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Green Dam enforcement watered down
News China's Web filtering efforts face more hurdles as school administrations and Internet cafes are without, or have uninstalled content sifting software.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business applications, Government, Personal Computers, Computer, Web 2.0, software, Business applications, Web sites
Microsoft gets big patent verdict overturned
News District court vacates an April ruling that would have had Microsoft being forced to pay US$388 million in a patent infringement case.
Tags: Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, XML, spokesman, Microsoft Corp., Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Microsoft Word, Sales, Canada
Yahoo to shut down Xoopit for Gmail users
News Company announces plans to make the media file aggregation service inaccessible to Gmail users next month, as it focuses on Xoopit development for Yahoo Mail.
Tags: Business applications, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Browser Add-on, Business applications, Xoopit, Web Browser, data retention, Server, Mozilla Firefox
Using Bing from .NET
Techguide Justin James shares his recent Bing experience and provides a code snippet that will put you well on your way to writing a Bing-enabled application.
Tags: Business applications, .NET, Software engineering/development, Namespace, LINQ, Simple Object Access Protocol, Microsoft Corp., WSDL, AppID, Business applications
Schmidt: Enterprise is Google's next opportunity
News Next big source of revenue for Google is selling services to big business, CEO Eric Schmidt says. Also, consumer and enterprise customers aren't that far apart.
Tags: Services, Business applications, Google Inc., Chrome OS, advertisement, CEO, Information Technology, Business applications, Web Browser, Gartner Inc.
Web of Trust extension comes to Chrome
News In the newest sign that Chrome's extensions are becoming practical to use, Web of Trust has released its add-on for Google's browser.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, App servers, Business applications, Open Source, Extension, Google Inc., Web 2.0, Business applications, Web sites
Microsoft to patch zero-day SMB, IIS holes
News Microsoft pushes back the release of the antimalware software until the second half of next year, but says related security releases are on track.
Tags: Data security, Business applications, Antivirus software, Spam filtering, Server Message Block, Microsoft IIS Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Small And Medium Business
Microsoft reports attacks using IIS vulnerability
News Flaw that could attack Microsoft's Web server software is now being used to attack machines, the software company reports.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft IIS Server, Vulnerability, information service, Microsoft IIS 7.0, Microsoft IIS 5.1, security response communications team, Microsoft IIS 5.0, Attack, FTP 7.5
Perils of mobile cloud
News As consumers store addresses, e-mail, and other data from their mobile phones via online services, the potential for lost data is rising.
Tags: E-mail servers, Business applications, Business development/management, Phone, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Business applications, Smart Phone, Backup, Storage
Aussies hit with IBM price hike
News IBM has confirmed it will raise Australian prices on a number of its products by 3 percent effective from 1 January 2010, in response to what Big Blue described as "changing economic conditions and cost structures".
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Adobe Systems Inc., IBM Corp., IBM WebSphere Application Server, software, Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, Adobe PhotoShop, Microsoft Windows 7
Windows 7 business standard by next year
News Analysts believe that Windows 7 will become the standard operating system for business PCs, skipping Vista.
Tags: Windows 7, Business applications, Forrester Research Inc., Operating System, business PC, Business applications, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, IT Professional, Microsoft Windows 7
MySQL ex-CEO tells EU to let Oracle buy Sun
News Marten Mickos urges EU antitrust regulators to approve Oracle's Sun acquisition, arguing that delay hurts customers and that Oracle won't sink Sun's MySQL group.
Tags: Open source, Business applications, Acquisitions, Regulations, Open Source, Database, Commission, MySQL ex-CEO, European Commission, Business applications
Europe to test Microsoft browser ballot system
News The EC has said it is happy with concessions made by the software giant to provide a choice of browsers, while Microsoft will make technical docs available to developers.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, Commission, Microsoft Corp., software, European Commission, Business applications, Web Browser, Europe
VMware hits back at Microsoft cost criticism
News Company has responded to comments by Steve Ballmer, saying while cost comparisons of virtualization products are complicated, Microsoft may be more expensive.
Tags: Business applications, Virtualization, Steve Ballmer, Operating System, operating system company, server operating system, EMEA, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, VMware Inc.
Adobe takes Flash to smartphones
News The update is set to arrive as a beta on phones early next year, and aims to extend Flash's popularity on the desktop to mobile devices.
Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Palm Inc., Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, mobile, Business applications, Barclay, Mobile applications
