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Microsoft tries to lure NetSuite users with new deal 11 March 2010 at 1:16 pm by admin

Microsoft is offering financial enticements to customers of on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor NetSuite to switch over to Microsoft’s Dynamics family of business applications.

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+ Prototype $200 tablet runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux By admin 11 March 2010 at 10:33 am and have No Comments

$200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad , which was supposed to be $200, but that didn’t last very long , coming out as the $400 Joo Joo.

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+ Tighter security coming for .org names By admin 11 March 2010 at 10:14 am and have No Comments

The Public Interest Registry will add an extra layer of security known as DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to the .org domain in June — a move that will protect millions of non-profit organizations and their donors from hacking attacks known as cache poisoning.

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+ Cisco shows off Internet super-router By admin 11 March 2010 at 9:30 am and have No Comments

Hyped as the router that would ‘change forever the face of the Internet’, Cisco has launched its new CRS-3 system as the box it predicts will stream video into the Net’s darkest recesses.

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+ IE zero-day exploit code goes public By admin 11 March 2010 at 7:13 am and have No Comments

Exploit code for the unpatched bug in Internet Explorer was published on the Web yesterday, a step security pros said earlier would be the precursor to widespread attacks.

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+ Opera’s Mini 5 browser comes to Android By admin 11 March 2010 at 7:00 am and have No Comments

Opera has released a beta version of its Mini 5 Web browser for Android-based smartphones, the company said on Thursday.

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+ Court reaffirms i4i’s patent win against Microsoft By admin 11 March 2010 at 6:35 am and have No Comments

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+ Poor Bill Gates: Mexican telecom tycoon grabs Richest Man title By admin 11 March 2010 at 6:30 am and have No Comments

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest man according to the annual Forbes magazine list released Tuesday, but it’s not like he’s going to have to go crawling back for his old job either.

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+ Motorola to put Bing search on Android phones By admin 11 March 2010 at 6:25 am and have No Comments

Motorola will start loading Microsoft’s Bing search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China .

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+ Mac IT pros say Macs cost less to manage than PCs By admin 11 March 2010 at 5:00 am and have No Comments

Macs in the enterprise aren’t just cheaper to manage — they’re a lot cheaper, according to a new survey released today by the Enterprise Desktop Alliance. Keep in mind that Enterprise Desktop Alliance is a group of software developers who’ve bandied together to deploy and manage Macs in the enterprise

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