Monday, Microsoft unwrapped the next edition of its Office money maker at a press event and simultaneously launched a public preview for users to try out now. CEO Steve Ballmer touted the new software as "the most ambitious release of ...
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Computerworld - The jury's decision Friday in the landmark Samsung-Apple patent battle doesn't relate to the core of the Android mobile operating system, Google said in a brief statement Monday. The jury ordered that Samsung pay Apple ...
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Microsoft must aggressively price its Office 365 subscription plans, perhaps as low as $2 a month, to convince consumers that it's better to rent software than to buy it, analysts said today. When CEO Steve Ballmer and other executives ...
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Computerworld - Ford dealers now have an iPad app they can use to quickly check available inventory and offer product information to help out customers in their showrooms. Also included in the Showcase app is video content on car features ...
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IDG News Service - Google plans to buy the travel guide publisher Frommer's, as well as other travel publishing assets, from John Wiley & Sons, as the search company continues beefing up its original content. The Frommer's content will be ...
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Network World - To handle the explosion of mobile devices in the enterprise, Dell this week unveiled plans for a server designed to automate a wide range of mobile management jobs for mid-range business customers. The K3000 Mobile ...
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Microsoft feels that it has the upper hand in its patent battle with Google-owned Motorola Mobility and wants to put an end to the fight, but only as long as a broad agreement is signed, the company said ina blog post on Tuesday. A ...
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As Hurricane Sandy roars up the East Coast, residents, news organizations and government agencies are taking to social networks to get their messages out. The hurricane is bearing down, bringing rain, wind gusts over 70 mph and flooding. ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft will walk away from the "Metro" tag it's been using for over a year to describe the new environment and apps in both Windows 8 and Windows RT, the company confirmed Friday. "We have used Metro style as a code ...
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Computerworld - Twitter is basking in the Olympic spotlight, with athletes tweeting about the games and fans around the world offering their support on the social network. Social networks from Facebook to Google+ are seeing numerous users ...
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Apple won a preliminary sales ban on Motorola phones and tablets in Germany on Thursday when the regional court of Munich ruled that Motorola infringes on a touchscreen-related patent, a spokeswoman for the court said. Apple sued ...
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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, best known for their epic legal battle with Mark Zuckerberg over ownership rights to Facebook, have reportedly invested $1 million in a new social network aimed at the financial community, called SumZero. ...
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Three advocacy groups plan to file a formal complaint against AT&T, alleging the carrier is violating the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules for blocking a video-conferencing application on Apple's iPhones and ...
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A recent study by four UCLA documents what some wireless data customers have long suspected -- that users can be charged for wireless data they never received. In the most extreme case of overcharging, an unnamed carrier charged the ...
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A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday reversed an order by the U.S. International Trade Commission that ruled that Nokia did not infringe two wireless cellular patents of InterDigital Technology Corporation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...