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Planview overhauls the look of its portfolio management software
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on May 21, 2013
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Google woos developers as software gains importance
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on May 17, 2013
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Google did its best to court developers at this year's I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for better games and the ability to more easily translate apps.
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Big Data Visualization Goes Public: Tableau Software Raises $254M As Shares Pop 58%; Fellow Enterprise IPO Hopeful Marketo Raises $85M
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on May 17, 2013
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The march of the enterprise software IPOs continues, with not one but two companies debuting on New York stock exchanges today. Business intelligence provider Tableau Software, trading as “DATA”, is one of the more highly anticipated tech IPOs of the year, and so far it has not disappointed. It priced its IPO at $ 31 per share, and it has popped 58% to nearly $ 49/share in early trading on the NYSE. Marketo, a cloud-based marketing services company, priced its IPO at about half that, $ 13 per share. It will be trading as MKTO, but has yet to trade this morning.
Patenting Open Source Software
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on May 17, 2013
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dp619 writes “The tactic of patenting open source software to guard against patent trolls and the weaponization of corporate patent portfolios is gaining momentum in the FOSS community. Organizations including the Open Innovation Network, Google and Red Hat have built defensive patent portfolios (the latter two are defending their product lines). This approach has limitations. Penn State law professor Clark Asay writes in an Outercurve Foundation blog examining the trend, ‘Patenting FOSS may help in some cases, but the nature of FOSS development itself may mean that patenting some collaboratively developed inventions is inherently more difficult, if not impossible, in many others. Consequently, strategies for mitigating patent risk that rely on FOSS communities patenting their technologies include inherent limitations. It’s not entirely clear how best to reform patent law in order to better reconcile it with alternative models of innovation. But in the meantime, FOSS still presents certain advantages that, while dimmed by the prospect of patent suits, remain significant.’”
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Crave giveaway: Crucial SSD, plus System Mechanic PC tune-up software
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on May 17, 2013
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This week’s prize comes in two parts, one hardware and one software. Is it your computer’s lucky week? [Read more]
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At Google I/O 2013 event, new new maps, music tools, phones, photo software
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on May 15, 2013
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Federal Circuit Rules Software Invention Unpatentable
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on May 12, 2013
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Editor’s note: Anthony J. Lombardi practices patent litigation and patent prosecution at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP. He also provides counseling to clients on prelitigation strategy, portfolio development, patent monetization, and licensing activities.
A clear legal standard for determining patent-eligible subject matter remains elusive. On Friday, the Federal Circuit, in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation, ruled that an invention involving software for a computerized trading platform does not constitute patent‑eligible subject matter. The decision — which spanned 135 pages — by a 10-member en banc panel of the Court included seven separate opinions, but not the clarity many had hoped for.
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(Highly Divided) Federal Circuit Opinion Finds Many Software Patents Ineligible
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on May 11, 2013
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ais523 writes “The Federal Circuit has divided CLS Bank vs. Alice Corp., a case about various sorts of patents, including software patents. Although the judges disagreed, to a lesser or greater extent, on the individual parts of the ruling, more than half decided that the patents in question — algorithms for hedging risk — were ineligible patent matter, and that merely adding an ‘on a computer’-like clause to an abstract algorithm does not make it patentable. Further coverage is available at Groklaw, or you can read the opinion itself (PDF).”
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Appeals court ruling could be ‘death’ of software patents
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on May 11, 2013
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A U.S. appeals court has ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system, signaling what one judge described as the "death" of software and business method patents.
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New York man pleads guilty to illegally selling Intuit software
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on May 10, 2013
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A former support employee in Rochester, New York, has pleaded guilty to illegally selling Intuit software through eBay, taking advantage of the software company's policy to supply free replacement disks of its products at the request of customers.
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New Zealand Set To Prohibit Software Patents
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on May 9, 2013
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Drishmung writes “The New Zealand Commerce Minister Craig Foss today (9 May 2013) announced a significant change to the Patents Bill currently before parliament, replacing the earlier amendment with far clearer law and re-affirming that software really will be unpatentable in New Zealand. An article on the Institute of IT Professionals web site by IT Lawyer Guy Burgess looks at the the bill and what it means, with reference to the law in other parts of the world such as the USA, Europe and Britain (which is slightly different from the EU situation).”
