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Microsoft sweetens the pot for desktop virtualization 18 March 2010 at 11:03 am by admin

In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying some licensing agreements and enhancing its virtual-desktop-related software.

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+ TippingPoint offers hackers $100,000 for browser and phone exploits By admin 18 March 2010 at 9:28 am and have No Comments

Security company 3Com TippingPoint has jacked up to $100,000 the prize money on offer to anyone able to hack a range of browsers and mobile devices at the forthcoming CanSecWest security conference.

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+ Google Maps for Android gets improved user interface By admin 18 March 2010 at 8:27 am and have No Comments

Google has released version 4.1 of Google Maps for Android , adding a constantly updated map wallpaper, tweaking the way search results are displayed and adding a new Latitude widget for tracking your friends.

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+ Hosted Drupal CMS planned for midyear By admin 18 March 2010 at 6:31 am and have No Comments

Acquia hopes to make a hosted version of its Drupal open-source content management system widely available in about three months, the company’s CTO said Wednesday.

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+ U.S. agency denies Google’s Nexus One trademark By admin 18 March 2010 at 6:16 am and have No Comments

Just as Google’s Nexus One phone may be about to gain momentum, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) denied the search giant’s application for the Nexus One trademark. The denial is not final and Google now has the opportunity to submit evidence and arguments in support of approval.

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+ Inside Microsoft’s cloud model for productivity apps By admin 18 March 2010 at 5:00 am and have No Comments

Enterprises of all shapes and sizes are catching on to the value in moving email and other productivity apps to the cloud where they can be delivered and managed by vendors like Microsoft, Google, or Cisco.

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+ Widespread discontent persists with ERP projects By admin 17 March 2010 at 2:18 pm and have No Comments

More than half of companies that implement ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems end up garnering no more than 30 percent of the business benefits they expected, according to a new study released by systems integrator Panorama Consulting Group.

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+ Update: Google to simplify Exchange to Apps migrations with new tool By admin 17 March 2010 at 12:57 pm and have No Comments

Google has created a free tool to simplify and automate the migration of e-mail, calendar, and contacts data from Microsoft Exchange servers to its Google Apps collaboration and communication hosted suite. The tool, called Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange, is available for free as of Wednesday to organizations that sign up for the Premier or Education editions of Apps.

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+ Malware found on another HTC Magic smartphone By admin 17 March 2010 at 12:31 pm and have No Comments

Traces of the now defunct Mariposa botnet has been found on another HTC Magic from Vodafone in Spain, security company Panda wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. The malware was once again found on the SD card that shipped with the Android -based smartphone.

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+ VMware virtualization app eases migration to Windows 7 By admin 17 March 2010 at 6:47 am and have No Comments

VMware has upgraded its ThinApp application virtualization software to enable migration of applications from older versions of Windows to Windows 7 .

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