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Oracle Is Planning to Buy DataRaker in a Move

Dec 26, 2012

Oracle is planning to buy DataRaker in a move that will give it a cloud-based platform for analyzing data from smart meters used by energy utilities. Terms of the deal, which was announced Thursday, weren't disclosed. Smart meters and the ...

Tags: Oracle, DataRaker, cloud based platform, data

AT&T Unveil a Personalized Video Service to Help Explain Each New Customer's Wireless Bill

Dec 26, 2012

Computerworld - AT&T Tuesday unveiled a personalized video service to help explain each new customer's wireless bill in some detail. The video service, to be rolled out nationwide in early 2013, uses computer animation and voice narration ...

Tags: video service, new customer, wireless bill

Yahoo Has Acquired a Video Chat Startup OnTheAir

Dec 26, 2012

Yahoo has acquired a video chat startup OnTheAir as the company focuses on mobile applications and services. "When we first met with the team at Yahoo!, it was clear that everybody there is committed to making mobile products the backbone ...

Tags: Yahoo, video chat, OnTheAir, mobile apps and services

Windows 8 Is Finally Here and The Stakes Are Sky High for Microsoft

Dec 26, 2012

Windows 8 is finally here and the stakes are sky high for Microsoft. "We're so happy to be here today and to celebrate the global availability of a new era of Windows and Windows-powered PCs," said Steven Sinofsky, president of ...

Tags: Windows 8, Microsoft, PCs, tablet

Facebook Has Shown Wall Street

Dec 26, 2012

Facebook has shown Wall Street that it's finally starting to figure out how to make money from its vast array of mobile users. It's third quarter financial report, which showed a significant increase in mobile users and mobile revenue, ...

Tags: Facebook, Wall Street, mobile users, mobile

Microsoft Has Launched Its Next Generation Operating System, Windows 8,

Dec 26, 2012

Kicking off what may be the company's most challenging marketing effort yet, Microsoft has launched its next generation operating system, Windows 8, in New York City. "Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC really is," said Microsoft ...

Tags: Microsoft, operating system, Windows 8, New York City

Amazon.com Is Slashing Its Kindle Prices in The Japan's E-Reader Market

Dec 26, 2012

Amazon.com, a latecomer to Japan's e-reader market, is slashing its Kindle prices in the country before it has shipped a single device. Just two weeks after announcing it would launch its first Japanese-language e-reader, the company cut ...

Tags: Amazon, Japan, Kindle prices, U.S.

Apple Dropped out of The Top Five List in China's Smartphone Market for The Third Quarter

Dec 26, 2012

Apple dropped out of the top five list in China's smartphone market for the third quarter, as local handset vendors saw their shipments surge from the sales of low-priced smartphone models, according to research firm Canalys. The maker of ...

Tags: Apple, China, smartphone market, third quarter

SAP on Monday Is Set to Unveil A Line of Cloud-Based EPM Applications

Dec 26, 2012

IDG News Service - SAP on Monday is set to unveil a line of cloud-based EPM (enterprise performance management) applications that run on top of its HANA in-memory database platform. EPM software is a subset of the broader BI (business ...

Tags: SAP, cloud based EPM, in memory database, EPM software

Deltek Is Being Purchased by Private Equity Firm Thoma Bravo in a $1.1 Billion Deal

Dec 26, 2012

IDG News Service - ERP software vendor Deltek is being purchased by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in a $1.1 billion deal, the companies announced Monday. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Deltek's enterprise ...

Tags: ERP software, Deltek, resource planning software, Deltek's software

Microsoft Will Ship a Preview of IE10 for Windows 7 Next Month

Dec 26, 2012

Microsoft today said it will ship a preview of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7 next month, but would not commit to a timetable for a final release. "We will release a preview of IE10 on Windows 7 in mid-November, with final ...

Tags: Microsoft, IE10, Windows 7, next month

Apple Today Launched OS X Mountain Lion

Dec 26, 2012

Computerworld - Apple today launched OS X Mountain Lion, the ninth version of the 11-year-old Mac operating system. As promised yesterday by the company's chief financial officer, Mac OS X 10.8, aka Mountain Lion, was released to the Mac ...

Tags: Apple, OS X Mountain Lion, Mac operating system, Mac App Store

India Has Asked Internet Service Providers to Block Certain Websites and Restricted Users

Dec 26, 2012

IDG News Service - India has asked Internet service providers to block certain websites and restricted users from sending bulk SMSes for two weeks after threatening content caused panic across the country, official sources said. About 156 ...

Tags: India, Internet service, SMSes, websites

Infosys Has Signed a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Lodestone Holding

Dec 26, 2012

IDG News Service - Infosys said Monday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lodestone Holding, a management consultancy firm in Zurich with skills in the area of SAP software, as the Indian company attempts to move into ...

Tags: Infosys, Lodestone Holding, acquisition, management consultancy

Microsoft Began Providing European Consumers a "Browser Ballot Screen" for Window 8

Dec 26, 2012

Computerworld - Microsoft last week began providing European consumers a "browser ballot screen" for Windows 8, a move that may be just the first of several steps the company will take to head off a new antitrust investigation. According ...

Tags: Microsoft, browser ballot screen, Windows 8, tablet