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Nokia unveils the touchscreen Asha 501 with new software platform, we go hands-on (video)
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on May 9, 2013
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One or more additional members are expected to join Nokia’s Lumia line-up next Tuesday, but today the company has chosen New Delhi as the stage to unveil the Asha 501, a new touchscreen handset that further blurs the line between featurephone and smartphone. While the last touchscreen Asha Nokia launched was very much a tweaked version of its predecessors, the 501 has a radically different design akin to the latest QWERTY device stamped with the Asha brand. The aesthetics aren’t all that’s changed, however, as the 501 is running a re-engineered OS Nokia’s dubbed the “Asha software platform” (the fruits of last year’s Smarterphone acquisition). We were able to spend a little quality time with the handset, so head past the break for more details and our initial impressions.
Gallery: Nokia Asha 501 hands-on pics
Gallery: Nokia Asha 501 press shots
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Google pushes out software update for Google Glass
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on May 8, 2013
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Update includes added Google+ functionality and a new rule on how and where background data can be uploaded. [Read more]
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Isilon OneFS software to expand scope of EMC's scale-out NAS
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on May 8, 2013
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EMC will continue extending its Isilon OneFS network-attached storage operating system to new use cases later this year, adding deduplication, compliance auditing and object storage features.
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Popular Android Anti-Virus Software Fooled By Trivial Techniques
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on May 7, 2013
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wiredmikey writes “A group of researchers from Northwestern University and North Carolina State University tested ten of the most popular AV products on Android, and discovered that they were easily fooled by common obfuscation techniques. In a paper (PDF), the researchers said they tested AV software from several well-know security vendors. In order to evaluate the mobile security software, the researchers developed a tool called DroidChameleon, which applies transformation techniques to Android applications. Known malware samples were transformed to generate new variants that contain the exact malicious functions as before. These new variants were then passed to the AV products, and much to the surprise of the paper’s authors, they were rarely flagged — if at all. According to the research, 43% of the signatures used by the AV products are based on file names, checksums or information obtained by the PackageManager API. This means that, as mentioned, common transformations will render their protection useless for the most part. For example, the researchers transformed the Android rootkit Droid Dream for their test. DroidDream is a widely-known and highly dangerous application. Yet, when it was transformed, every AV program failed to catch at least two variants.”
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Dell Moves Deeper Into The Software Business, Acquires Enstratius, One Of The Most Recognized Cloud Management Startups
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on May 6, 2013
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Dell has acquired Enstratius, a provider of cloud management software considered one of the most innovative startups in the market by Gartner Research. The acquisition gives Dell another way to provide end-to-end-cloud solutions. Offering enterprise solutions is part of Dell’s larger plans to transition from its dependence on personal computer sales and move deeper into the myriad opportunities that are coming as companies recalibrate their data centers to more automated, elastic infrastructures. Enstratius, based out of Minneapolis and founded in 2008, provides single and multi-cloud management capabilities. The company manages applications across private, public, and hybrid clouds. Enstratius has a deep knowledge of the emerging DevOps space. DevOps is the integration of developer and operations capabilities. Enstratius in particular offers automated application provisioning and scaling, application configuration management, usage governance, and cloud utilization monitoring. Enstratius is available as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) or as on-premises software. The company supports more than 20 public and private cloud platforms, including OpenStack, VMware, Rackspace, Amazon Web Services and Windows Azure, with the added flexibility to easily add new clouds. It’s that last aspect that makes Enstratius unique. The company’s technology helps customers orchestrate and manage their deployments. The Enstratius team knows the subtleties and the best-practices that come with managing a cloud infrastructure. Dell has been making some interesting moves with its cloud approach. Late last year, Dell launched Project Fast PaaS, part of the new Dell Cloud Labs, which also includes Project Sputnik, the Linux laptop for developers and Crowbar, the open-source cloud deployment framework. Crowbar was originally created to support its “OpenStack- and Hadoop-powered offerings.” While Fast PaaS represents the innovation happening at Dell, as with any big enterprise company, it is dependent on making big deals with high margins that serve the basic demands of large enterprises. That’s where Enstratius could help in providing differentiated services. But perhaps most of all is the group of innovators that Dell is attracting. Michael Cote, a former analyst with RedMonk, is one of the key forces behind Dell’s cloud efforts. Barton George helps lead Project Sputnik, the company’s effort to build a dedicated laptop for developers. With the Enstratius acquisition, Dell is getting a group of people with deep influence in the community. Founder George Reese is an O’Reilly author and a cloud pioneer. He is supported by James Urquhart, Bernard Golden and John Willis, all recognized as influencers in the cloud community.
