Archive for March 3rd, 2010

Elliott offers $2 billion buyout of Novell (AP)

AP – Private equity firm Elliott Associates LP on Tuesday offered to buy the 91.5 percent of the shares it doesn’t already own in enterprise software company Novell Inc. for $5.75 each, an offer valuing the company at about $2 billion.

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software (Reuters)

Reuters – Apple Inc sued Taiwan’s HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing 20 hardware and software patents related to the iPhone.

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

EU: 100 million Microsoft users to choose browser (AP)

AP – Some 100 million Europeans using Microsoft software will be asked to choose among rival Web browsers by mid-May under a deal the company struck to settle antitrust action, the European Union said Tuesday.

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Cisco Develops VPN Client for PCs, Smartphones (PC World)

PC World – Cisco Systems will soon release a VPN client for smartphones and PCs aimed at enterprise administrators who want to provide secure access to their networks and ward off malicious software.

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Crypto

03/02/10 – Solve puzzles with encrypted phrases or create your own puzzles.

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Joyfax Broadcast

03/02/10 – Send and receive faxes in a network environment.

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Intel Tries Cash to Lure Developers to Its App Store (PC World)

PC World – Intel is using cash incentives to lure mobile software developers to its AppUp Center application store, hoping to spur the development of new applications for netbooks with Atom microprocessors inside.

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Google Mail Checker

03/02/10 – Get notified about unread messages in your Google Mail inbox.

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Multiple Image Resizer .NET

03/25/10 – Modify and resize multiple images.

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Innocomm Shows Android Smartphone With Analog TV (PC World)

PC World – Innocomm Technology, a young smartphone developer, plans to launch its first handset with Google’s Android mobile operating system and an analog TV receiver in the middle of this year, a company representative said Tuesday.

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010