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  • Data center start-up offers energy saving software
    A data center start-up is exiting stealth mode with technology that reduces power and cooling costs by analyzing the energy consumption of IT equipment and applications.
  • Eich: JavaScript getting faster, could displace Flash
    JavaScript's founder claims JavaScript has displaced Java as a Web client, outlines projected enhancements
  • Boston Celtics clamp down on spam
    Until recently, the Boston Celtics' e-mail infrastructure was outdated and badly in need of an overhaul.
  • Microsoft rivals, trade groups want browser offer changed
    Microsoft's antitrust settlement offer to the European Commission needs minor, often cosmetic changes in order to restore fair competition to the market for Internet browsers, said some of the software giant's main rivals Thursday.
  • Steve Ballmer wants to shout at his TV
    If Bill Gates is hoping for a quiet retirement he may find it interrupted by technology.
  • Windows 7 seeing 'fantastic' sales in Japan, says Ballmer
    Initial sales of Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, were "fantastic" in Japan and helped spur PC sales in the country, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.
  • Apache Software Foundation: 10 years and still open to innovation
    It has been 10 years since the Apache Software Foundation was founded, and this week at ApacheCon the group is showing why it is still going strong and working toward a brighter future.
  • Cisco, EMC and VMware coalition nets unified management software for virtual, cloud environments
    EMC Ionix portfolio provides integrated, unified element manager for Vblock as part of Cisco, EMC and VMware coalition established to enable collaboration among the IT vendors.
  • Centrify takes to the cloud
    Centrify announced last week that it has added Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition to the long list of non-Windows operating systems whose authentication it has integrated with Active Directory. It has supported Ubuntu for quite some time, but what really exited the Centrify folk was the fact that this version of Ubuntu includes an open source cloud computing environment that can be easily integrated with Active Directory through the Centrify Suite for identity, access and privilege management.
  • Cash in on free IT management software for a limited time only
    Software makers offer scaled-down versions of their commercial management applications for free, hoping to draw customers into a bigger sale.
  • Open source advocate calls for Microsoft version of Linux
    A lot of open source advocates like to rage against the machine at Microsoft, but when a former Microsoft Research employee says that Windows 7 won't stop Linux from market domination, that's an opinion to note. Keith Curtis, author of the book After the Software Wars, says just that. But he goes further. He thinks Microsoft and its customers would be better off if the company ditched Windows and instead built its own version of the Linux operating system.
  • IBM pairs Rational and Tivoli products to automate development processes
    IBM also announced software delivery solutions for automating development tasks and team collaboration and streamlining asset lifecycle management
  • SAP earnings rise as revenue continues to slip
    SAP's revenue fell in the third quarter, but earnings rose -- although neither figure was as high as analysts had hoped. The company said it expected the decline in software and software-related service revenue to continue.
  • Google Apps scores in L.A., with assist from Microsoft
    Los Angeles City Council approved a $7.25 million five-year deal Tuesday in which the city will adopt Gmail and other Google Apps.
  • Jive brings workgroup collaboration to Microsoft Office
    Jive has given its enterprise social-networking software what it calls its biggest overhaul yet, giving users the ability to collaborate on Microsoft Office files and to use the product from mobile devices, including an application built specifically for the iPhone.
  • DoD: open source as good as proprietary software
    The Department of Defense issues a memo outlining guidance for using open source software and for contributing code back to the community.
  • IT management nirvana: Monitoring physical and virtual environments in one console
    CA introduces Spectrum Service Assurance 1.1, the vendor’s latest management application designed to ease the challenge of monitoring virtual and physical infrastructure to support IT services and guarantee optimal performance.
  • Salesforce.com, Adobe partner on Flash toolkit
    Salesforce.com and Adobe Systems on Monday announced Flash Builder for Force.com, an integrated development environment for building rich Internet applications deployable through browsers and on desktops.
  • Windows 7 hiding slick corporate features behind Software Assurance tollgate
    Windows 7 has some highly touted features for corporate users, but they can only be had by purchasing Microsoft’s Software Assurance maintenance program.
  • Google placates India, China with different map versions
    Google has hit upon an interesting way of placating both China and India over the way its map application displays Arunachal Pradesh, a region whose ownership is disputed by the two countries.
  • Four considerations for SSD deployment
    While solid state drives offer increased performance, the key to figuring out the role they can play in the data center is balancing that performance against cost.
  • A $30 Billion US census?
    The number seemed staggering, but there it was. The cost of conducting the census has, on average, doubled each decade since 1970. If that rate of cost escalation continues into 2020, the nation could be looking at a $30 billion census.
  • Migrate to Windows 7 -- Slowly
    I'm a dip-a-toe-in-the-water kind of guy. Although I've been playing with Windows 7 for a couple months now, I'm not quite ready to dive in. I want to make a more gradual move, keeping my Vista-based PC up and running while I slowly transition to the new OS.
  • HP's CEO: Some clouds not ready for prime time
    HP's CEO, Mark Hurd, is raising issues with cloud computing, on everything from its name to its ability to offer a secure environment.
  • Manage All Your Media in Windows 7
    Whether you're leaping directly from Windows XP to Windows 7 or you stopped in Vista territory along the way, you'll find that the latest version of Microsoft's operating system handles media files in several new ways. The methods for photo and video importing, editing, and exporting have been all updated. You have new options for sharing and streaming files between computers. And media libraries become more-versatile vessels for finding and managing media files. I'll explain how to get started with these and other entertainment features of Windows 7.

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