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Online security growing concern for Indian banks
News Survey reveals 30 percent of India's top 40 banks were victims of phishing attacks in the past year. Only 57 percent have formal plan to drive user awareness about fraud.
Tags: Banking, Network security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Security, IT Budget, India, Survey, electronic communication, software
Linux community often tapped for beta testing
News It is common for the open source community to be called upon by vendors--including proprietary vendors--as beta testers, says industry player.
Tags: Web 2.0, Open source, Beta Tester, Ubuntu, remote access, software, software product, Linux Community, online backup, Web 2.0
BlackBerry faces greater challenge in Asia
News The device holds dominant market share in the United States, but service operators and other devices pose stiff competition in the region, says analyst.
Tags: BlackBerry, Pocket PC, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Small And Medium Business, Microsoft Windows Mobile, software
64-bit Snow Leopard defaults to 32-bit kernel
News Apple's OS X 10.6 operating system Snow Leopard by default loads with a 32-bit kernel, despite running 64-bit applications.
Tags: Mac OS, Apple Inc., Kernel, Apple Macintosh, performance, 64-bit, software product, Apple OS, marketing, 32-bit
UK should 'abandon' software market to China
News UK software sales are asked to carve a niche of high-end software demand as they lag far behind China and India booming software revenues.
Tags: Software, Software engineering/development, Sales/revenue, India, Silicon.com, software product, financial, U.K., China, revenue
RIM tight-lipped on touchscreen BlackBerry rumors
News Although refusing to comment on a touchscreen BlackBerry, co-CEO Jim Balsillie has insisted RIM is 'not religious on form factor'.
Tags: BlackBerry, Innovation, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., BlackBerry Bold, Touch Screen, software, keyboard, Silicon.com, software product
OOXML backward compatibility led Microsoft to ODF
News Microsoft blames backward compatibility issues and changes made during the ISO ratification process for its decision to support ODF instead of OOXML in Office 2007.
Tags: Antitrust, Open source, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office 2007, software, Jason Matusow, software product
Microsoft resumes XP, Vista updates
News Company had delayed release of latest Windows XP service pack and stopped automatic updates of Vista Service Pack 1 because of compatibility problem.
Tags: Windows XP, Security, Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, software company, software, Microsoft Windows XP, software product, Microsoft Windows
Symantec to take Europe into the cloud
News Symantec will begin rolling out cloud-based security within Europe next year, according to CEO John Thompson.
Tags: Security, Archiving, Cloud Computing, Europe, software, Symantec Corp., Silicon.com, software product, software-as-a-service, U.S.
ProCurve and Microsoft team up on security
News HP and Microsoft have linked up with a joint scheme that uses ProCurve's Identity Driven management and Microsoft's Network Access Protection to provide an all-round security system.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Authentication and encryption, Microsoft Corp., HP ProCurve, Security, IT Manager, Environment, software, software product, network
IBM makes business dashboards mobile
News The company is adding new software and consulting services to its lineup, in an effort to charm mobile enterprises.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Smart phones, BlackBerry, Mac OS, IBM Corp., Mobile, Cloud Computing, Dashboard, software, software product
Pushing the Vista compatibility story
News Months after releasing the OS, Microsoft finds it needs to offer a tool to vet whether software and hardware are Vista-ready.
Tags: Windows Vista, Software, Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Small Business, operating system, Hardware, product manager, software product
Philippine software group eyes US market
News The industry association will pitch select Philippine software to potential clients in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose this month.
Tags: Software, Apache Software Foundation, Philippines, Open Source, product development, software development, software product, international marketing, U.S., Los Angeles
Philippine software firm eyes China, Middle East
News Local software company, Guarango Software, is seeking to expand its global presence by acquiring local partners in developing markets.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Investments, Market, Philippines, software company, Stock, intellectual property, software, software product, Middle East
Philippine pirates still trouble Autodesk
News Maker of AutoCAD software says 70 percent of its products are illegally copied and sold in the Philippines, but adds its revenues are boosted by country's real estate boom.
Tags: Piracy, Business applications, Software licensing, Autodesk Inc., Piracy, Business Software Alliance, Philippines, Real Estate, Business Process, BPO