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Android 4.3 software boosts “leaked” by HTC developers [UPDATE]
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on May 5, 2013
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This weekend a couple new Android source updates have been inadvertently leaked by some HTC developers aiming at getting some teaching done before their next main event at Google I/O 2013. In a post by the San Francisco Android Group this week, an event has been planned for May 16th, 2013 – that being right
Jony Ive set to flatten out Apple’s iOS 7 software
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on April 29, 2013
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Jony Ive, Apple Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, will be redesigning Apple’s iOS software and the new design is said to be more metro-like. According to several of 9 to 5 Mac’s sources, Ive is set to flatten out the user-interface in iOS, getting rid of all of the glossiness and skeuomorphic designs and
Bellevue College looks to online software to help autistic students collaborate
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on April 28, 2013
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Bellevue College in Washington has deployed online learning software to help students with autism improve their small-group collaboration skills.
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Suitey Is A Software Powered Real Estate Brokerage For New York City Apartments And Homes
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on April 26, 2013
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At first sight, Suitey looks like nothing more than a run-of-the-mill real estate website. But while sites like Trulia and Zillow merely provide a listing of available properties from a large assortment of brokerages and owners, all the properties on Suitey are being directly offered by Suitey itself. That’s because Suitey is a fully fledged real estate brokerage, and they believe they’re the first software-powered brokerage that offers a better, more transparent home buying experience. At their core, Trulia and Zillow are really nothing more than virtualized billboards. They provide a centralized location for brokers and owners to advertise their for-sale properties. Let’s say you’re looking for a new apartment, and you’ve narrowed down your list to five places. That means you’ll probably have to deal with five different real estate brokers, which from experience can be a total nightmare. With Suitey, everything is simplified. Once again, let’s say you’re looking for an apartment in Manhattan (for now, Suitey only offers listings in New York City). Once you narrow things down to five options on their website, you can contact a Suitey agent who will set a time to view all the properties with you. In the future, you’ll be able to video chat with the agent directly from the website. This face-to-face experience with Suitey’s agents is key to the company’s ethos. “We want to ensure that our agents are people you’d feel comfortable buying a home from,” says David Walker, CEO of Suitey. He tells me that Suitey’s agents are heavily vetted by the company before they are hired in a process that ensures their competence and general likability. Once you’ve agreed to buy the home, Suitey gives you a one percent discount to sweeten the deal. That may not seem like much, but if you’re buying property for several million dollars, that rebate ends up being a couple thousand dollars you can put towards your deposit. “I’ve never heard of anything quite like it, and it would interesting to see what happens,” says Laura Goldstein, Managing Editor of AOL Real Estate. “People have such a bad association with real estate agents, and the customer service approach feels very appealing.” Suitey was one of the ten companies featured at the Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator’s Demo Day today. You can check out a roundup of startups from our coverage of the event here.
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Software Predicts Which Companies Are an Easy Sell
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on April 24, 2013
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A former Yahoo search engineer raises funds to bring sophisticated data mining and modeling to the business world.
A startup called Infer, led by a former Yahoo search engineer, plans to help salespeople identify potential business customers by gathering useful information from news sites and the Web. For example, marketing department job postings online might be one clue of a company’s readiness to buy marketing software.
Baseball Software Can’t Score What Jean Segura Did Friday
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on April 21, 2013
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JimboFBX writes “Interesting piece of baseball history happened on Friday. Jean Segura of the Milwaukee Brewers stole second, tried to steal third too early, but made it back to second before being tagged. The problem was that teammate Ryan Braun already made it to second on the steal attempt. After tags were applied to both baserunners, Segura started trotting to the dugout before realizing that he wasn’t out, Braun was, and his only option was to make it back to first. He then of course proceeded to try to steal second base again. The software for keeping the box score? Doesn’t (yet) support someone running backwards on the bases. Looks like that will have to change.”
