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CommVault says will go it alone, despite M&A buzz (Reuters)
Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:50:21 PM CST
Reuters - CommVault Systems Inc has managed to skirt rampant consolidation in the fast-growing storage software market, and CEO Bob Hammer is planning to keep it that way.
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Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters)
Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:03:54 AM CST
Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.
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TouchPal Keyboard Tablet tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)
Friday, February 3, 2012 6:30:00 AM CST
Appolicious - The touchscreen keyboard gets an upgrade with TouchPal’s Keyboard for Android tablets. It lets you easily switch between swiping and tapping, as well as gestures to get the most out of your finger follies. This week also brought some big name updates to the Android Market, including special upgrades from McAfee Security and Mint’s personal finance app. Salesforce debuted its Rypple app this week, as did Eventbrite for managing events on-the-go.
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Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters)
Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:50:25 PM CST
Reuters - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.
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Man indicted on software copyright charge arrested (AP)
Thursday, February 2, 2012 10:06:47 AM CST
AP - Federal prosecutors say a former Baltimore man has been arrested in the U.S. after fleeing to Pakistan before he was indicted on a software copyright infringement charge.
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More than 50 percent of Facebook’s monthly active users are on mobile apps (Appolicious)
Thursday, February 2, 2012 7:54:00 AM CST
Appolicious - We already knew Facebook’s various mobile apps were popular, be they on Apple’s iPhone or iPad, on devices running Google’s Android operating system, or even on BlackBerry devices and feature phones.
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AVG Technologies prices at $16/share: source (Reuters)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:32:51 PM CST
Reuters - Anti-virus software maker AVG Technologies NV priced its initial public offering at $16 per share, at the low end of the expected range, according to a market source.
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Nokia revamp will hurt most of 2012 results: Chairman (Reuters)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:36:28 PM CST
Reuters - A major revamp at Nokia that includes a deal to use Microsoft Corp software in its smartphones will impact the earnings of the Finnish handset maker throughout most of this year, Chairman Jorma Ollila said on Wednesday.
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Open Text Q2 profit jumps 28 percent (Reuters)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:32:29 PM CST
Reuters - Business software company Open Text posted a 28 percent jump in second-quarter profit on Wednesday on solid demand from services, technology and financial customers.
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Apple engineers ‘heavy into’ near-field communication for iPhone 5, rumor says (Appolicious)
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:52:00 PM CST
Appolicious - Near-field communication seems poised to be the next major technology to sweep the smartphone market. Already there are smartphones running Google’s Android operating system that contain the technology, and we recently heard about a chip embedded in a smartphone case that brings the capability to any current iPhone.
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Ukraine shuts down top file sharing website (Reuters)
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:36:48 AM CST
Reuters - Ukrainian police on Tuesday shut down the former Soviet republic's most popular file sharing website, Ex.ua, accusing its owners of illegally distributing copyright-protected software, music and videos.
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Gaming firms 888, Caesars extend licensing deal to U.S. (Reuters)
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:57:15 AM CST
Reuters - 888 Holdings Plc said a unit of private equity-owned Caesars Entertainment Corp extended its UK software licensing agreement with the British online gaming company to the United States.
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Symantec says pcAnywhere safe, offers free upgrade (Reuters)
Monday, January 30, 2012 3:25:32 PM CST
Reuters - Symantec Corp said it is safe to use its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs after it asked customers last week to disable the product because it put them at greater risk of being hacked.
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SAP may license HANA to Oracle in future: co-CEO (Reuters)
Monday, January 30, 2012 1:07:42 AM CST
Reuters - SAP, the world's largest maker of business software, may license its HANA offering to main rival Oracle in the future, its co-chief executive told a German newspaper.
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Worn-out machines as leading indicator (Reuters)
Sunday, January 29, 2012 2:04:51 PM CST
Reuters - Delivery trucks wear out, computers break down, software becomes outdated -- and finally businesses have to start investing in new equipment. Companies that want to remain competitive have to start spending again as an economy slowly recovers.
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DoCoMo to ask for changes in Android -Nikkei (Reuters)
Friday, January 27, 2012 1:54:12 PM CST
Reuters - NTT DoCoMo Inc (9437.T) will ask Google Inc to modify its Android operating system so that smartphones using it would put less pressure on networks, a move that could spark wider protests against the leading mobile software platform, the Nikkei reported.
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McAfee rejects Symantec claim about market share (Reuters)
Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:33:43 PM CST
Reuters - Security software maker McAfee rejected a claim that several large corporate customers had recently switched over to using products from rival Symantec Corp.
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More users watch Netflix movies on tablets than PCs (Appolicious)
Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:50:00 PM CST
Appolicious - Last year, streaming movie service Netflix finally got its Android app released and working reliably on lots of different devices that run Google’s mobile operating system. More than six months later, Netflix has announced that viewing on tablets has surpassed viewing on PCs.
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Android tablets closing in on iPad: researcher (Reuters)
Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:18:25 AM CST
Reuters - Tablet computers using Google's Android software narrowed the lead of Apple's iPad on the global market in the fourth quarter, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Thursday.
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Symantec profit, forecast in line with estimates (Reuters)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 3:34:25 PM CST
Reuters - Symantec Corp, the top maker of computer security software, reported a higher quarterly profit and issued an outlook in line with Wall Street estimates.