UPDATED: Microsoft and a couple of its partners will acquire IP connected with WordPerfect as part of the overall deal. – In a mildly surprising turn of events, financially troubled
enterprise network and application software provider Novell said Nov.
22 that it has agreed to be acquired by Attachmate Corp. for $2.2
billion in cash.
The purchase price works out to $6.10 per share, a 28 percent premium on the clos…
Fedora 14, the latest release of Red Hat’s fast-moving, community-supported Linux distribution, hit the Internet earlier this month bearing its typical crop of updated open-source software applications, with a particular focus on updated developer tools, such as the latest versions of the Eclipse and Netbeans Integrated Development Environments. – Fedora 14, the latest release of Red Hat’s fast-moving,
community-supported Linux distribution, hit the Internet earlier this month
bearing its typical crop of updated open-source software applications, with a
particular focus on updated developer tools, such as the latest versions of the
Eclips…
The following companies may have unusual price changes in Singapore trading today, say Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index rose 1.9% to 3,300.40 yesterday.
Bulk-shipping companies: The Baltic Dry Index, which measures the cost of shipping commodities, fell 0.5% in London yesterday, the longest losing streak since the period ended Sept 24. Cosco Corp. Singapore (COS SP), a China-based shipbuilder that also operates bulk carriers, gained 3.5% to $2.06. STX Pan Ocean Co. (STX SP), South Korea’s biggest bulk carrier, climbed 1.6% to $15.
Updated Mac version of Microsofts presentation software focuses on rich media and sharing. – Although
PowerPoint started out in the late 1980s as a tool for the Macintosh, recent revisions
for the Mac have always felt slightly dumbed-down in comparison with the
Windows release. Some of that perception is my own fault, for sticking with
Office 2004 well into this year. But Microsoft is a…
The following companies may have unusual price changes in Singapore trading today. Share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index gained 0.7% to 3,113.46.
Fu Yu Corp. (FUYU SP): The manufacturer of plastic injection molds said it sold properties in Tianjin, China, for 34 million yuan ($6.6 million). The stock dropped 3.5% to 14 cents.
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Amazon.com has introduced new features for its Kindle for Android app, including the ability to search within an e-book via typing or voice. Kindle’s competitors include the Nook and Apple iPad. – Amazon.com has added new features to its Kindle for Android
app, emphasizing yet again the online retailers strategy of building out its
e-reader software in addition to its Kindle e-reader device. The company finds
itself locked in competition with not only other e-reader manufacturers such as
…
The one stop place for all downloads is Downloadsversion. This website is famous for its authenticity of genuine software and all other downloads that are offered at its site.
The mobile phone wars range on. The Android operating system is gaining headway, while Microsoft, Apple, and Nokia are all trying to catch up.
Skype has released an update of its VOIP app for Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS smartphones running iOS4. The multitasking-savvy version lets users run Skype in the background, among other features. – Skype has launched a Version 2.0.1 of its VOIP (voice-over IP) software for Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS handsets running iOS4.
Released July 21, the newest version of the application plays to the operating systems multitasking capabilities, enabling users to run Skype in the background, as well…
YouTube is offering an updated version of its mobile site with larger, more touch-friendly buttons and faster speed, in addition to the ability to create playlists. YouTube’s expansion over the past five years has been rapid, although the company has also encountered copyright concerns over its users’ content, including a recent lawsuit from media giant Viacom. – YouTube is offering an updated version of its mobile site, with an eye
toward giving users a more streamlined and faster interface for watching video
while on the go.
“YouTube consumption on mobile devices has also grown considerably,” Andrey
Doronichev, a YouTube product manager, wrote
in a J…
Nokia has introduced an updated version of its Ovi Store Mobile client. Now it provides an updated category structure as well as improved search. In fact, Nokia has always been offering updates of the Ovi Publish tool providing alterations to meta-data. This time it is recommended to pay attention towards it. The latest version is [...]
Toshiba rolls out refreshed, expanded and new Satellite notebooks, including media-centric models, the 3D-ready A665 and a series of budget notebooks and ultrathins. – Computer maker Toshiba announced the release of a series of
refreshed, expanded and brand new notebooks under the Satellite brand,
including the Satellite A665 3D-ready notebook powered by NVIDIA 3D
vision technology. The L-Series budget notebook family was expanded to
offer more screen size cho…
Skype’s latest version of its VOIP application for Apple’s iPhone offers improved call quality and the ability to make calls using the 3G data connection. The app is available now. – Voice over IP (VOIP) provider Skype announced the launch of the latest
version of its iPhone application, currently available to download from the
Apple App Store. The company said this update allows iPhone users to make and
receive Skype-to-Skype calls, and to call mobiles and landlines around t…
If you Google the words "Facebook" and "privacy," you are likely to come up with a few thousand news stories and blog entries. After weeks of talk about everything from government regulation to user boycotts, Facebook officials revamped their site’s privacy controls to add a dose of simplicity to what some contended had become too complex a process. The changes will be rolled out to all 400 million of the sites users in the coming weeks. But what do those changes mean, and what will they look like? Here at eWEEK, we have the answers.Update 5/28: While Zuckerberg’s changes have garnered praise in some corners, some privacy groups say the Facebook privacy control updates do not go far enough. The fundamental issue, critics say, is that Facebook’s approach to privacy is for users to opt-out of sharing information instead of opting-in. – Â …
Microsoft announced that the upcoming Office for Mac 2011 will emulate many of the features of Office 2011, including the ribbon interface and the ability to access documents online via Microsoft Office Web Apps. Microsoft will also replace Entourage for Mac with a new version of Outlook for Mac, which will allow .PST files to be imported from Outlook for Windows. Microsoft recently offered the Release Candidate of Office 2010 to a small group of testers enrolled in its Technology Adoption Program.
– The upcoming Office for Mac 2011 will include many of the features present
in Office 2010, according to a Feb. 11 statement from Microsoft, and will roll
out to consumers and businesses at an undefined point later this year.
As with Microsoft Office 2010, Office 2011 will allow Mac users to acces…
Microsoft updates Bing Maps with Streetside eye-level views and a Twitter feed. This is the second time that the Bing search engine has been updated in as many months. Another new feature is a Bing Bar that suggests searches and images when users begin to type queries, and improvements have been made to the Bing Windows Mobile application. Bing currently holds roughly 9.6 percent of the U.S. search engine market, while Google occupies 70.6 percent of the market.
– Microsoft announced on Dec. 2 that it was releasing new features for Bing,
its search engine, set to roll out over the next few days.
Prominent among these new features is the beta version of the updated Bing
Maps, featuring Streetside and Photosynth imagery. Although Streetside works
very simi…
The candy-colored Pogoplug media sharing device allows users to access media files from other computers or even the Apple iPhone.
–
Storage specialist Cloud Engines announced the release of
the latest version of Pogoplug, a box-shaped device that connects up to four
external hard drives to the Internet and allows users to access and share
content (files, music, photos, and video) from a Web browser or enabled …
UPDATED: Ecology activists claim that IT giant Hewlett-Packard is doing an about-face on its public statements about eliminating key toxic chemicals in its printers, computers, servers and storage products by the end of 2009.
– Greenpeace activists snuck past Hewlett-Packard security guards July 28 to paint
a large quot;Hazardous Products quot; sign on the roof of the IT system
maker’s main building in Palo Alto, Calif., in a public effort to call out the
company for what it sees as a corporate about-face on the use of…
