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Smartphone batteries need 'breakthrough'
News Getting smartphone power usage to acceptable levels will take "years" and need technology "breakthrough on multiple fronts", says Nokia's research head.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile processors, Nokia Corp., Battery, Phone, cell phone, Smart Phone, Cloud Computing, Smartphone, high-performance
Google: Firms can 'get rid' of Office in a year
News Search giant sets sights on office software leader, Microsoft Office, with "30 to 50 updates" to be released for Google Docs next year, says top exec.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Google Inc., OpenDocument Format, Worker, Microsoft Corp., software, Office Open XML, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Nanjing displays leadership
Blogs Did you see the article yesterday in the Asian Wall Street Journal regarding Nanjing and its approach to peddlers? ...
Windows 7 bug likely not a 'showstopper'
News Microsoft says it is looking into reports of a bug in the final version of Windows 7, but the head of the business says it has yet to reproduce the issue in question.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Security Management, Microsoft Windows 7, Issue, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, patch management, Microsoft Windows, blog, disk
Apple TV gets a security update
News Six patches address buffer overflows and arbitrary code execution. Apple TV devices are set to automatically detect and download the update within a week.
Tags: Security, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime, TV, Buffer-overflow, Application Termination, Issue, Arbitrary Code Execution, Apple TV, Update
Expert says Adobe Flash policy is risky
News Adobe Flash Player allows arbitrary content to access applications without permission, says researcher at Foreground Security.
Tags: Personal applications, Multimedia, Security Management, Web sites, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Security, Web sites, Web Browser, best practice
Google, bank resolve issue over misfired e-mail
News Google and Rocky Mountain Bank ask court to dismiss a case that stemmed from the bank inadvertently e-mailing customer data to a random Gmail address.
Tags: E-mail servers, Social Security, e-mail, San Jose, U.S. District Court, Google Gmail, E-mail servers
Apple acknowledges Snow Leopard data loss issue
News Company says it is aware of a problem related to guest account log-ins that "occurs only in extremely rare cases" and it does not yet have a fix for it.
Tags: Mac OS, Apple Inc., guest account, cell phone, CBS Interactive Inc., mobile, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, discussion board
Microsoft pulls Windows 7 download tool
News Software giant takes down tool aimed at making it easier to put Windows 7 on Netbooks after blogger raises question about whether the software improperly uses open source code.
Tags: Open source, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., software, GPL, Tool, USB, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Facebook acknowledges access problems
News Some members of the social network claim to have been unable to access their accounts for several days now; it's a database problem, Facebook says.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Database management, Databases, Facebook, Database, CBS Interactive Inc., Web 2.0, Web sites, e-mail
EC formally objects to Oracle buying Sun
News European regulators have formally objected to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Oracle vows to fight the conclusion.
Tags: Acquisitions, Open source, Open Source, Database, Commission, Database Product, software, European Commission, U.S. Department Of Justice, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows Home Server update delayed
News Compatibility issues with Windows 7 have delayed the planned Power Pack 3 update until later this year.
Tags: App servers, E-mail servers, Web servers, File servers, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Windows 7, software company, File servers, Server
Alterna-browsers Firefox, Chrome get quick fixes
News Just eight days after a previous update, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 introduces fast fixes for three bugs, one of which was critical. Google Chrome has also been updated for security and stability.
Tags: Web browsers, Browser, Google Inc., Browser, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5, Copy Image Feature, Security, Web Browser, Web browsers, Apple Macintosh
Microsoft reverses decision on Exchange 2007 support
News After notifying customers and partners that Exchange Server 2007 wouldn't be able to run on Windows Server 2008 R2, the Exchange team has reversed its decision.
Tags: E-mail servers, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, blog, general manager, blog posting
Report: Oracle not yielding to EU with Sun buy
News Oracle is playing hardball with European regulators concerned about its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Tags: Mergers, Regulations, European Union, U.S. Department Of Justice, Sun Microsystems Inc., antitrust, Financial Times, Oracle Corp., Marten Mickos, proprietary software
