Archive for April, 2009

Spammers Trying To Cash In on Swine Flu Frenzy (PC World)

PC World – Worried about Swine Flu? If so, don’t let your fear and anxiety dupe you into clicking dubious links in emails. Spammers are increasingly using Swine Flu in subject lines and messages to take advantage of people’s fears of the rapidly-spreading Influenza strain, according to McAfee’s Advert Labs Blog.

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Microsoft Runs Cannibalization Risk With Low-end Server Push (PC World)

PC World – Microsoft runs the risk of cannibalizing some server sales with the release of Windows Server 2008 Foundation Edition, a low-end version of the server operating system that will ship installed on servers that cost as little as US$500. But the potential boost of expanding the market for low-end servers outweighs the risk of losing some sales of more expensive versions of the operating system, a Microsoft executive said Wednesday.

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

RapidShare Downloader

04/30/09 – Manage and automate your RapidShare downloads.

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Oracle to expand Web-based software offerings: source (Reuters)

Reuters – Oracle Corp, the world’s No. 2 business software maker, plans to expand its small line of programs that companies access via the Web, said a person familiar with the strategy.

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

McAfee profit beats Street view, shares rise (Reuters)

Reuters – McAfee Inc , the No. 2 security software maker, reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by new software modules and partnerships with PC vendors.

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

RealDVD Trial to Drag on Another Week (PC World)

PC World – A widely watched court case pitting software maker RealNetworks against seven Hollywood studios will resume next week after court testimony took longer than expected Wednesday.

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Fox Audio Recorder 7.4.0.11

Fox Audio Recorder is an easy-to-use program, without bells and whistles, specially designed to digitize recordings of music cas…

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Cool MP3 CD Burner 7.4.0.12

Cool MP3 CD Burner is an easy to use tool that helps you to burn normal audio CDs from your MP3 or WAV files. The created music …

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Panda Launches New Free Cloud-based Antivirus (PC World)

PC World – Panda Security, the Spain-based antivirus software, today released a new free antivirus program called Panda Cloud Antivirus. The “Cloud” appellation comes from its sending data about files to Panda servers on the Internet for scans, instead of using your PC’s resources.

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Open source biz apps coming to the cloud (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld – There’s open source software, then there’s the cloud, and thus far, the two have been mutually exclusive. But that is starting to change.

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009