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APAC to see fastest software revenue growth

APAC to see fastest software revenue growth

News Asia-Pacific software market will churn US$22.1 billion in revenue next year, boosted by large domestic user base, according to Gartner.

Monday, November 09 2009 06:12 PM

Tags: Business applications, Software, Region, compound annual growth rate, Application Software Expenditure, revenue, Information Technology, Software, Business applications, South Korea


Microsoft: Windows 7 tool used GPL code

Microsoft: Windows 7 tool used GPL code

News Microsoft confirms tool intended to allow netbooks to more easily move to new operating system was based in part, and unintentionally, on open source code.

Monday, November 16 2009 04:38 PM

Tags: Open source, Windows 7, Software licensing, Open Source, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7, GPL, Tool


Green Dam enforcement watered down

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.

Friday, October 09 2009 06:21 PM

Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business applications, Government, Personal Computers, Computer, software, Business applications, Web sites, Web 2.0


Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China

News Microsoft ordered to stop selling some versions of Windows operating system in China, following licensing dispute with a local supplier.

Thursday, November 19 2009 02:10 PM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Software licensing, Regulations, Microsoft Corp., software, software company, Sales, font, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property


APAC SaaS spend to hit $2.3B by 2012

News Asia-Pacific businesses choose software-as-a-service after evaluating on-premise apps, indicating SaaS software has "begun to eat into on-premise" market, says new study.

Thursday, October 15 2009 07:15 PM

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cost control, Software-as-a-service, Cost control, Software, China, small and medium business, India, cloud computing


US govt Web site makes open source move

News White House Web site now employing open source software. Given the U.S. federal government's widespread adoption of open source, the amazing thing is that it took so long.

Tuesday, October 27 2009 09:39 AM

Tags: Open source, Government, Drupal, Open Source, Acquia, software, Open-source Software, Associated Press, White House, proprietary software


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.

Wednesday, October 28 2009 10:55 AM

Tags: Network security, Security applications/tools, Web services, LANs and WANs, Acquisitions, Starent Networks Corp., ScanSafe, Security, software, Cisco Systems Inc.


Smartphones: A bigger target for security threats

News As the iPhone, BlackBerry, and other devices become more popular, harmful software such as viruses and spyware is emerging to exploit their vulnerability.

Tuesday, November 17 2009 11:55 PM

Tags: Smart phones, Mobile, Security applications/tools, Apple Inc., Phone, Security, software, mobile, handset, Smart Phone


Microsoft puts its 'signature' on PCs

News In its online and retail stores, Microsoft is selling computers loaded with all of its online software including its Windows Live, Zune, and Security Essentials products.

Friday, October 30 2009 10:43 AM

Tags: Personal Computers, Windows 7, Computer, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7, Web Browser, software company, Hardware


China SaaS growth to exceed 'traditional IT'

News Country's software-as-a-service market will grow 56 percent next year, exceeding IT sector that includes on-premise software, says report.

Wednesday, November 18 2009 06:14 PM

Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Security, software, Information Technology, CRM, Asia-Pacific, On-demand, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), security application, China


Google hopes to remake programming with Go

News A Unix co-creator is among those behind a language Google hopes will speed computers and programming. Now, Go becomes open source software.

Wednesday, November 11 2009 09:23 AM

Tags: Open source, Programming languages, Google Inc., Multi-core, Ken Thompson, compiler, C, software, Web Browser, Programmer


Software makers to be held more accountable?

Blogs Software companies throughout the world are taking note of moves in Europe to subject software to the same consumer prot...

Monday, June 01 2009 10:40 AM


Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation

News Coders find way to disable normal activation requirements of Microsoft's latest operating system, although Redmond says it is working to shore up antipiracy protections.

Monday, November 16 2009 05:32 PM

Tags: Windows 7, Piracy, Malware, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 7, antipiracy, Microsoft Windows


Microsoft testing Excel for supercomputers

News At the Supercomputing 2009 conference, Microsoft releases an updated version of Windows Server for high-performance computers as well as a compute cluster version of its Excel spreadsheet.

Tuesday, November 17 2009 10:32 AM

Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Linux server OS, Server platforms, Portland, Microsoft Corp., software, Conference, Server, Supercomputing, supercomputer


VMware Fusion update fixes two holes

News Software, which allows Windows apps to run on Macs, has flaws that could allow an attacker to hack into a user's system or cause a malfunction.

Monday, October 05 2009 08:56 AM

Tags: PC security, Data security, Virtualization, software, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, VMware Inc., Apple Mac OS, McAfee VirusScan, McAfee Inc.


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Reviewing scheduled task inventory for Windows Server 2008 R2

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Default installations of Windows Server 2008 R2 enumerate a number of default scheduled tasks, many of which you may not need.


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