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IT News - November 12, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on November 12, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: T-Mobile, Facebook, and Google

T-Mobile has invested €3.5 million in Arantech, a Dublin software firm that was this weekend named company of the year by the Irish Software Association (ISA). — Sunday Business Post

Don’t compare Facebook’s new ad system to anything you’ve seen on Google, television, or any other advertising medium you can think of. Compare it instead to Amazon.com (Charts, Fortune 500) or eBay (Charts, Fortune 500). That’s because, while advertising as we know it today may very well be a good profit engine for the social networking company, its new Facebook Ads program is also about e-commerce — that is, selling. — CNN

Google’s mobile plans, announced earlier this week, failed to generate the kind of consumer buzz and media frenzy that the iPhone launch did. Unlike Apple’s sleek, all-touchscreen device, Google’s Android isn’t a phone — it’s a mobile platform. — CNN

IT News - November 7, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on November 7, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: Microsoft, India’s Reliance Communications, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, One Laptop per Child, T-Mobile, ASUS, Apple, and Advanced Media Design

Microsoft and India’s Reliance Communications have signed a 500-million-dollar deal to launch India’s first high-definition Internet TV service, executives from both firms said. — AFP

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin might be coming back the only way dead folks can: virtually–through a site like Second Life. The  LBJ crew wants to create a world that touches on his major issues like civil rights and the Vietnam War. — CBS News

Following a number of delays, the One Laptop per Child Foundation’s much-awaited XO laptop for needy kids has finally gone into mass production. Early Tuesday (local time), Taiwan’s Quanta Computer started producing the green-and-white computer in its new Changshu manufacturing center, two hours northwest of Shanghai. — News Blog

T-Mobile USA announced that if you make a donation of one laptop to the One Laptop per Child Foundation ($399, $200 of which is tax-deductible) during this month’s Give One Get One promotion, then T-Mobile will reward you with one free year of access at its Hotspots (a $360 value). — Wi-Fi Planet

According to Taiwanese computer maker ASUS, Apple is in the process of designing a new tablet computer and they’ve hired ASUS to do the manufacturing. — SciFi Blog

AV technology developer Advanced Media Design has started shipping a new model in its MediaPointe family of digital media recorders, the DMR210e, designed for capturing presentations and classroom lectures. — Campus Technology

IT News – October 30, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on October 30, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: Oracle, Asustek Computer, Google, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Cybook, Web 2.0

Oracle Corp., the world’s third-largest software maker, may land BEA Systems Inc. without raising the $6.7 billion hostile bid rejected by its California rival. BEA’s board says it wants more than $8 billion, and let Oracle’s offer expire Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. New York time. Because no other suitors have emerged, Oracle may renew its bid or offer a lower price than its $17 a share proposal, said Peter Goldmacher, a Cowen & Co. analyst in San Francisco. — Bloomberg

Asustek Computer Inc., whose customers include Sony Corp. and Apple Inc., reported profit rose 21 percent to a record in the third quarter on sales of notebook computers under its own brand. Net income increased to NT$7.44 billion ($230 million) from NT$6.13 billion a year earlier, Asustek, the world’s largest maker of boards connecting computer parts, said today. — Bloomberg

Google Inc., owner of the world’s most-used Internet search engine, received approval from the Australian government for its $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick Inc. The purchase by Mountain View, California-based Google is “unlikely to result in a substantial lessening of competition” in the country’s Web advertising market, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in a statement on its Web site today. — Bloomberg

Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, agreed to buy programs and other assets from closely held Global Care Solutions, a Bangkok-based provider of products that manage medical information for hospitals. — Bloomberg

T-Mobile USA Inc., seeking to boost wireless e-mail and Web access revenue, introduced a mobile phone designed to ease consumers into using online features. The T-Mobile Shadow, a pocket-sized phone that slides open to reveal a keyboard for typing e-mails, uses a custom version of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile software. The handset, which can also connect to Wi-Fi wireless Internet networks, is the first in a line of Shadow devices. — Bloomberg

Cybook’s Gen3 lightweight, high resolution e-book reader is now available to purchase around $350. It has a 6 inch Vizplex E Ink screen, revealing more contrast than the older E ink technology with a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. It also comes with a 2.5mm stereo headphone jack, a 64MB of storage capacity and an SD expansion card slot for an extra memory boost. Furthermore, it has a battery life of 8000 page flips between charges. — Softpedia

As increasing numbers of enterprises climb aboard the Web 2.0 bandwagon, it’s more important than ever for software developers to keep security in mind during the development process. The two top vulnerabilities affecting Web 2.0 applications today are cross-site scripting (CSS) and cross-site request forgery (CSRF). — Campus Technology