Archive for July, 2008
PC World - Intel has set up an online marketplace for India where SMBs can procure software and services.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Lighthouse International says its program is the first to allow people with moderate to severe vision problems to view Web pages as the site creators intended.
InfoWorld - The battle to provide social networking in the enterprise is under way between solutions from established software vendors and readily available offerings such as Facebook and LinkedIn, with these sites possessing a lot of momentum, an industry insider stressed during a conference on Friday afternoon.
AP - The launch of Apple Inc.’s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working.
Reuters - Yahoo Inc on Saturday rejected a
proposal to sell its search business to Microsoft Corp and hand
over the remainder of the company to activist investor Carl
Icahn.
PC World - Researchers at IBM’s Almaden labs have developed software that lets you created slimmed-down versions of Web sites for mobile…
InfoWorld - It’s no secret that maintenance and support for enterprise applications is wildly profitable for vendors and, likewise, incredibly expensive for IT shops. Some of those IT shops, in fact, are overwhelmed by the cost and find too little return to justify paying for it.
PC World - An early version of an open-source tool for checking the quality of open-source software is now available.
PC World - The latest iPhone operating system update makes the device usable in enterprises by adding better networked security options and global configuration profiles.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Web monitoring firm Pingdom says Windows Update was up 100% of the time in the second quarter, Apple’s Software Update was up 99.9% of the time, and Ubuntu was up 98.64% of the time.