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June 29, 2011
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Microsoft Delivers Office 2010 SP1 Upgrade
Along with today's launch of Office 365, Microsoft also released
the first service pack for its Office 2010 business productivity
suite.
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Lync Is the Unsung Hero of Microsoft Office 365
The revamped collaboration tool is a key, if underappreciated,
part of Microsofts new cloud-based productivity suite.
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Ubuntu Linux, Day 28: My Five Biggest Ubuntu Linux Complaints
Today I reflect on the experiences installing and working with
Ubuntu Linux and compile my top five list of the things I liked
the least about working with this platform.
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Memo to Microsoft: Its Time for Windows 365
The software giant should consider an on-demand model for Windows
licenses before the venerable operating system becomes irrelevant
in the cloud world.
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Is Offshoring Different in the Cloud?
Offshoring IT work to India, China, Eastern Europe, and even
South America has been a staple of IT cost reduction.
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Office 365 By the Numbers: Is It a Good Value?
Now that Office 365 is here, businesses need to take a look at
the math and see if it makes sense to embrace the new service and
let Microsoft handle the dirty work on the back end.
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Mozilla: An Enterprise Firefox Strategy Is in the Works
'We are exploring solutions' to address corporate users' needs,
Mozilla announced on Tuesday.
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Laptops With AMD Llano Chips Available for $500 to $700
Laptops from top PC makers priced between US$500 and $700 and
running on Advanced Micro Devices' latest A-series Fusion
processors are on now on sale.
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OECD Declaration on Internet Policy Angers EFF
The OECD on Wednesday issued a communication on developing
Internet policy that appears to put pressure on Internet service
providers (ISPs) to take...
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Oracle Buys Pillar Data Systems
Oracle is building out its array of hardware products with the
acquisition of storage vendor Pillar Data Systems, the company
announced Wednesday.
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Microsoft Aims Office 365 at Small Businesses
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer played up how Micorosft's new cloud
office service could help small businesses
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Yahoo Forms Hortonworks, a New Hadoop Company
Yahoo and Benchmark Capital have founded a company tasked with
advancing the open source Hadoop software framework for
applications that manage massive amounts...
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Romonet Brings Predictive Data Center Tool to US
Data center engineers looking to maximize energy efficiency can
now model design changes using a tool called Prognose from U.K.
startup Romonet.
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Oracle: Google Owes Us US$2.6 Billion
An Oracle damages expert estimates that Google owes the company
US$2.6 billion for alleged Java patent violations, according to a
court filing made Tuesday in...
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Lawson Shareholders Approve Sale to Infor
A majority of Lawson Software shareholders approved the company's
sale to Infor and Golden Gate Capital during a meeting Wednesday,
paving the way for the...
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MasterCard Blames ISP Outage for Site's Downtime
MasterCard said on Wednesday that its main website was offline
for a short period of time due to a weather-related issue at a
third-party ISP and not a...
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LightSquared Gains NetTalk, Faces More Critics
Mobile startup LightSquared has gained another wholesale customer
on Tuesday even as more critics joined a group that opposes
LightSquared's planned LTE network...
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Oracle Buys Pillar Data Systems
Oracle is building out its array of hardware products with the
acquisition of storage vendor Pillar Data Systems, the company
announced Wednesday. Terms of the...
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2887090/65384188/216624/0/
Cloudera Outfits Hadoop With Management Tools
Version 3.5 of the Cloudera Enterprise edition has new modules
for configuration and process monitoring
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HP to Open Cloud, R&D Centers in China
Hewlett-Packard is opening two new centers in China, one focused
on cloud computing, and the other on research, as the company
ramps up to address this large market.
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Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2011
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Google Guns for Facebook with Google+ Social Network
Google reenters the social network battle once more with Google+,
a unique Facebook competitor
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Hot Gadgets: Summer Guide 2011
From an extra-rugged smartphone to the perfect grilling fork,
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Kids' Computers Through the Ages
The evolution of toy computers for children mirrors that of
real-world systems for adults. We look at some of the changes the
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YoWindow Shows Your Weather on a Screensaver You Choose
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Free, Easy-to-Use TimeComX Sets Your PC to Perform a Task
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Tablet Showdown
We looked at the latest challengers to Apples iPad 2, and found
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