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| AP - Norway's Opera says downloads of its browser have more than doubled after Microsoft Corp. was forced to give European users a choice of Web software to settle European Union antitrust charges. |
Mar 18, 2010 14:56:48 GMT
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| PC World - Facebook's 400 million users have been targeted by a spam run that could infect their computers with malicious software designed to steals passwords and other data, according to security researchers at McAfee. |
Mar 18, 2010 14:00:18 GMT
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| PC World - Computerworld - Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will not run on Windows XP, now or when the software eventually ships, the company confirmed this week. |
Mar 18, 2010 11:54:00 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100318/tc_afp/usitcompanycomputersecurityinternetfacebookmcafee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100318/capt.photo_1268883910490-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=z90yShT6bGeMfjT8SDFoWQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Computer hackers are targeting Facebook users with an email scam that attempts to steal their passwords, Web security firm McAfee warns.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Computer hackers are targeting Facebook users with an email scam that attempts to steal their passwords, Web security firm McAfee said.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 18, 2010 03:45:26 GMT
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| AP - Diebold Inc., a maker of ATMs and security systems, said Wednesday that Kumar Pavithran will lead its integrated services, global software development and global professional services teams. |
Mar 17, 2010 23:32:53 GMT
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| NewsFactor - After rolling out its latest operating system on its exclusive Nexus One smartphone in January, Google will now release Android 2.1 for a top competitor: the Motorola Droid, which is distributed by Verizon Wireless. |
Mar 17, 2010 20:57:42 GMT
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| NewsFactor - IBM is going deeper into the cloud. On Tuesday, the Armonk, N.Y.-based company announced beta versions of an expanded commercial cloud-based service for software development and testing, on both public and private clouds. |
Mar 17, 2010 20:57:14 GMT
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| PC World - Verizon says on Thursday it will update its Motorola Droid phone to the latest Android 2.1 software juicing the handset with multitouch pinch-to-zoom capabilities and adding live wallpaper. Verizon customers have been eagerly awaiting the update ever since Motorola said the upgrade would occur in early February in "one week" -- but it never happened. |
Mar 17, 2010 14:55:00 GMT
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| PC Magazine - Windows XP users will not be able to run the final version of Internet Explorer 9, according to Microsoft executives, cutting out a decade-old, yet still popular operating system. |
Mar 17, 2010 13:37:49 GMT
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| PC Magazine - Verizon Wireless has finally unveiled an Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid, which will finally give the handset feature parity (at least from a software perspective) with the Google Nexus One. |
Mar 17, 2010 09:45:52 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100317/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwaretelecomstudygetjar"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100317/capt.photo_1268811352694-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=hjKXIPdsyULNYNOhM2q6mA--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="A screen shot shows the Google Earth application. Downloads of mobile applications to handsets will leap from slightly more than seven billion in 2009 to nearly 50 billion in 2012, according to the independent study commissioned by GetJar, the world's second largest app store.(AFP/Pool/File/Robert Galbraith)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A study released on Wednesday indicated that the market for mobile device software programs should rocket to 17.5 billion dollars (US) within three years.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 17, 2010 07:36:29 GMT
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| PC World - A court in Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay communications software maker VirnetX US$105.75 million after a jury found it guilty of willful infringement of two patents belonging to the company. |
Mar 17, 2010 04:00:13 GMT
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| AP - THE PROBLEM: An issue involving the Boeing 777 can result in a high-speed aborted takeoff and increase the chance of a runway overrun. |
Mar 17, 2010 00:43:37 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100317/bs_afp/usaerospaceboeing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100317/capt.photo_1268786117175-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=TIsDp57XAYMAnXQ9fK8XEw--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="US aviation watchdog, the Federal Aviation Administration, ordered Boeing to fix a software problem in hundreds of 777 aircraft (pictured) that could cause them to overrun the runway. The FAA said on Tuesday 818 planes would be affected by the order to fix a software malfunction that has caused two airliners to abort takeoff in January this year alone.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Brashear)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US aviation watchdog, the Federal Aviation Administration, ordered Boeing to fix a software problem in hundreds of 777 aircraft that could cause them to overrun the runway.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 17, 2010 00:39:52 GMT
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| PC World - Microsoft's next-generation Internet Explorer 9 browser may not be anywhere close to competition, but you can test drive a "platform preview" of the software that provides a taste of IE9's capabilities. So what's the deal with Redmond's upcoming browser, and how does it differ from IE8 and worthy competitors such as Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox, Opera Software's Opera, and Apple's Safari? Here's a quick primer. |
Mar 17, 2010 00:29:00 GMT
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