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University edition of Office 365 to be offered via subscription only
Microsoft has announced a version of its new Office suite for university students, and one of the most interesting aspects is that it will be sold...
Salesforce.com CEO Benioff: Windows 8 will mark 'the end' of the Microsoft OS
Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 will mark "the end" of the computer industry's dominant OS due to increasing competition and choice sparked by...
Ericsson lays groundwork for calls from mobile browsers with Bowser
Ericsson has launched the world's first WebRTC-compatible browser for mobile devices, which will allow developers to integrate voice and video...
Microsoft takes income hit prior to Windows 8 launch
Facing a sluggish PC market and deferring revenue from sales of its upcoming Windows 8 OS, Microsoft reported US$4.47 billion in net income for its...
Mac users pay more than Windows users for the same things, given a choice
When online travel agent Orbitz admitted in June that it was steering Mac users on its site toward higher-priced hotel rooms, many were angry. But...
Google Q3 financial statement out early, shares pummeled
Google's third-quarter financial results are out early and its shares are taking a beating because the company missed revenue and net income...
Adobe bolsters security in Reader, Acrobat XI with added features
The recently launched Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat XI come with new security features and an improved sandbox that will make the products harder to...
'No free lunch' with Office on Windows RT for business, says analyst
Microsoft confirmed that owners of Windows RT hardware, including the company's own Surface RT, must acquire a commercial license for Office 2013...
Twitter uses facility to block account by country in Germany
Twitter said it has blocked an account in Germany following a government order, the first time it has withheld content in a specific country after it...
Amazon's Whispercast to help schools, businesses centrally manage Kindle devices
Amazon.com has launched a free online tool that will help schools and businesses centrally control and distribute content on Kindle devices to their...
Google turns its data centers into an art show
Google is offering a look inside its data centers with a series of stunning photographs that would be more at home in an art gallery than a...
Over 20Gbps DDoS attacks have become common occurrences, Prolexic says
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with an average bandwidth of over 20Gbps have become commonplace this year, according to researchers...
Google integrates search across services including Gmail, Drive, Calendar
Google started Monday the trial of a personalized search feature that allows Gmail users to search from the web application results from other...
US lawmaker questions FTC's Google antitrust investigation
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should "tread carefully" before bringing an antitrust complaint against Google, a veteran U.S. lawmaker said as...
5 key forces driving open source today
From the rise of foundations to emerging revenue models, the open source movement is primed for even greater impact on tomorrow's technologies
Application whitelisting is a viable option when you can leverage software signing
Thirty years ago IBM launched the XT5160 -- the first hard drive DOS-based PC. But the computer virus, nowadays so seemingly tied to the PC, actually...
Hertz Improves Customer Experience With Friendlier Kiosks
Weary travelers hate waiting in line, so Hertz adopted new kiosk technology that allows customers to interact with a live, remote agent to complete...
New Microsoft Office hits 'RTM' milestone
The next version of Microsoft Office is complete and will start to reach enterprise customers next month, with general availability planned for early...
Mozilla releases Firefox 16.0.1 to address four vulnerabilities
Mozilla released Firefox 16.0.1 on Thursday in order to fix a publicly disclosed vulnerability and three other security flaws identified after the...
Google rolls out major Street View upgrade
Google announced on Thursday what the company terms the "biggest ever update" to its popular and controversial Street View map imagery...
Hertz Improves Customer Experience With Friendlier Kiosks
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