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Samsung Galaxy S4 camera software hands-on (video)
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on April 18, 2013
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We take a deeper dive into the Samsung Galaxy S4′s new camera features in a hands-on video [Read more]
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The Internet Archive Is Now the Largest Collection of Historical Software Online
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on April 15, 2013
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hypnosec writes “The Internet Archive has a great collection of books, music, visual items and websites but, it had one thing lacking up until now – software. This has changed recently as The Internet Archive now claims to hold the largest collection of software in the world. The expansion at the Internet Archive has come through collaboration with other independent archives like the Disk Drives collection, the FTP site boneyard, Shareware CD Archive, and the TOSEC archive. The archive doesn’t hold just the software – it also holds documentation as well.”
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Hardware vs. software: Playing the PC sales blame game
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on April 14, 2013
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Learn to write software in 9 weeks? New coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers
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on April 12, 2013
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Want to launch a lucrative career as a software engineer but don’t have a computer-science degree? Maybe it’s time for a hacker boot camp.
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FDA Approves Software For iPhone-Based Vision Test
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on April 12, 2013
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anderzole writes “The FDA recently gave clearance to Vital Art and Science Inc. (VAS) to market software which enables people with degenerative eye conditions such as macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy to monitor their vision at home with their iPhone. The software, which is called myVisionTrack, isn’t a replacement for regular visits to the doctor, but rather allows patients to keep tabs on their vision in between visits with eye care professionals. VAS notes that retinal diseases affect approximately 40 million individuals worldwide and 13 million in the United States. While treatments have been developed to deal with degenerative eye conditions, early diagnosis is of paramount importance — which is why the software is so important.”
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Has Facebook Quietly Acquired Osmeta, A Stealth Mobile Software Startup?
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on April 11, 2013
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While Facebook is building out a bolder role in mobile in the form of Facebook Home, it looks like it is also continuing to make acquisitions that will help bolster that strategy overall. We have learned that in the lead-up to the launch last week, the social network appears to have quietly picked up Osmeta, a Mountain View-based mobile software startup. Osmeta had yet to launch a commercial product, and it is not completely clear at this point if this is an acqui-hire or a technology deal as well.
Mayo Clinic unveils software that pinpoints risky lung nodules
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on April 8, 2013
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CANARY provides noninvasive method to test for cancer. [Read more]
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T-Mobile rolling out iPhone 5 software update, addresses battery and enables LTE
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on April 7, 2013
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The official T-Mobile iPhone 5 doesn’t release until April 12, but those with unlocked models can take advantage of T-Mobile’s network right away. For those customers, T-Mobile is rolling out a software update that enables LTE on unlocked iPhone 5 models, as well as improves battery life and enables Visual Voicemail. As expected, T-Mobile updated
Where The Free Software Movement Went Wrong (And How To Fix It)
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on April 6, 2013
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The biggest change I’ve seen in the tech industry in the past decade isn’t social media, cloud computing, big data, consumerization or even mobile. It’s the mainstream acceptance of open source. Even 10 years ago open source was controversial. Back then “open vs. proprietary” arguments would still erupt at meetings and parties. Back then vendors spread FUD about open source. Today, every vendor wants to call themselves “open.”
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Software Makes Multiple Screens Less Distracting
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on April 2, 2013
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Diff Displays reduces distraction by visually highlighting what’s changed on your screen since you last looked.
Most computer interfaces are designed to capture your attention—whether you like it or not. A new system for computers with multiple screens, called Diff Displays, responds to inattention by making the information on the screen a user isn’t focused on less distracting.
HTC “Facebook phone” Android software integration tipped
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on April 1, 2013
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When the original Facebook phone was introduced, it was created by HTC, and it certainly didn’t do very well on the market. With both the HTC Salsa and the HTC ChaCha having been released and selling so few units that they didn’t warrant a follow-up in the many, many quarters that followed, it doesn’t seem
Critical denial-of-service flaw in BIND software puts DNS servers at risk
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on March 30, 2013
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A flaw in the widely used BIND DNS (Domain Name System) software can be exploited by remote attackers to crash DNS servers and affect the operation of other programs running on the same machines.
