There's Little Need For Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has announced a new release of its Windows Storage Server 2008 software, a product previously codenamed Breckenridge. As with previous versions of Windows Storage Server, the 2008 R2 release isn't an end-user product but instead is intended for sale to electronics makers who can deploy it in the likes of NAS hardware devices.
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Google Signals Android 2.3 'Gingerbread' is Done Baking (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Google has dropped yet another clue that the company's next iteration of its Android mobile operating system is ready to be served up to users—literally.
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Tensions Rise Over Damages at Oracle-SAP Trial (PC World)
PC World - The Oracle-SAP trial ended its second week with some tense exchanges over how much SAP should pay in damages for the software theft committed by its TomorrowNow subsidiary.
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The Top 10 Stories in IT This Week (PC World)
PC World - We used to go weeks -- months even -- with no news about Java, but that seems to be changing since Oracle bought Sun Microsystems and took over licensing control of the language, which sparked heat this week from the Apache Software Foundation. Oracle also brought star-power to the witness stand this week as CEO Larry Ellison testified in its intellectual-property theft case against SAP.
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Apple releases iTunes 10.1 (Macworld)
Macworld - It’s time to start your Software Update engines, as Apple on Friday released iTunes 10.1.
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Linux Mint 10 ‘Julia' Is Now Official (PC World)
PC World - The Linux Mint team announced today that the final release of version 10 of the free and open source operating system, dubbed "Julia," is now officially available.
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Misys Buys Financial Software Vendor Sophis for €435M (PC World)
PC World - Misys is buying fellow financial services software vendor Sophis for €435 million (US$595 million), creating a company with products for both buy-side and sell-side purposes, the company announced Friday. The deal is expected to close before the end of February.
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Acer, Ferrari unveil joint smartphone model (Reuters)
Reuters - Ferrari and Acer unveiled on Friday a joint new smartphone model using Google's Android software, hoping to boost its so far limited role in the increasingly crowded smartphone market.Read More ...
Apple Updates iTunes to 10.1 in Anticipation of iOS 4.2 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Apple's iTunes gets a new minor version, as it prepares for the first big update to the iPad's operating system, as well as letting iDevices stream video to Apple TV.
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Cloud Execs: Traditional Vendors Slow Adoption (PC World)
PC World - A group of cloud providers blamed traditional hardware and software companies for their role in discouraging cloud adoption, pointing fingers at Oracle's Mark Hurd, who spoke earlier here.
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Firefox 4 Approaches Warp Speeds With JägerMonkey (PC World)
PC World - We've known for some time now that the JägerMonkey JavaScript engine seen in recent nightly preview builds of Firefox 4 would increase the browser's speed, but yesterday's release of the seventh beta version of the software shows performance increases beyond what many of us might have imagined.
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Motorola Countersues Microsoft as Patent Fight Escalates (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Motorola Mobility is countersuing Microsoft in the tech industry's latest patent dispute. Motorola filed complaints against the software giant in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Florida and the Western District of Wisconsin. The suits allege infringement of 16 patents by Microsoft's PC and server software, Windows Mobile, and Xbox products.
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Google Releases Data Cleanser (PC World)
PC World - Google has updated and re-released open-source software for cleaning, analyzing and transforming data sets, now called Google Refine.
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Microsoft's MSN in tie-up with China's Sina (AFP)
AFP - US software firm Microsoft's online services arm said Thursday that it has inked an agreement to tie up with leading Chinese portal Sina in its latest move to expand in the world's largest web market.Read More ...
MainStage update offers performance, stability fixes (Macworld)
Macworld - Musicians weren’t left out of Apple’s spate of software updates this week. Late Wednesday, the company released an update to MainStage that promises performance and stability fixes to the Logic Studio component.
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Massive Mac OS X Update Shatters Illusion of Security (PC World)
PC World - Perhaps you've heard that the Apple Mac OS X operating system is simply more secure by design and not prone to the security flaws and vulnerabilities that plague the dominant Microsoft Windows operating system? Well, don't believe the hype. Apple unleashed an update for Mac OS X this week which fixes a massive 134 vulnerabilities.
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Motorola fires back against Microsoft in patent dispute (AFP)
AFP - Motorola, the target of a patent lawsuit by Microsoft, fired back against the US software giant with a patent infringement complaint of its own on Wednesday.Read More ...
My Taptu mobile app looks to personalize feeds (Macworld)
Macworld - No news may be good news, as the saying goes, but social media company Taptu thinks there’s such a thing as too much news. So the software maker has come out with a mobile app that it thinks will help users get a better handle on the headlines that matter to them.
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Android No. 2 Mobile OS: Apple Eats Its Dust (PC World)
PC World - Google's Android is now the second most popular mobile operating system in the world - second only to Nokia's Symbian OS, according to Gartner's third quarter report. Apple's iOS comes in third, followed by Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry OS, and Microsoft Windows Mobile.
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Motorola fires back at Microsoft with patent suit (AP)
AP - Motorola is returning fire in a legal battle with Microsoft, suing the software maker for infringing on 16 of its patents.
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