Archive for March 5th, 2010

ArcSight fiscal 3Q profit falls 57 percent (AP)

AP – ArcSight, a provider of network security software and services, said Thursday that its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 57 percent as higher operating expenses overshadowed growth in product and maintenance sales.

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Friday, March 5th, 2010

Google Android Phones Can Now Search With Written Gestures (PC World)

PC World – Google announced an experimental application for its Android mobile operating system, which allows you to search your phone using written gestures. Instead of bringing up the keyboard, users of the newer Android phones can just draw letters on the screen to search through contacts, music or apps.

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Friday, March 5th, 2010

Advanced Forum

03/04/10 – Implement forums on your Web site.

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Friday, March 5th, 2010

Company Puts Android on Laptop With China-backed Chips (PC World)

PC World – A Chinese company is tweaking Google’s Android operating system to run on a laptop using homegrown Chinese microprocessors, which are backed by the government.

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Friday, March 5th, 2010

VB Decompiler

03/04/10 – Dissemble your Visual Basic programs.

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Friday, March 5th, 2010

Microsoft: Windows 7 Fastest-Selling OS Ever (PC World)

PC World – Microsoft has sold 90 million copies of Windows 7 to date, making it the fastest-selling operating system in history, according to Peter Klein, Microsoft’s chief financial officer.

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Friday, March 5th, 2010

RealNetworks Surrenders, Hollywood Loses (PC World)

PC World – RealNetworks has decided to resolve the legal challenges brought against it by Hollywood, and permanently discontinue its RealDVD software. As part of the settlement, RealNetworks will also pay $4.5 million in legal fees to the parties that brought the lawsuit against the company including six Hollywood studios, Viacom and the DVD Copy control association.

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Opera Says Browser Downloads Have Tripled (PC World)

PC World – Computerworld – Opera Software says that it has seen a three-fold increase in downloads of its browser since Microsoft started pushing a ballot screen to Europeans who run Windows.

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BigBand Networks changes executive lineup (AP)

AP – BigBand Networks Inc., a digital video software company, on Thursday announced that its chief operating officer and a top sales executive have resigned.

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Nero SecurDisc 2.0: Improved Security For Optical Storage Media (PC World)

PC World – Nero, makers of optical media-burning software, has announced a new version of its SecurDisc data- protection technology, which should increase your chances of recovering content from damaged CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.

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Friday, March 5th, 2010