPhone 3G Rival and Touch Pro2 (PC World)
PC World - High Tech Computer (HTC), the largest maker of handsets that run Microsoft Windows Mobile software, unveiled updates to two of its most popular smartphones ever on Monday, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 handsets.
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Huawei says to sell 2-3 Android phones this year (Reuters)
Reuters - China's Huawei Technologies said on Monday it aimed to start selling 2-3 phone models using Google's Android software platform while introducing more models next year.
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Nokia unveils media, apps store (Reuters)

Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia unveiled on Monday its new online software and media store, hoping to follow the runaway success of Apple's App Store. Nokia said it would open the online 'Ovi' store in nine countries in May.

Merrill to move most work from Satyam to TCS: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Merrill Lynch is shifting a majority of its contracts from troubled Indian software firm Satyam Computer Services Ltd to rival Tata Consultancy Services , the Economic Times reported on Monday.
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Adobe to Show off New Flash for Smartphones (PC World)
PC World - At the Mobile World Congress on Monday, Adobe plans to show off progress on its Flash Player 10 for smartphones and deliver a new software development kit that should make reading documents on small screens easier.
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Pharos, Inventec Unveil New Line of GPS Smartphones (PC World)
PC World - Pharos and Taiwanese hardware maker Inventec on Saturday announced three new smartphones armed with Pharos GPS navigation software and travel information running on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 OS.
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VMware Workstation 5 Hits the Streets (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - VMware on Monday announced VMware Workstation 5, a new release of the company's desktop virtualization software. According to the company, Workstation 5 offers new functionality designed to take the productivity of software developers and QA teams to the next level.
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Novell Pushes Linux into China (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Novell has signed a cooperation agreement with China Standard Software Company (CS2C), the leading Linux firm in China.
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Apple's Tiger Begins To Prowl, Set for Release Friday (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple has kicked its flagship operating system into a higher gear, temporarily stealing the thunder from arch-rival Microsoft by unleashing Tiger with some 200 enhancements to the Mac platform that already has a strong, cult-like following.
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Ultimus Releases BPM Prioritization Tool (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Ultimus, a maker of business-process management (BPM) and workflow-automation software, announced the released of a Microsoft Excel-based application designed to help organizations select and prioritize which business processes to automate.
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BEA Updates WebLogic Suite To Focus on B2B Integration (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - BEA Systems on Monday announced it is upgrading its WebLogic Integration software package that focuses on connecting business-to-business data and applications.
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Electronic evidence firm grilled over absent memos (AP)
AP - Guidance Software Inc. bills itself as the leading provider of technology that helps companies dig up old e-mails and other electronic documents that might be evidence in a lawsuit. Yet when Guidance itself had to face a judge, it was accused of bumbling its internal digital search.
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Gaming Industry Sales Grow In January (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The NPD Group reports that video game console and software sales continued to grow respectably last month, despite tough economic conditions here at home and abroad.
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Google to offer paid smartphone apps in Apple challenge (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc will allow developers to sell applications for its Android cell phone operating system beginning next week in the United States, as the search giant strives to expand in a smartphone arena dominated by Apple Inc.

Microsoft to open chain of retail stores (AFP)

AFP - A veteran executive from the world's biggest retail chain starts work Monday at Microsoft with a mission to open stores specializing in the software giant's products.

Monday, February 16, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 16/02/2009

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