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  • July 2008

    • Mossberg Picks iPhone Apps

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 23, 08 2:22 PM CDT

      Mossberg Picks iPhone Apps

      Impressed with Apple's spread of iPhone apps, Wall Street Journal tech gurus Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret list their favorites. AOL Radio: The best Internet radio player for the iPhone Evernote: A good port of the elegant note-taking program Instapaper: Instantly download Web pages for offline reading. Travelocity TravelTools: Allows you to check flight schedules, gate assignments, and security wait times. More »

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      list  • Apple  • software  • AOL  • smartphones  • iPod Touch  • iPhone 3G  • iPhone applications  • mobile devices  • mobile platforms  • Internet radio

    • The Best iPhone Apps

      newser  |  PC Magazine  |  Jul 11, 08 3:23 PM CDT

      The Best iPhone Apps

      The best part about the iPhone 3G's debut, writes PC Magazine , is the new abundance of software for the handset. Most of the apps work on the original iPhone, too. The cream of the crop: AIM: Should need no introduction, although it was a major omission from the original iPhone's slate. Bejeweled 2: A popular time-waster gets a suitably beautiful iPhone port. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • software  • iPhone 3G  • iPhone applications  • mobile devices  • mobile platforms

    • Microsoft Will Sell Office By $70 Subscription

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 2, 08 1:44 PM CDT

      Microsoft Will Sell Office By $70 Subscription

      Microsoft will start selling its Office software package on a subscription model in mid-July, the AP reports. Instead of paying around $200 for Office, consumers can pay $70 a year, with no additional cost for new versions. In addition to the Office programs, the subscription bundle—named “Equipt”—will come with Microsoft’s OneCare security software. More »

  • June 2008

    • Firefox 3 Rocks

      newser  |  Wired  |  Jun 17, 08 2:20 PM CDT

      Firefox 3 Rocks

      Download Firefox 3, out today. That’s what Michael Calore suggests on Webmonkey. The new version of the open-source browser lets users set application-specific links on Web pages—such as “mailto” links—to launch webapps instead of other applications—say, Gmail instead of Outlook. It also supports using webapps offline, allowing users to synch them up when they’re back on line. Read on to see Calore's reasons for saying the browser's among 2008’s “most kick-ass software releases.” More »

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      software  • Firefox  • open source  • Internet browsers

    • Smart Software Programs Write Your To-Do Lists

      newser  |  MIT Technology Review  |  Jun 12, 08 3:58 PM CDT

      Smart Software Programs Write Your To-Do Lists

      Busy? A new kind of online organizer works like a personal assistant, interpreting loose statements—like “have brunch with Margaret on Sunday"—and turning them into scheduled events on users’ calendars. Free programs like Presdo, IWantSandy and reQall use natural language processing to organize casually written, and sometimes even spoken, commands, reports Technology Review . More »

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      software  • calendars  • free

    • Harrah's Rolls Dice on Surface

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 12, 08 12:27 PM CDT

      Harrah's Rolls Dice on Surface

      A Las Vegas casino has become the first to roll the dice with the much-touted Microsoft Surface, a touch-screen table that lets gamblers order drinks, watch YouTube videos, and even flirt. Harrah’s Rio hotel yesterday installed 6 of the tables, which start at $10,000, the AP reports. “Of all the goodies up our sleeves lately, this is one of the most dramatic,” said a Harrah’s spokesman. More »

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      Microsoft  • Las Vegas  • software  • casino  • touch-screen technology  • Microsoft Surface  • Harrah's

    • Crime Pays for Grand Theft Auto Maker

      newser  |  MarketWatch  |  Jun 6, 08 3:34 AM CDT

      Crime Pays for Grand Theft Auto Maker

      Profit forecasts have shot through the roof at Take-Two Interactive Software, thanks to the runaway success of Grand Theft Auto IV, reports MarketWatch. The company is boasting a $100 million second-quarter profit, up from a $50 million loss for the same period last year—even though the blockbuster game was released just two days before the quarter ended. More »

    • Gates Departure Should Calm the Waters

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 5, 08 4:24 PM CDT

      Gates Departure Should Calm the Waters

      Bill Gates’ departure from full-time employment at Microsoft on June 27 will end 8 contentious years in which Gates has attempted to stay onboard while nominally beneath his close friend and new CEO, Steve Ballmer. Though they built the company together, this “ambassadorial succession” produced mixed results, with Gates undermining Ballmer in front of executives, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • technology  • software  • Bill Gates  • Steve Ballmer  • leadership  • executive power  • power sharing  • corporate leadership

  • May 2008

    • Software Brings Autism Therapy Into Homes

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  May 1, 08 8:00 PM CDT

      Software Brings Autism Therapy Into Homes

      A Seattle software company is offering new hope to parents of autistic children who struggle to get, and afford, behavioral therapy, which can cost upward of $30,000 a year and isn't usually covered by insurance. Jigsaw Learning has created a game-like computer network, called TeachTown, that provides some aspects of the therapy, the Post-Intelligencer reports. More »

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      software  • autism  • startup  • treatment  • cognitive behavioral therapy

  • April 2008

    • Brain Training Can Boost Smarts

      newser  |  Wired  |  Apr 29, 08 3:13 AM CDT

      Brain Training Can Boost Smarts

      Software claiming to improve intelligence has met with market success in recent years— along with plenty of skepticism—but sales could now get a boost with the discovery that it really is possible to improve general intelligence with mental gymnastics. Researchers had thought so-called "fluid intelligence" was purely genetic, but tests have demonstrated that mental workouts can improve capacity, Wired reports. More »

