http://www.networkworld.com/topics/applications.html The latest application news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2012 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-apple-and-google-disagree-over-255937.html?source=nww_rss Google is at odds with Apple, Microsoft and Cisco over the licensing and litigation of patents. While Google wants to make the most of patents it will receive if its acquisition of Motorola is approved, the others want to change the way so-called essential patents are licensed. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-02-09T12:45:57-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-oracle-buying-taleo-for-us19-255923.html?source=nww_rss Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for US$3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close. Chris Kanaracus 2012-02-09T10:33:35-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2012/020912-hands-on-hps-enterprise-database-255927.html?source=nww_rss If you're like most enterprises, you have data everywhere. It's in line-of-business applications. It's in directories. It's in various departmental servers. It's in your e-commerce platform. To manage all this, most shops use databases of all sizes running on a variety of operating systems and database applications, often from different vendors and editions. Chances are, they're not consistent. Jonathan Hassell 2012-02-09T10:23:34-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-dassault-systã¨mes-buys-personal-analytics-255922.html?source=nww_rss 3D design software company Dassault SystA"mes has acquired Netvibes, a website that allows the creation of personalized dashboards combining social network updates, news alerts and RSS feeds, the companies announced Thursday. Peter Sayer 2012-02-09T07:29:38-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-epic-sues-ftc-over-google39s-255911.html?source=nww_rss The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data. Grant Gross 2012-02-08T05:28:18-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-us-gov39t-falling-behind-in-255903.html?source=nww_rss The U.S. government is losing a race in cyberspace -- a social-networking race for the hearts and minds of Internet users, a computer security expert said Wednesday. Grant Gross 2012-02-08T04:46:59-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-google-to-pay-users-to-255905.html?source=nww_rss Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they open their Web movements to the company in a program called Screenwise. Cameron Scott 2012-02-08T04:41:58-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-salesforcecom-shakes-up-standard-support-255901.html?source=nww_rss Salesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which the company says overall will provide a better experience for customers. Chris Kanaracus 2012-02-08T04:37:34-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-google-ships-chrome-17-touts-255898.html?source=nww_rss Google patched 20 vulnerabilities in the desktop edition of Chrome and added new anti-malware download warnings to version 17. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-08T04:22:25-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-spammers-impersonate-well-known-developers-to-255896.html?source=nww_rss Spammers are impersonating well-known Android software developers in order to distribute rogue apps through the official Android Market. Lucian Constantin 2012-02-08T03:39:14-04:00