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Salesforce.com puts Microsoft in its sights with AppStore
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-14 15:11:51
Online CRM vendor Salesforce.com has an immodest ambition for its new AppStore initiative: knocking off Microsoft as a major enterprise development platform.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-14 15:11:51
Online CRM vendor Salesforce.com has an immodest ambition for its new AppStore initiative: knocking off Microsoft as a major enterprise development platform.
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Microsoft seeking in-store spruikers for Vista
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-14 14:44:17
Who said we'd entered the era of online promotion? For its forthcoming consumer launch of Vista, Microsoft has decided that blogging and banner ads alone are not enough, and is planning to hire in-store demonstrators to harangue passing shoppers with walkthroughs of the new OS.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-14 14:44:17
Who said we'd entered the era of online promotion? For its forthcoming consumer launch of Vista, Microsoft has decided that blogging and banner ads alone are not enough, and is planning to hire in-store demonstrators to harangue passing shoppers with walkthroughs of the new OS.
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Vista users, please shut the Windows on your way out
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-14 00:51:11
A new report from Gartner reaffirms something many market watchers have long suspected: Vista will be the final version of the Windows operating system to be launched as a standalone, massively hyped-package.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-14 00:51:11
A new report from Gartner reaffirms something many market watchers have long suspected: Vista will be the final version of the Windows operating system to be launched as a standalone, massively hyped-package.
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Power-mad bosses get game gagging tool
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2006-12-13 19:22:09
Been "filling in time" at your desk playing a few computer games as the silly season looms? If your company is running security software from Sophos, you'd better cram them all in before January.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2006-12-13 19:22:09
Been "filling in time" at your desk playing a few computer games as the silly season looms? If your company is running security software from Sophos, you'd better cram them all in before January.
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Searching for sex can stuff your system
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2006-12-13 15:25:05
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2006-12-13 15:25:05
Conducting a search might seem one of the more innocuous activities you can carry out online, but start looking for adult material or clicking on sponsored links and you dramatically increase the risks of malware or a frenzy of spam, according to a new study.
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Wanna build your own Bill Gates robot?
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-13 15:02:55
Microsoft has launched a robotics development toolkit, raising the intriguing if unlikely possibility of a Bill Gates robot being available at around the same time the company founder steps down from his job in 2008.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-13 15:02:55
Microsoft has launched a robotics development toolkit, raising the intriguing if unlikely possibility of a Bill Gates robot being available at around the same time the company founder steps down from his job in 2008.
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Google goes open source with Web Toolkit
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-12 23:04:53
Hoping to attract more developers to its technologies and spur new Web 2.0 applications, Google has released the source code for its Web Toolkit.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-12 23:04:53
Hoping to attract more developers to its technologies and spur new Web 2.0 applications, Google has released the source code for its Web Toolkit.
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Can China manage an online games ban?
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2006-12-12 19:44:21
Online games have joined the ever-growing list of Internet-driven media being closely monitored by the Chinese government, but it remains to be seen how efficiently such a ban can be enforced.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2006-12-12 19:44:21
Online games have joined the ever-growing list of Internet-driven media being closely monitored by the Chinese government, but it remains to be seen how efficiently such a ban can be enforced.
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WorkChoices changes yet to hit most payroll departments
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - Enterprise Staffing
2006-12-12 19:10:40
While employers have been quick to complain about the potential IT impact of new payroll requirements under WorkChoices legislation, relatively few have made any effort to update their systems to accommodate the legislation, a new study shows.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - Enterprise Staffing
2006-12-12 19:10:40
While employers have been quick to complain about the potential IT impact of new payroll requirements under WorkChoices legislation, relatively few have made any effort to update their systems to accommodate the legislation, a new study shows.
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Customers welcome Microsoft/Novell co-operation: now there's a shock
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2006-12-12 16:47:32
This just in from the Microsoft-sponsored-surveys-designed-to-tell-Redmond-the-bleeding-obvious department: most CIOs have welcomed the company's recent interoperability deal with Novell, preferring enterprise systems that can actually talk to each other to Microsoft's more customary "we set the standard and you all have to follow" approach.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2006-12-12 16:47:32
This just in from the Microsoft-sponsored-surveys-designed-to-tell-Redmond-the-bleeding-obvious department: most CIOs have welcomed the company's recent interoperability deal with Novell, preferring enterprise systems that can actually talk to each other to Microsoft's more customary "we set the standard and you all have to follow" approach.
