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  • 03 December 2011

  • News: SAP pays $3.4 billion for cloud vendor SuccessFactors

    SAP America said Saturday that it is paying US$3.4 billion in cash to acquire SuccessFactors, a provider of cloud-based human capital management tools.

  • News: SAP buying SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion

    SAP America is paying US$3.4 billion for SuccessFactors, a provider of cloud-based human capital management. Lars Dalgaard, founder and CEO of SuccessFactors, will join SAP to lead its cloud business, while continuing to head SuccessFactors, which will be run as an independent company.

  • News: Studio Output combines PlayStation Move with projection mapping for cool films

    London agency Studio Output has created three cool promos to big up movie rentals and downloads on the Sony PlayStation Store.

  • News: HTML5 to create new challenges for security pros in 2012: Sophos

    The move to HTML5 will enable a whole host of new web applications, but could also create new challenges for enterprise security professionals, according to UK security firm Sophos.

  • News: Thomson Reuters CEO leaves weeks after admitting Eikon switchover errors

    Thomson Reuters chief executive Tom Glocer is set to step down, a month after he expressed serious regret for the fast pace of the company's troubled billion dollar market desktop switchover.

  • News: Oracle extends support fee waiver for E-Business Suite

    Oracle has extended the support fees waiver for E-Business Suite (EBS) to November 2013.

  • News: Oracle to confirm commitment to non-Fusion applications

    Oracle will reconfirm its commitment to upgrading its non-Fusion applications at the UK Oracle User Group conference on Tuesday.

  • News: Comcast to phase out Clearwire service

    At least one of the cable operators that struck a wireless spectrum deal with Verizon on Friday now plans to stop reselling WiMax mobile service from Clearwire.

  • News: Remains of the Day: Consider it brought

    Apple magnanimously offers Samsung some help in designing its mobile devices, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority refuses to be railroaded, and it's all the excitement of subscription negotiations for just 70 percent of the price--and that still may be too much. The remainders for Friday, November 11, 2011 give no quarter--or nickel, dime, or penny.

  • Opinion: Want to Tweak GNOME 3? There's a Site for That

    There's never a dull moment in the world of desktop environments these days, and the past week has been no exception.

  • News: Lawmaker asks FTC to investigate Carrier IQ

    The outcry over Carrier IQ's mobile-phone tracking software continued Friday, with a U.S. congressman asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the company.

  • 02 December 2011

  • Opinion: Bugs & Fixes: Decoding Apple's Safari 5.1.2 release notes

    Over the years, Apple has taken its share of criticism for the sparseness of the release notes that accompany its software updates. This lack of information can make it difficult to determine exactly what has been fixed--or whether a supposed fix actually does its intended job.

  • Opinion: YaCy: It's About Freedom, Not Beating Google

    Following the release on Monday of YaCy 1.0, a free, peer-to-peer search engine, many in the media were quick to view it as a challenge to Google, Bing and the other big contenders in the search arena.

  • Opinion: Track Business Receipts with Shoeboxed for Android, iPhone

    Business receipts are a sad fact of life, like taxes and Justin Bieber. Shoeboxed helps you capture, organize, and file your receipts, and does so through the magic of apps, photography, and real-life humans.

  • News: Intel says Android 4.0 for smartphones, tablets ready

    Intel on Friday said it has readied Android 4.0 for smartphones and tablets based on its upcoming Atom processor code-named Medfield, raising the possibility of Intel-inside handheld devices being released next year with the new OS.

  • News: Carrier IQ, HTC, Samsung hit with class-action lawsuits

    In what could be a precursor of legal action to come, mobile software vendor Carrier IQ has been hit with two lawsuits over the use of its controversial tracking technology in tens of millions of mobile phones worldwide.

  • News: Six tips for mastering Siri

    Siri, the artificially intelligent assistant built into the iPhone 4S, is fun to show off. You can joke around with Siri, scoring funny replies if you ask it to beam you up, open the pod bay doors, or share its favorite color. But Siri offers more than just a source of amusement: It can also help you get more things done with your iPhone. Here's how to master Siri's nuances, turning it from a parlor trick to impressive productivity tool.

  • News: Consumer Watchdog calls for investigation of Carrier IQ, carriers

    Consumer Watchdog has called for a U.S. government investigation of Carrier IQ, the maker of tracking software for mobile phones, and its users.

  • News: Security roundup for week ending Dec. 2: Carrier IQ stink, SCADA troubles

    If a cyberattack from a hostile foreign source ever hit a public electric or water utility, affecting its industrial control systems, causing America's critical infrastructures to fail, would we understand that had even happened? We have more doubts than ever, after every twist and turn in the saga that began with the Nov. 10th "Public Water District Cyber Intrusion" report from the Illinois Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center (STIC) that set off a media firestorm after the report was leaked to the media. The Illinois STIC report said a cyberattack from Russia had hit an Illinois water facility, causing a water pump to fail. The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI, in tandem with the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT), has since concluded that Illinois STIC report was in error http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/120111-scada-faq-253663.html?hpg1=bn. It may have been—it would not be surprising if reasonable doubts remain--but this episode of intelligence failures and slow response times has laid bare how poorly prepared America is, as Network World Editor in Chief John Dix summarizes in his editorial, "The Water Pump Alarm" http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2011/120111-editorial.html. This fiasco related to the Curran-Gardner Townships Public Water District in Springfield, Illinois , which offers a rare glimpse into how the secretive intelligence-gathering "Fusion Centers" promoted by DHS really operate—raises the question whether America's critical-infrastructure response system even works at all—or is need of critical re-thinking http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/120111-scada-253659.html?hpg1=bn.

  • News: RiffTrax player brings movie commentary to the Mac

    If you ever find yourself watching a bad movie and wondering what the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" guys would make of it, stop your lamenting: For the past few years, many of the MST3K crew have been recording humorous commentary tracks for major motion pictures and selling them as MP3 downloads from rifftrax.com.

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