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  • October 2007

    • Software Titan Oracle Eyes Another Conquest

      New York Times  |  Oct 13, 07 1:03 PM CDT

      Software Titan Oracle Eyes Another Conquest

      (Newser) - Software maker BEA Systems is under pressure from shareholder Carl Icahn to sell, but executives say this week’s $6.7 billion offer by Oracle is too low. Icahn agreed the unsolicited bid wasn’t good enough but said he was pleased an offer was made, the New York Times reports. Analysts expect Oracle to raise its offer and get BEA. More »

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      software  • Carl Icahn  • takeover  • Oracle  • BEA Systems  • middleware

    • Anti-Vista Mom Corners Hapless Microsoft CEO

      PC World  |  Oct 11, 07 5:46 PM CDT

      Anti-Vista Mom Corners Hapless Microsoft CEO

      (Newser) - Though he may rule the boardroom, all it took to unravel Microsoft’s chief executive was a mom on a rampage about his new Vista operating system. An analyst questioning Steve Ballmer at a conference said she’d become an early Vista adopter at her 13-year-old daughter’s request—only to revert to XP due to the new OS’ built-in difficulties, PC World reports. More »

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      Microsoft  • software  • Steve Ballmer  • Microsoft Vista  • operating system

    • Unlockers Buying 10% of iPhones

      Apple Insider  |  Oct 4, 07 2:57 PM CDT

      Unlockers Buying 10% of iPhones

      (Newser) - One of every 10 iPhones sold in September was bought to be unlocked and resold, an investment bank has estimated. The anecdotal research comes from several hours spent monitoring Apple stores; the analysts assumed that all iPhone purchases of the maximum five per customer were made by hackers, appleinsider.com reports. Unlockers were in particular effect in New York City locations. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • software  • AT and T  • unlock iPhone  • Piper Jaffray

  • September 2007

    • Buzz: Apple to Unveil PDA in First Half of '08

      Apple Insider  |  Sep 26, 07 5:14 PM CDT

      Buzz: Apple to Unveil PDA in First Half of '08

      (Newser) - Early-'90s techies who used a Newton MessagePad can break out the champagne; though that device was killed in 1998, Apple plans to give the PDA a 21st-century go. AppleInsider reports that the company has spent the past 18 months chipping away at a brand-new device, built on Apple's signature multi-touch technology—albeit with plenty of iPhone-related interruptions. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • Steve Jobs  • software

    • Apple Issues Warning on Hacked iPhones

      InformationWeek  |  Sep 25, 07 7:28 AM CDT

      Apple Issues Warning on Hacked iPhones

      (Newser) - IPhones that have been unlocked to work on cellular networks other than AT&T may be damaged "irreparably" by an iPhone software update being released this week, Apple warned yesterday. What's worse, the company says the unlocking also voids the warranty, so users would have to pay for replacements out of pocket. One of the features included in the update will enable users to buy music over a WiFi connection. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • Starbucks  • software  • music downloads  • iTunes  • iTunes Store  • iPod Touch  • hack

    • IBM Challenges Microsoft Office With Free Software

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 18, 07 6:47 AM CDT

      IBM Challenges Microsoft Office With Free Software

      (Newser) - IBM is issuing a new challenge to the supremacy of Microsoft's Office software, releasing a suite of free programs, called Symphony, that can perform many of the functions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Microsoft just released Office 7.0, and one analyst speculates many users will switch to Symphony rather than spend the money to upgrade, the Wall Street Journal reports More »

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      Microsoft  • computer  • software  • IBM  • Microsoft Office  • Open Office

    • Panel Rejects Microsoft Standard Bid

      New York Times  |  Sep 5, 07 9:44 AM CDT

      Panel Rejects Microsoft Standard Bid

      (Newser) - Microsoft got a surprise smackdown from an international panel yesterday in its bid to have its open document format recognized as an international standard. The effort to certify Office Open XML met with resistance from 26% of the voting nations, and anything over 25% is a deal-breaker, the Times reports. Still, Microsoft predicts its format will eventually be adopted. More »

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      Microsoft  • Bill Gates  • software  • Microsoft Office  • Open Office

    • Prankster's 1st Computer Virus Turns 25

      Associated Press  |  Sep 2, 07 5:56 PM CDT

      Prankster's 1st Computer Virus Turns 25

      (Newser) - A prankster who wrote the first computer virus 25 years ago says only, “It was some dumb little practical joke.” Yet Richard Skrenta’s desire to infiltrate other Apple II’s with a poem (“It will get on all your disks; it will infiltrate your chips”) marked the beginning of a worldwide virus craze that spawned a $38 billion security industry and 150 to 175 new pieces of malware every day. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • software  • Windows  • computer virus  • spyware  • hardware  • virus protection  • Elk Cloner

  • July 2007

    • Gates Plans to Log Off as Scheduled

      New York Times  |  Jul 30, 07 8:03 AM CDT

      Gates Plans to Log Off as Scheduled

      (Newser) - Bill Gates says that, despite a surge in competition from all sides of the market, his phased exit from Microsoft has been bug-free so far. His two-year transition period halfway done, the chairman and former CEO says that his handpicked successors have been successfully picking up the slack. But doubters say Gates can't fully disengage at such a critical time. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • business  • Bill Gates  • software  • billionaire

    • With IPO, Ellison Walks $500M Tightrope

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 3, 07 5:30 AM CDT

      With IPO, Ellison Walks $500M Tightrope

      (Newser) - It's murky waters ahead for Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, a day after rival NetSuite Inc. revealed in an IPO filing that the outspoken billionaire holds a 74% stake. That puts Ellison, whose Oracle holdings are valued at $24 billion, in a tricky spot: Other shareholders may view the joint investments as a serious conflict of interest, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      software  • IPO  • Oracle  • billionaire  • Larry Ellison  • NetSuite

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