Windows Marketplace for Mobile debuts with 246 applications
HTC and Samsung are at the head of the line of U.S. handset vendors offering Windows Mobile 6.5 phones, the first smartphones based on Microsoft's new OS that are meant to finally give Microsoft-powered phones features that are on par with those available in Apple's iPhone.
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Update: Jive links corporate social networking tools with CMS
Jive Software will begin to deliver later this quarter new modules to link its flagship Social Business Software (SBS) enterprise social networking product with leading content management systems (CMS) from other vendors.
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Smartphone maker Palm to launch developer program for WebOS platform
Smartphone maker Palm plans to open a full-scale developer program to encourage third-party applications for its webOS platform by the end of the year and has just begun a trial run of its App Catalog store.
In August, Palm allowed developers to begin submitting applications for inclusion in its App Catalog, which is built into devices with webOS, the company's newest operating system. Palm is eventually looking to drive over-the-air downloads for webOS applications and give developers more options for distributing and promoting their applications.
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Diskeeper says new HyperBoot can slash Windows startup times in half
Diskeeper says its new HyperBoot app can cut the startup time on Windows by more than half.
Best known for its disk defragmentation software, Diskeeper has licensed HyperBoot to Taiwanese PC maker Asustek, which will install it on its Eee netbooks and other laptops running Windows XP.
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Prototype mobile phone with fuel cell on display at Ceatec
The latest prototype cell phone based on a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) made its debut on Tuesday at the Ceatec show in Japan.
The modified Toshiba T002 handset is being shown by Japanese carrier KDDI as a research and development device and shows some improvements in technology based on previous prototypes, but there's still no word on when a phone based on the technology will be available.
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Windows 7 will create 25,000 jobs, says study
Windows 7 will add 25,000 jobs to the U.S. and "do its bit" to help the economy climb out of the crisis , says IDC in a new study.
But overall IT spending and employment growth will be modest over the next few years, according to this Microsoft-sponsored report, released today .
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Citrix provides desktop virtualization from any location, any device
Citrix on Monday said its latest desktop virtualization software will give users access to high-definition desktops from any location and from just about any device, including PCs, Macs, thin clients, laptops, netbooks, and smartphones.
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Nasty banking Trojan heralds new wave of smarter crimeware
A sophisticated Trojan horse program designed to empty bank accounts has a new trick up its sleeve: It lies to investigators about where the money is going.
First uncovered by Finjan Software last week, the URLzone Trojan is already known to be very advanced. It rewrites bank pages so that the victims don't know that their accounts have been emptied, and it also has a sophisticated command-and-control interface that lets the bad guys pre-set what percentage of the account balance they want to clear out.
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Attacks spur regular security updates from Adobe
Hackers like Adobe Systems, and now the company knows it all too well.
Adobe's software has increasingly come under attack in recent years as hackers have come to realize that it can be easier to find flaws in popular software that runs on top of Windows than to dig up new vulnerabilities in the operating system itself.
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VMware Fusion 3.0 dumps Windows interface for Mac look
The upcoming version of VMware's Fusion software for Mac-Windows desktop virtualization includes an interface overlay called "Unity" that erases Windows' long ubiquitous Start taskbar in favor of Mac OS X's Dock, and replaces the Windows Search with one closely resembling Mac OS X's Spotlight search box.
"We got rid of the Start menu because we wanted to give you a Mac-like experience via Unity," said Pat Lee, director of personal desktop products at VMware.
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RIM extends BlackBerry app development to Web developers
Research In Motion (RIM) will preview on Tuesdayآ technologies enabling application builders to use Web development skills to buildآ programs for the company's BlackBerry smartphone.
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How to prepare for and install Windows 7
With Windows 7's launch just a few short weeks away, both individual users and businesses will soon be preparing to install and upgrade the new Microsoft OS on their PCs. But the process is not that easy.
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How to prepare for and install Windows 7
With Windows 7's launch just a few short weeks away, both individual users and businesses will soon be preparing to install and upgrade the new Microsoft OS on their PCs. But the process is not that easy.
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