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Nokia's OSS strategy gets boost as Symbian deal completedOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 14 hours ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags nokias, oss, strategy, boost, symbian, deal, completed, Search All Tags
Nokia has completed its acquisition of mobile platform company Symbian. The acquisition will enable Nokia to move forward with its open source software strategy.Read More... read more »
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HELSINKI, Oct 10 - Mobile gaming companies say they will book few new sales from Nokia's N-Gage phones or Apple's iPhone, but are betting on a market boost next year as more phones of these kinds are taken up by consumers.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by articleeditor 55 days ago (http://www.informationweek.com)
Category: other | Tags mobile, gaming, firms, eye, nokia, apple, boost, Search All Tags
The mobile gaming market suffered an unexpected slump last year, with many game developers and analysts pointing to telecom operators' lack of investment in marketing. read more »
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Take Some Time this Fall to Boost Your Skill SetOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 96 days ago (http://www.simple-talk.com)
Category: development | Tags brad mcgehee, it, dba, Search All Tags, , , ,
Brad McGehee gives a list of some of the events offered this fall that IT/DBA type people might be interested in. read more »
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Mozilla Firefox browser gets security boostOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 99 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags mozilla, firefox, browser, security, carnegie-mellon, digital certificates, dns, software flaw, Search All Tags
"According to the university (Carnegie-Mellon), the Perspectives software not only protects Firefox users against attacks that might occur because of the recently disclosed software flaw in the DNS, but it also defends against some digital-certificate problems that crop up in everyday use." writes Ellen Messmer. read more »
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SaaS vendor quits browser to boost salesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 138 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: software | Tags saas, vendor, quits, browser, boost, sales, Search All Tags, ,
Phil Wainewright discusses SaaS CRM vendor Entellium's decision to abandon the web/browser based method of application delivery for a more traditional application. Still utilizing a SaaS model. Fascinating reading! read more »
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Comcast gets a theoretical upstream speed boostOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 174 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: internet | Tags comcast, theoretical, upstream, speed, boost, Search All Tags, , ,
Tim Conneally reports on Comcast's decision to upgrade its basic customers from 384kbps and 768kbps to 1mbps and 2mbps. Conneally also notes that while this is a "theoretical" boost because of pipe congestion it may result in little practical speed improvement. read more »
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Containerized Data Centers Boost Cloud StorageOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 182 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
Category: storage | Tags containerized, data, centers, boost, cloud, storage, Search All Tags, ,
"Containerized data centers are helping some companies create cloud computing platforms..." read more »
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Asus gives Linux another boost | DoesWhat.comOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by DoesWhat 182 days ago (http://digg.com)
Category: software | Tags asus, linux, boost, , doeswhatcom, Search All Tags, , ,
Asus has announced that it will be embedding a lightweight, instant-on distribution of Linux named Splashtop onto all of its motherboards. Asus is a company that listens to its community, after overw read more »
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