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iTunes slump draws belated attention
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2006-12-12 14:37:44
In the Internet era, information is supposed to travel instantly, especially when it concerns hot technologies like the iPod. So how come it took most of the world more than a week to notice a report from Forrester Research suggesting that sales to iPod owners through the iTunes store weren't actually that impressive?
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2006-12-12 14:37:44
In the Internet era, information is supposed to travel instantly, especially when it concerns hot technologies like the iPod. So how come it took most of the world more than a week to notice a report from Forrester Research suggesting that sales to iPod owners through the iTunes store weren't actually that impressive?
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AMD prepares for 45 nanometre processors in 2008
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-12-12 14:22:09
AMD has outlined plans for a variety of new techniques which the second-placed chip maker will use on 45 nanometre technology-based processors in 2008.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-12-12 14:22:09
AMD has outlined plans for a variety of new techniques which the second-placed chip maker will use on 45 nanometre technology-based processors in 2008.
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London top spot to lose your tech in a taxi
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2006-12-11 18:01:03
Londoners are the most likely people to lost their mobile phones, PDAs and notebooks in a taxi, but the city also has the most honest cab drivers, a new study reveals.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2006-12-11 18:01:03
Londoners are the most likely people to lost their mobile phones, PDAs and notebooks in a taxi, but the city also has the most honest cab drivers, a new study reveals.
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Xbox game builder tools released, but there's a catch
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2006-12-11 17:28:44
Microsoft has released XNA Game Studio Express, a development tool allowing console enthusiasts to build their own games for the Xbox 360, but getting other people to play those creations isn't as easy as it seems.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2006-12-11 17:28:44
Microsoft has released XNA Game Studio Express, a development tool allowing console enthusiasts to build their own games for the Xbox 360, but getting other people to play those creations isn't as easy as it seems.
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Firefox 3.0 goes into alpha
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2006-12-11 15:32:13
Less than two months after the release of Firefox 2.0, Mozilla has begun public testing of the core components of version 3.0 of the open source browser.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2006-12-11 15:32:13
Less than two months after the release of Firefox 2.0, Mozilla has begun public testing of the core components of version 3.0 of the open source browser.
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Dell jumps to Blu-ray's aid with first notebook
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-12-11 14:49:48
Dell has launched its first notebook to incorporate a Blu-Ray drive, providing a possible lifeline for the somewhat beleaguered high-definition technology.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-12-11 14:49:48
Dell has launched its first notebook to incorporate a Blu-Ray drive, providing a possible lifeline for the somewhat beleaguered high-definition technology.
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Vista: Making money for everyone except Microsoft
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-11 05:26:58
A Microsoft-sponsored study argues that Windows Vista will contribute $70 billion to its partner economy, but even when Microsoft is paying the research company's bills, it's hard for it to come up with a positive demonstration of how the new operating system will make a profit.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-12-11 05:26:58
A Microsoft-sponsored study argues that Windows Vista will contribute $70 billion to its partner economy, but even when Microsoft is paying the research company's bills, it's hard for it to come up with a positive demonstration of how the new operating system will make a profit.
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Still poor alignment between business and IT: study
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2006-12-11 00:24:40
There's not a CIO on the planet who hasn't been endlessly lectured about the importance of matching IT projects with business goals, but new research indicates that many of them are still doing a lousy job of the task.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2006-12-11 00:24:40
There's not a CIO on the planet who hasn't been endlessly lectured about the importance of matching IT projects with business goals, but new research indicates that many of them are still doing a lousy job of the task.
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Can Mariah Carey win her porn trademark battle?
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2006-12-10 19:00:13
Singer Mariah Carey is battling a technology-related trademark application by porn star Mary Carey, but unless Carey plans on flashing the flesh herself, she may not have much chance of winning.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2006-12-10 19:00:13
Singer Mariah Carey is battling a technology-related trademark application by porn star Mary Carey, but unless Carey plans on flashing the flesh herself, she may not have much chance of winning.
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Working in IT: Better than retail, but worse than travel
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - Enterprise Staffing
2006-12-07 19:43:37
Almost 31% of IT workers are either indifferent to or unhappy with their current jobs, but code cutters and help desk jockeys are still far more content with their lot than retail workers, according to a new study.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - Enterprise Staffing
2006-12-07 19:43:37
Almost 31% of IT workers are either indifferent to or unhappy with their current jobs, but code cutters and help desk jockeys are still far more content with their lot than retail workers, according to a new study.
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