Personal Applications
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Software for the other five billion
Insight perspective If businesses want to win over the five billion people without computers, they must adapt their approach. Here are seven assumptions not to make.
Tags: Business applications, Protocols and platforms, Personal applications, Microsoft Corp., Graphics, Quocirca, distributed system, Literacy, Clive Longbottom, software
License this software
Insight perspective Mismanaging software licensing can lead to extra costs and damaged reputations. Here's how to ensure it doesn't happen to you.
Tags: Software licensing, Piracy, Business applications, Personal applications, Organization, Tool, software license, Quocirca, software company, compliance
Vietnam: Where pirated apps match personal budgets
Insight perspective Many Vietnamese view pirated software as the only way they can afford the apps they want and need. Considering their wage scale, they aren't necessarily wrong.
Tags: Piracy, Business applications, Personal applications, Software licensing, Operating systems, Adobe PhotoShop, Vietnam, DVD, Nam, Kaspersky
No buying sprees ahead for social networks?
News Consolidation will be part and parcel of still maturing social networking, but content partnerships and alliances may be way forward, say industry watchers.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Personal applications, MySpace, Site, International Data Corp., digital content, social networking, monetization
Google sets sights on Lotus Notes customers
News The search giant has released a migration tool to help Lotus Notes users migrate their mail, calendar and contacts over to Google Apps.
Tags: Web 2.0, Applications and tools, Personal applications, IBM Corp., IBM Lotus Notes, Google Inc., Tool, e-mail, software-as-a-service, blog
Amazon opens up SimpleDB to the public
News The database component for Amazon's cloud-computing range of services is now out of its private-beta stage, with the company offering limited free usage for the next six months.
Tags: Web sites, Personal applications, Database management, Web Page, Database, Hosted Storage, Storage, content delivery, SimpleDB, Amazon.com Inc.
Google Gadgets for Linux appears
News Previously only available for Windows and Mac platforms, Google Gadgets can now be used with, and developed for, Linux platforms.
Tags: Linux, Search, Personal applications, Google Inc., Open Source, Apple Macintosh, software, 64-bit, desktop, software engineering
PayPal and Picnik come to Yahoo Mail
News Latest partners in the Yahoo Open Strategy offer ways to help users make payments from their e-mail inbox--which might keep them inside Yahoo a bit longer.
Tags: Personal applications, Business applications, PayPal, Google Inc., Web Browser, Yahoo! Inc., Carol Bartz, Yahoo! Mail, Facebook, CEO
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, researcher
Microsoft to plug holes in Windows, IE, Word, Office and Excel
News Microsoft will issue six critical security updates and four others for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Word and Excel as part of next week's Patch Tuesday.
Tags: Business applications, Mobile applications, Personal applications, Microsoft Office, Adobe Systems Inc., Security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security bulletin, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Excel
Security scrutiny for Facebook apps
News A voluntary program will give some third-party apps a badge to show they can be trusted. But will it be enough?
Tags: Security, Personal applications, Web 2.0, Privacy, App, social networking, Facebook, researcher, audit, Apple iPhone
Apple QuickTime update includes 9 security patches
News Apple's patches include both Windows and Mac OS X versions of the popular media player.
Tags: Mac OS, Security, Personal applications, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime, Vulnerability, Apple Mac OS X, Application Termination, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh
Microsoft fixes critical holes in Windows, Word, Publisher
News Company's Patch Tuesday release includes fixes for six vulnerabilities, including some critical ones.
Tags: Security, Personal applications, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, Zero-day Bug, Vulnerability, operating system, critical patch, malicious program
GetJar: The unknown app store leader
News Everyone knows that Apple has the largest mobile application store in the world, but who is second? A small company called GetJar.
Tags: Mobile applications, Personal applications, Business applications, Facebook, Apple iPhone, Phone, Personal applications, Mobile applications, GetJar, Web Site
Jobs still in control at Apple
News Apple's CEO is running keys parts of the company from home during his six-month medical leave, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Personal applications, Apple Inc., operating system, CEO, job, marketing, senior vice president, Apple iPhone, Wall Street Journal, chief operating officer
