Wednesday, October 7, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 07/10/2009



Microsoft launches new phone software (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp introduced new software for mobile phones on Tuesday, promising a range of devices to compete with Apple Inc's iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd's BlackBerry.
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Verizon Wireless, Google to release Android phone (AFP)

Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola speaks in San Francisco about their new phone powered by Google's Android software in September. Verizon Wireless and Google have announced that mobile phones powered by the Internet giant's Android software will be introduced in the next few weeks.(AFP/MOTOROLA/File/Vance Jacobs)AFP - Verizon Wireless and Google announced on Tuesday that mobile phones powered by the Internet giant's Android software will be introduced in the next few weeks.



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FIFA launches soccer World Cup for virtual players (Reuters)
Reuters - Soccer's global governing body FIFA, gaming software-maker Electronic Arts and Sony Corp's PlayStation announced the start of the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2010 (FIWC10) season on Tuesday.
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Google, Verizon to develop Android mobile phones (Reuters)
Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it will develop and sell mobile phones and services using Google Inc's Android operating system software.
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Verizon Wireless, Google in Android partnership (AP)

FILE - In this July 28, 2008 file photo, a cell phone user passes a Verizon store in New York. Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. said Tuesday, Oct. 6. 2009, they are teaming up to speed development of new mobile devices based on Google's Android software that will run on Verizon's cell phone network.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will put substantial resources into developing and selling phones that use Google Inc.'s Android software.



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Adobe Developed IPhone Tool Without Apple's Help (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems said it developed its tools that allow Flash developers to create native iPhone applications without help from Apple, but it hopes the iPhone maker will be glad of its efforts.
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After Attacks, Adobe Patches Now Come Faster (PC World)
PC World - Hackers like Adobe Systems, and now the company knows it all too well.
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Jive Links Enterprise Social-networking Product, CMS Tools (PC World)
PC World - 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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Google partners on device to monitor home energy (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc is partnering with privately held Energy Inc to provide households with free energy management software, bypassing utilities' smart meters and potentially boosting energy efficiency, the company said on its blog on Monday.
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Nuance buys eCopy for $54M in stock (AP)
AP - Speech and imaging software maker Nuance Communications Inc. said Monday that it bought eCopy for $54 million in common stock.
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Adobe Brings Flash Apps to the IPhone (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems has come up with a way to let developers write Flash applications for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices, even without the support of Apple.
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Adobe to offer Flash to iPhone developers (AP)
AP - Adobe Systems says developers for Apple's iPhone will be able to use its video-enabling software, Flash, to create applications for the device for the first time.
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Dealertrack upgrading identity theft tracker (AP)
AP - Dealertrack Holdings Inc., which makes software for auto dealers, said Monday it has upgraded a service that tracks identity theft prevention.
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AT&T Offers Two HTC Windows Mobile 6.5 Smartphones (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - AT&T and mobile-phone maker HTC have rolled out two new smartphones based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. AT&T said the HTC Pure and HTC Tilt 2 will lead its mobile-phone lineup into 2010.
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CDC to acquire business intelligence provider (AP)
AP - Business software developer CDC Software Corp. said Monday it has agreed to an all-cash purchase of a provider of business intelligence solutions for manufacturing intended to help expand its presence in the food and beverage, consumer packaged goods and automotive markets.
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Salesforce.com, Cisco Partner on SMB Call-center Tech (PC World)
PC World - Salesforce.com and Cisco Systems on Monday announced an offering for small and medium-size companies that integrates Salesforce.com's on-demand, customer-service software with Cisco's unified communications technology.
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Palm Fixes Pre's iTunes Syncing, Again (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The cat and mouse game between Palm and Apple continues. According to Palm's Web site, the company just released an update to their WebOS software for Palm Pre phones that "resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (9.0.1)."
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Adobe Puts LiveCycle in the Cloud (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems is preparing an update to its document-based workflow system, LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, that can be hosted in the Amazon computing cloud and accessed on the go from smartphones, the company said Monday.
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Flash Player Inches Closer to Smartphones (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems' Flash Player is getting closer to appearing on smartphones, with Research in Motion adding its BlackBerry to the list of devices that will run the software. Apple's elusive iPhone remains out of reach, however.
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Red Hat Takes Software Patents To Supreme Court (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Thursday, Red Hat filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to reject software patents. In what will be an uphill battle for the Linux-based software developer, Red Hat sought to explain the practical problems software patents pose to developers.
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