January
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Windows 7, Mac OS make gains in January
News Apple's Mac OS continues move up among operating systems accessing the Web, as Windows 7 surges after Microsoft releases its public beta, Net Applications says.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Web metrics, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS, operating system, January
SingTel reports success with developer program
News Operator intends to continue supporting Singapore's mobile developer community, having attracted some 140 to its program since 2008.
Tags: Development/design, Software engineering/development, Communications, SingTel, Spokesperson, Singapore, software company, ISV, talent, Web
Intel-Dell dealings under fire
News Pressure on Dell, as outlined in Cuomo's lawsuit, provides fresh insight into the marketing payments that regulators say left PC makers beholden to Intel.
Tags: Processors, Personal Computers, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Complaint, Cuomo, Computer, PC Company, CEO, Personal Computers
Job search sites post strong January growth
News Web sites catering to job seekers posted strong traffic growth in January, as Internet users became concerned about their job security, according to a ComScore report.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Recruiting, E-business, Job Search, Survey, online retail, January, chairman, ComScore Networks Inc.
Judge sets February hearing for new Google Books deal
News Schedule is laid out for second round of final approval process as preliminary approval is given to revised deal submitted last Friday.
Tags: Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, Judge, researcher, U.S. District Court, agreement, Benefit
Yahoo stopping mobile 'Go' app in 2010
News Yahoo to pull the plug on a mobile app it cannibalized with the introduction of Yahoo Mobile, its optimized site and mobile app.
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Phone, cell phone, mobile, Web Browser, product marketing, Apple iPhone, strategy, Web
Aust govt sets up new CERT
News Australian government launches in-depth cybersecurity strategy, which includes establishment of a new Computer Emergency Response Team to rival existing AusCERT.
Tags: Government, Network security, Security Management, PC security, cybersecurity workforce, Cybersecurity, AusCERT, Information And Communication Technology, cybersecurity strategy, Identity Theft
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
10 tips for working with dates in Microsoft Access
Techguide Handling dates in Access is often a little tricky and non-intuitive. These tips will help you avoid the most common date-related headaches.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Expression, DateSerial, Returns, Value, Cell, Microsoft Corp., data entry, SQL, Microsoft Excel
Yahoo's CEO to deliver CES keynote
News Carol Bartz's first turn on the CES stage as Yahoo's CEO marks the company's return to the main spotlight at the Las Vegas show.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Yahoo! Inc., Tom Cruise, TV, Entertainment Company, Consumer Electronics Association, Electronics, Business Strategies & Functions, Ford Motor Co., Consumer Electronics Show
Cisco to buy cloud security firm for US$183M
News Cisco Systems plans to buy U.K. Web-based security software company ScanSafe, marking the third announced acquisition this month.
Tags: Network security, Security applications/tools, Web services, LANs and WANs, Acquisitions, Starent Networks Corp., ScanSafe, Security, software, Cisco Systems Inc.
Time for U.S. to stop saying ICANN
Blogs This week marks the first time Barack Obama stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his in...
Ciena buys Nortel's Metro Ethernet business
News Nortel Networks will sell another piece of its business for US$769 million as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, which require it to dismantle its business.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Ethernet, Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks Corp., CIENA Communications, network, Siemens AG, Wireless, Bankruptcy, Metro Ethernet
Chinese domain names coming soon to S'pore
News Registration for .sg domain names based on Chinese characters to be accepted from Nov. 23, according to Singapore's national registrar.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Regulations, domain name registration, SGNIC, Domain Name, Web sites, Singapore, Japan, intellectual property
Skype retiring third-party Extras
News Developers and users will have some adjustment time. Skype won't certify any new submissions, but it won't yank support for existing Extras until their certificates expire.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Backup, Developer, Mozilla Firefox, API, adjustment
