Their preliminary review is believed to focus on whether Oracle's acquisition of Sun software

Oracle's $7.4 billion buyout of Sun w... - San Jose Mercury News Posted: 21 Aug 2009 04:31 AM PDT Daily Mail Oracle's $7.4 billion buyout of Sun wins Justice Department approval San Jose Mercury News Their preliminary review is believed to focus on whether Oracle's acquisition of Sun software, including the popular MySQL database program, would give it ... Oracle gets clearance by Justice Dept. for Sun acquisitionMarketWatch Oracle gets go-ahead to buy SunBBC News US Justice Dept Regulators Clear Oracle-Sun DealWall Street Journal Reuters -ChannelWeb -TMCnet all 330 news articles »

Pirated software distributors get jai... - Afterdawn.com Posted: 21 Aug 2009 02:03 PM PDT DAWN.com Pirated software distributors get jail time in China Afterdawn.com The largest fine however, was given to the Chengdu Share Software Net Co., which ran the pirate's site. The company was fined 8.7 million yuan ($1.3 ... China jails Microsoft software piratesFinancial Times Chinese Software Pirate Sentenced To 3.5 Years In JailChinaTechNews.com Prison For China Pirates Of Microsoft Products24/7 Wall St. The Canadian Press all 35 news articles »

Unloved Strength In Software - Forbes Posted: 21 Aug 2009 10:14 AM PDT Unloved Strength In Software Forbes The software sector continues to be a mixed bag of trading opportunities for options players. The Software HOLDRS Trust ( SWH - news - people ) has put in a ... and more »

PREVIEW-Key segments to drive results... - Reuters Posted: 21 Aug 2009 07:58 AM PDT PREVIEW-Key segments to drive results at Absolute Software Reuters BANGALORE, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Canada's Absolute Software Corp (ABT.TO), a provider of computer security solutions, will benefit from ... and more »

Intel Acquires Software Company Rapid... - PC World Posted: 21 Aug 2009 02:42 PM PDT Intel Acquires Software Company RapidMind PC World Intel has acquired software company RapidMind in an effort to push development of programs that can exploit the power of Intel's multicore processors, ... Intel buys Canadian software company RapidMindTechSpot Intel buys multicore software specialist RapidMindEDN.com RapidMind Gets Swallowed by IntelHPCwire TechWhack all 21 news articles »

Malware Turns Software Compilers into... - Wired News Posted: 21 Aug 2009 02:58 PM PDT SDTimes.com Malware Turns Software Compilers into Virus Breeders Wired News Sophos says its seen 3000 instances of the Induc virus in the wild, where it's popped up in some production software. "This makes us believe that the ... New virus infects programs built with DelphiCNET News Compiler virus infects thousands of programsSecurityFocus Software houses are 'unwittingly infecting customers'BCS SC Magazine UK -SC Magazine US -eWeek all 47 news articles »

China Court Issues Rare Piracy Penalt... - Wall Street Journal Posted: 21 Aug 2009 06:14 AM PDT Earthtimes (press release) China Court Issues Rare Piracy Penalty to Windows Copycats Wall Street Journal The defendants were accused of illegally distributing software, including Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system, which they re-created and distributed ... China jails Windows software piratesAFP Chinese 'Tomato Garden' software pirates get jail termsComputerworld Microsoft cuts down Chinese 'Tomato Garden'Register Reuters -TransWorldNews (press release) -Earthtimes (press release) all 96 news articles »

Canes turn to SAS software - News & Observer Posted: 21 Aug 2009 11:04 PM PDT Canes turn to SAS software News & Observer The team turned to the Cary software giant to analyze ticket sales data and recommend how it could increase revenue from home games at the RBC Center. ... and more »

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Useless iPhone Software and Customer Habits Tied Together PC World

Useless iPhone Software and Customer Habits Tied Together - PC World Posted: 21 Feb 2009 03:34 PM CST NewsOXY Useless iPhone Software and Customer Habits Tied Together PC World Think of iPhone software sales as the anything-goes, impulse-buy section on the way out of a store. Customers have downloaded more than 500000000 free and paid apps, but nearly all abandon the software the following day. According to research by Pinch ... How To Build An iPhone App: A Guide Mashable Apple iPhone Study Suggests Free Apps Will Be Priced NewsOXY Classics (for iPhone) PC Magazine Apple Insider - Wired News all 225 news articles

Ballmer's big bet - San Jose Mercury News Posted: 22 Feb 2009 02:09 AM CST Ballmer's big bet San Jose Mercury News, USA He has doubled down on the Internet, investing billions in data centers and in a new operating system called Azure that will enable Microsoft to move all its existing software to the Internet and sell it through subscriptions or pay for it with ...