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Dell consolidates, plans unified software and all-flash arrays
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on March 29, 2013
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In the midst of going private, Dell executives said today they’ve already consolidated their three storage product divisions into one, they are working on merging their system management interfaces, and they have a number of new products coming out over the next year.
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OUYA updates backers about launch titles, day-one software update
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on March 29, 2013
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The OUYA Tegra 3-powered Android game console is having quite a day, but now that it’s shipping, CEO Julie Uhrman is informing early recipients of what to expect when they open the packaging. According to an email sent out to Kickstarter backers this evening, their new box will have a software update required as soon as it’s plugged in. After the Wii U we hope this isn’t a trend (but fear it is) although the Ouya promises to take only seconds or at most minutes to complete. Also detailed are the 104 games already available from the 8,000 registered developers including Beast Boxing Turbo, Stalagflight, and Knightmare Tower, plus entertainment apps like XBMC and Flixster. The games are all free to try out, but a credit/debit card is required upfront.
We’ve already offered our opinion of the shipping hardware after a quick hands-on, although backers are encouraged to contribute their own during the preview period before it officially launches. To that end, the company is planning a Reddit AMA next month and will have its own forums available for feedback soon. Until then, you can get the rest of the info directly at the source link below.
Source: OUYA Kickstarter
Epicor suit claims services firm hijacked its ERP software
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on March 28, 2013
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Epicor is suing IT service provider Alternative Technology Solutions, claiming the company illegally used its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software in order to develop and sell add-ons and services, in a case that has parallels to tussles over third-party software maintenance.
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SpaceX: Lessons Learned Developing Software For Space Vehicles
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on March 24, 2013
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jrepin writes “On day two of the 2013 Embedded Linux Conference, Robert Rose of SpaceX spoke about the “Lessons Learned Developing Software for Space Vehicles”. In his talk, he discussed how SpaceX develops its Linux-based software for a wide variety of tasks needed to put spacecraft into orbit—and eventually beyond. Linux runs everywhere at SpaceX, he said, on everything from desktops to spacecraft.”
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2012 Free Software Award Winners Announced
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on March 24, 2013
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jrepin writes “Free Software Foundation president Richard M. Stallman announced the winners of the FSF’s annual Free Software Awards at a ceremony held during the LibrePlanet 2013 conference. The Award for the Advancement of Free Software is given annually to an individual who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software, through activities that accord with the spirit of free software. This year, it was given to Dr. Fernando Perez, the creator of IPython, a rich architecture for interactive computing. The Award for Projects of Social Benefit is presented to the project or team responsible for applying free software, or the ideas of the free software movement, in a project that intentionally and significantly benefits society in other aspects of life. This award stresses the use of free software in the service of humanity. This year, the award went to OpenMRS, a free software medical record system for developing countries.”
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Is The Vertical Approach To Enterprise Software Enough To Help You Win The Market?
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on March 23, 2013
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Editor’s note: Boris Wertz is the founder of version one ventures.
We already know that the most profitable companies from the first wave of cloud software were players in the horizontal space. Companies like Salesforce and Workday replaced on-premise solutions and won huge markets. This is old news. What’s new is the fact that there’s a second wave of disruption in enterprise cloud computing coming, and it’s going to be in the form of vertical SaaS solutions.
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Oracle's new software, cloud revenue dropped 2 percent in Q3
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on March 21, 2013
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Oracle's total revenue dipped 1 percent and profits remained almost flat in its most recent quarter, as revenue from new software licenses and cloud services dropped by 2 percent.
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U.S. defense scientist bought pirated software from Russians and Chinese, DOJ says
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on March 19, 2013
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The former chief scientist at a Kentucky defense contractor has been sentenced to a year in prison for buying pirated software from Russian and Chinese hackers and using it to design components for military helicopters.
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US defense scientist bought pirated software from Russians, Chinese, DOJ says
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on March 19, 2013
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The former chief scientist at a Kentucky defense contractor has been sentenced to a year in prison for buying pirated software from Russian and Chinese hackers and using it to design components for military helicopters.