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      software  • brain  • intelligence  • neuroscience  • human intelligence

    • Email Mining Software No Slam-Dunk

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 21, 08 7:31 PM CDT

      Email Mining Software No Slam-Dunk

      Software that allows co-workers to share customer and client information without the initial contact's explicit permission is catching on, overcoming worries about privacy that initially kept the applications from gaining traction, the Wall Street Journal reports. One exec who saw "a very harsh reaction from people who viewed it as a Big Brother-type system" at his previous job is having less trouble this time around. More »

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      privacy  • email  • software

    • Microsoft Weighs Subscription Model for Office

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 18, 08 3:10 PM CDT

      Microsoft Weighs Subscription Model for Office

      Microsoft is considering introducing a subscription-based business model for its Office suite of applications in the US, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm said it was launching a beta testing program, “Albany,” and expected to make the subscription generally available by the end of 2008. Microsoft’s Office is facing some competition from Google and Yahoo, who offer free web software that performs similar functions. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • software  • Microsoft Office  • emerging markets  • subscription  • Microsoft Excel

    • TurboTax Tries to Avoid '07 Filing Nightmare

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  Apr 15, 08 9:19 AM CDT

      TurboTax Tries to Avoid '07 Filing Nightmare

      It’s April 15 again, and perhaps nobody has their fingers crossed quite like Intuit software. A year ago 170,000 people rushed to file last-minute tax returns online through TurboTax… only to get an error message, delaying their filings for up to 13 hours. This year, Intuit’s done all it can to avoid that, including doubling its server capacity and boosting backup systems, the San Jose Mercury News reports. More »

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      taxes  • software  • banking  • IRS  • tax returns

    • Google Ups Ante in Office Software Fight Vs. Microsoft

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 14, 08 3:10 PM CDT

      Google Ups Ante in Office Software Fight Vs. Microsoft

      Google and Salesforce.com have expanded their partnership in customer-management and office software, the New York Times reports, in an ongoing competition with Microsoft and its Office suite. Salesforce’s software will be further integrated with Google’s applications—a milestone in the search giant’s efforts to challenge Microsoft in business settings. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • software  • Microsoft Office

  • March 2008

    • Personalized Security Protects Laptops

      newser  |  MIT Technology Review  |  Mar 21, 08 12:19 PM CDT

      Personalized Security Protects Laptops

      A new laptop security system in development at Intel learns to adjust to you—that is, the user—getting to know your pattern of Internet use in order to provide more personalized protection. The software, called Proteus, is meant for companies that provide laptops to many employees, normally equipping all of them with the same cookie-cutter security system, reports Technology Review . More »

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      Internet  • computer  • Intel  • software  • research  • Internet security  • computer security  • botnets

    • Vista Update Expected Today

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 18, 08 11:30 AM CDT

      Vista Update Expected Today

      The long-awaited first service pack for Microsoft Vista will be available online starting today, at least according to Amazon, which is taking orders for boxed copies of the upgrade pack and says it will start shipping them tomorrow. Many of the pack's updates and security fixes have already been sent to users as part of monthly updates since Vista launched last year to decidedly mixed reviews. More »

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      Microsoft  • Amazon.com  • software  • Microsoft Vista  • operating system  • service packs  • upgrades

    • Experts Work to Create Ways to Identify Altered Photos

      newser  |  MIT Technology Review  |  Mar 17, 08 12:45 PM CDT

      Experts Work to Create Ways to Identify Altered Photos

      As photo doctoring grows ever more sophisticated—and common—so does the art of “digital forensics,” or identifying fakes. Lighting is among the most tell-tale signs of a photo that’s been altered, reports Technology Review , because it’s hard to get it consistent. Still, current tools are mostly for expert users, and the best protection against getting duped is to “be on the alert," says one industry author. More »

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      software  • photography  • photo  • Photoshop  • photo editing  • altered photos  • digital forensics  • fake photos

  • February 2008

    • Want to Vote, O'Connor? Think Again

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 22, 08 4:00 PM CST

      Want to Vote, O'Connor? Think Again

      The Information Age has been bad news for O'Connors, D'Angelos, Al-Husseins, and Van Kemps everywhere. Apostrophes in Irish, French, Italian, and African last names; hyphens in Arab names; and spaces in Dutch ones cause their owners endless headaches when computer systems reject or mis-record them, reports the AP, blocking them from voting, booking flights, and taking college exams. More »

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      software  • computer programming  • surnames  • electronic voting  • spelling

    • Microsoft: Vista Update May Screw Up Your Programs

      newser  |  BBC  |  Feb 22, 08 12:48 PM CST

      Microsoft: Vista Update May Screw Up Your Programs

      Vista’s first major service pack may do more harm than good. Microsoft is warning that its upcoming update may disable various third party programs, particularly virus protection and security software, which accounted for half of the dozen programs Microsoft listed as victims. Microsoft said that list wasn’t comprehensive, and told users to contact the software developers, not Microsoft, with any problems. More »

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      Microsoft  • software  • Microsoft Vista  • software developers  • service packs  • virus protection

  • January 2008

    • Sun Posts Strong Profits

      newser  |  MarketWatch  |  Jan 24, 08 6:03 PM CST

      Sun Posts Strong Profits

      Sun Microsystems today reported a profit of $260 million for the quarter ending Dec. 30, MarketWatch reports. Though total revenue was $3.62 billion, Sun’s service and sales were responsible for most of the gains, growing to $1.37 billion from $1.31 billion in the same quarter last year. Hardware product sales fell slightly from $2.26 billion to $2.25 billion over the same interval. More »

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