Yahoo names software executive Carol Bartz as new CEO - Canada.com Posted: 21 Feb 2009 10:38 PM CST Yahoo names software executive Carol Bartz as new CEO Canada.com, Canada By Anupreeta Das, ReutersJanuary 14, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. named Autodesk Inc. chairman Carol Bartz as CEO, but Wall Street questioned whether the software executive has the experience needed to turn around the Internet media company. ...

The Future of Software Testing: TCL Announce the Winners of its ... - Emediawire (press release) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 03:09 AM CST The Future of Software Testing: TCL Announce the Winners of its ... Emediawire (press release), WA These links enable us as a company to develop the professional discipline of software testing, keep up-to-date with changes in education and the identify the future stars of the testing community," said Stewart Noakes - Chairman TCL Group Ltd. ...

Government Saves Billions Using Open Source Software. Really? - DaniWeb Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:23 AM CST Government Saves Billions Using Open Source Software. Really? DaniWeb, VA The gist of the article is that by switching to open source software, like Linux and OpenOffice.org, the federal government would save billions of dollars in IT costs. This is one for the "DUH!" category. It is such a "duh" moment for me that I feel ... Study: Federal Gov't Can Save Billions in IT Spending PC World all 7 news articles

State considers decertifying election software - Times-Standard Posted: 22 Feb 2009 03:29 AM CST State considers decertifying election software Times-Standard, CA California Secretary of State Debra Bowen is considering withdrawing the state's approval of the flawed Premier Elections Solutions software that resulted in almost 200 ballots disappearing from Humboldt County's final November election results. ...

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Entertainment Software Rating Board, educational campaigns and parental controls, the court said.

Court finds Calif. video game law unconstitutional - Reuters Posted: 20 Feb 2009 01:00 PM CST Ars Technica Court finds Calif. video game law unconstitutional Reuters Those alternative measures include the voluntary ratings system established by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, educational campaigns and parental controls, the court said. State Sen. Leland Yee, the author of the legislation, said he will urge ... California Violent Video-Game Ban Outlawed by Court Bloomberg Court strikes down California video game law The Associated Press Court Denies Appeal For California Violent Game Law Gamasutra New York Times - San Francisco Chronicle all 301 news articles

A software-developer-meets-OS X love story - Macworld Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:22 PM CST A software-developer-meets-OS X love story Macworld, CA by Sue Voelkel, Macworld.com My partner's coworker is in the market for a new family computer, one that he can use not only for his job as a software Q&A specialist, but also for his hobbies working with digital photos. He needs to access Windows ...

CORRECTED - -OFFICIAL-Intuit, Block retail software sales drop - Reuters Posted: 20 Feb 2009 04:01 PM CST CORRECTED - -OFFICIAL-Intuit, Block retail software sales drop Reuters 18 after an official correction from NPD Group) BOSTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Retail sales of US tax preparation software from Intuit Inc (INTU.O) and H&R Block Inc (HRB.N) fell 7.4 percent to $123 million in January, their worst performance for that ...

Nitro PDF Software Opens New Global Headquarters in Downtown San ... - MSNBC Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:58 PM CST Nitro PDF Software Opens New Global Headquarters in Downtown San ... MSNBC SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Continuing its rapid business expansion, Nitro PDF Software, the company that revolutionized the PDF space with its launch of the first true alternative to Adobe® Acrobat®, today announced the opening of a new global headquarters in ...

Sun Microsystems, Adobe, Microsoft will battle for dominance in ... - San Jose Mercury News Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:02 PM CST Sun Microsystems, Adobe, Microsoft will battle for dominance in ... San Jose Mercury News, USA By Brandon Bailey In a new battle for market share, tech titans Microsoft, Adobe Systems and Sun Microsystems are promoting rival platforms to build software applications for an Internet that's evolved from text-and-photos Web sites into a rich array ...

How to make your first billion--with free software - CNET News Posted: 20 Feb 2009 11:15 AM CST How to make your first billion--with free software CNET News, CA In an effort to maintain open-source virtue and scale at the same time, such a model pushes vendors into awkward positions, vis-a-vis their communities, that a little proprietary software actually erases. Red Hat is not an exception to this rule, ...

FileMaker Pro 10 Database Software - Washington Post Posted: 19 Feb 2009 09:48 PM CST FileMaker Pro 10 Database Software Washington Post, United States In a test with a set of large databases used by a medium-size software company for bug tracking and software development, FileMaker 10 was able to run complex scripts and applications unchanged, right out of the box. The scripts and apps also ran about ...

Opera Software joins the LiMo Foundation - IntoMobile Posted: 20 Feb 2009 02:25 PM CST Opera Software joins the LiMo Foundation IntoMobile, CA Opera Software announced that its has joined the LiMo Foundation. Their idea is simple - Opera wants to have its mobile browser(s) running on every possible platform. That being said, we've already seen them releasing Opera Mini for Android, ... Yahoo Partners with Opera Software, Brings Opera Mini Mobile Web ... TMCnet all 2 news articles

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