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ESRI Takes Its Deep Mapping Software Online To Help Developers Become More Like Geographers
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on March 18, 2013
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Out beyond the edge of SXSW last week, the ESRI team camped out in an old brick firehouse with the veneer of an old boot factory and the interior of an Italian palace. It felt like the home of an eccentric Texas aristocrat, alone in his mansion, dripping with rich fabrics, chandeliers and the odd sense of a New York loft.
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Ask Slashdot: Best 3-D Design Software?
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on March 16, 2013
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An anonymous reader writes “I’m just getting into playing around with various maker-related tools, and I’ve run into a bit of a roadblock. I have access to a 3-D printer, a CNC mill, and a bunch of other fun tools, but I’m not able to make my own designs to use on them. I’d like to learn some 3-D design, but there are a ton of different software options, and I’m not sure which is the best. I’ve been hesitant to jump right into one, because I don’t know how well it’ll suit my needs compared to the others, and many of the options have a pretty steep price tag. I also don’t want to spend a bunch of time learning one only to find out it’s not very good for actually making things. I’ve played around briefly with Solidworks, Alibre, and AutoCAD, and also some free options like Blender and Sketchup. But these are complicated piece of software, and knowing nothing, it’s hard for me to evaluate the differences. Makers of Slashdot, what do you recommend? Also, if you know of good online resources for learning 3-D design in general, or on any of this software in particular, I’d love to see it.”
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ESA Seeks Software Innovators For Orbiting Laboratory
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on March 14, 2013
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First time accepted submitter Dario Izzo writes “The European Space Agency is giving the opportunity to try innovative software algorithms on board of one of its planned orbiting platform. The core architecture includes processors of unprecedented power (for space platforms) and it is fully reconfigurable even down to the operating system and firmware levels. Peripherals include cameras, GPS and attitude control. The full technical specifications are available via the European Space Agency web pages.”
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NASA to apply two software patches to Curiosity rover
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on March 12, 2013
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Earlier this month, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover experienced its first major malfunction, with one of its on-board computers experiencing a “memory glitch” and failing to go into sleep mode. A few days later, the space agency announced that the rover had been transitioned to its secondary computer and put back into active mode. Now, a
Crime Software: Still Awaiting a Verdict
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on March 6, 2013
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Scientific data not yet in on how much crime-reduction software predicts, and how much it motivates.
Seattle last week became the latest city to install software that tries to predict where crime will strike, giving cops an edge. Indeed, crime reductions have been observed in cities where the tool—called Predpol—is installed and its recommendations followed. But with a dozen cities having joined the bandwagon, one fact is worth noting: no scientific paper has showed to what extent the software itself deserves credit, and whether the power of suggestion, and increased efforts on the officers’ part, might be playing a role.
Gartner: CRM software top priority for IT spending in 2013-14
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on March 5, 2013
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CRM (customer relationship management) software will be the top priority for additional spending on enterprise applications around the world this year and next, according to newly released data from analyst firm Gartner.
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Ask Slashdot: Software To Help Stay On Task?
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on March 3, 2013
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GiboNZ writes “Like many others, I easily get distracted when working on a computer. Say I work on a task — be it a programming job or bookkeeping or whatever — and need to quickly check something on Google. Unfortunately after a while I often find myself on Slashdot or eBay or reading emails instead of continuing with the job I was doing before. Maybe if I had a ‘single-tasking desktop’ it wouldn’t be such an issue. I couldn’t Alt-Tab to my email client with tempting 200 unread emails, Alt-Tab to browser with 10 tabs open for later, Alt-Tab to unfinished document from yesterday, Alt-Tab to … you know what I mean. I want to be forced by some technical means to work on the problem I should work on. Will alone doesn’t work — I tried. Like when mowing a lawn — there I’ve got nothing else to do and I keep mowing until it’s finished. If I could multitask in the same way I can on a computer our little backyard would take me the whole day to do. Any ideas how to inhibit the distractions ever present on modern multi-tasking internet-connected desktops? I genuinely want to be more productive but the technology is against me.”
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