Category Archives: Technology

Mozilla Released Firefox Version 4 Beta

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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Review: Motorola Quench

by: LIA TIMSON You can’t blame Motorola, or any other phone manufacturer, for jumping on the Android bandwagon and launching a seemingly unlimited number of handsets to take advantage of Google’s free operating system. So it was with some degree … Continue reading

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Microsoft sharpening Razor view engine for ASP.Net

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

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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Sony joins e-reader price war

Sony has cut the price of its Reader devices, joining an electronic-reader price war between Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. On Sony’s website, the Daily Edition version of the Reader was listed at US$299.99 ($434.20), down from US$349.99. The Touch … Continue reading

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

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

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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Google Apps For Education Wins Two More States, Rolls Out Training Tools For Teachers

By: Leena Rao Google has made it fairly clear that adoption of Google Apps at schools and colleges is vital to the growth of the productivity suite as a whole. The strategy makes sense; not only do educational institutions represent … Continue reading

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Borders launches its own Kobo-powered e-book store

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

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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