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Mozilla Released Firefox Version 4 Beta

Posted on July 9, 2010 by

by Venda Mozilla released their first beta version Firefox 4. Mozilla plans to issue new beta versions every two or three weeks in order to modify the browser in response to beta users’ comments. There is a new add-on manager … Continue reading →

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Microsoft sharpening Razor view engine for ASP.Net

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

By: Paul Krill Microsoft is developing a “view engine” for its ASP.Net Web development platform, optimized around HTML generation via a code-focused templating approach, a Microsoft official said in a blog post. A public beta release of the view engine, … Continue reading →

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IBM Acquires Enterprise Data Security Software Company BigFix

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

by Leena Rao IBM is making another acquisition today, buying up computer security software company BigFix. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. BigFix security software identifies all of a company’s PCs, laptops, server and then monitors and flags IT … Continue reading →

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Salesforce Chatterizes 10,000 Of Its Customers First Week After Public Launch

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

By: Leena Rao Unsurprisingly, Salesforce is seeing rapid adoption of its social collaboration platform Chatter among its existing customers after launching to the public last week. In its first week of general availability, Chatter has been integrated by 10,000 of … Continue reading →

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Nokia sells off wireless modem business

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

By Nancy Gohring Nokia is selling off its wireless modem business to Renesas Electronics, a move that could help the mobile giant better focus on phone competition and get rid of a business that may have been struggling. Renesas has … Continue reading →

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Borders launches its own Kobo-powered e-book store

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

By Devin Coldewey Borders has been rather marginalized in the e-book wars thus far, not having the primacy of Amazon nor the sexy Nookiness of B&N. I liked their official e-reader, the Kobo, but until my opinion counts for points … Continue reading →

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Search engines turn to music

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

Internet search engines pride themselves as being neutral providers of information. But as competition mounts to own the connection between fans and online content, tech behemoths like Microsoft and Google increasingly are turning to their search engines to help drive … Continue reading →

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9 questions to consider before insourcing outsourced IT

Posted on July 7, 2010 by

By Stephanie Overby Insourcing – the process of bringing back in-house IT work that had been outsourced–is in style. Bob Mathers, principal consultant with Compass Management Consulting, points to recent high-profile IT and business process outsourcing initiatives that were brought … Continue reading →

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Secret Google Tricks: How to Search Smarter

Posted on July 7, 2010 by

by: Bill Snyder I like to think that my vocabulary and usage skills are above average; I am, after all, a professional writer. But a little known search function in Google showed me that I’ve been misusing “peruse” for years. … Continue reading →

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Soho OS Lands $1M, Opens Business Management Suite To All Small Businesses

Posted on July 7, 2010 by

By: Roi Carthy A couple of months ago we first covered Soho OS, describing its offering as a soup-to-nuts “hybrid of Quicken + Zoho + SalesForce”. Today, the company is announcing that it has secured $1 million in funding from … Continue reading →

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