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Report: Hulu Has Subscription Plan in the Works

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday September 18, 2009

There's been chatter about Hulu launching a subscription service lately, and now Dan Rayburn reports that Hulu is already beta testing such a paid service internally.

Rayburn, whose sources confirm that Hulu-gans are indeed working on this initiative, doesn’t believe the subscription service will come to market this year. From his post:

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Technology > New Feature/Release

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Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday September 17, 2009

Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Google

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Microsoft to end Windows Server 2000 support

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday September 17, 2009

Also ends service packs for Windows Server 2003 next JulyMicrosoft is warning customers that it will retire Windows Server 2000 from support and at the same time shift the newer Windows Server 2003 to limited support from July 2010.

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New phishing attack adds live chat

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday September 17, 2009

Phishers use fake live chat to try to steal more dataWith many who bank online now wary of phishing attacks, criminals introduced a fake live chat window to their websites, where victims are tricked into revealing more information.

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Technology > Security

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Google Docs tool used by 20 percent of companies

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday September 17, 2009

New survey reports growing adoption of cloud based applicationThe near total dominance of Microsoft Office in the workplace may be getting a serious challenge from Google Docs, according to a new survey by market research firm IDC.

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Technology > Marketing/Promotion

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Apple iPhone gets Elements CRM app

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday September 17, 2009

Smartphone gets cloud based business tool from developer NtractiveEarlier this summer, Ntractive updated and renamed its customer relationship management program. Now the software maker has come out with an iPhone version of the product.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > IPhone

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Researchers overwhelming vendors with security flaws

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday September 16, 2009

SANS report paints grim if complex picture.Booming numbers of security researchers are uncovering so many flaws that vendors are finding it almost impossible to patch them all in a reasonable timeframe, the latest SANS report has found.

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Technology > Security

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Windows Mobile to live on, says Motorola

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday September 16, 2009

But analysts say deal with Microsoft might doom mobile OSA Motorola executive today disputed the belief of some analysts that last month's Microsoft-Nokia agreement to jointly put Microsoft Office applications on Nokia handsets could mean that support for Windows Mobile could end within a couple of years.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > General

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Adobe to buy analysis firm Omniture for £1.1bn

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday September 16, 2009

Adobe to Web analytics directly into product lineAdobe has agreed to buy Web analytics company Omniture for $1.8bn (£1.1bn) in cash, the companies said Tuesday.

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Technology > Business

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Apple launching tablet PC next year, according to new report

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday September 16, 2009

Those rumours just won't go awayApple will launch a tablet-style device sporting a 9.6-inch display in February 2010, according to sources cited by a Taiwanese Web publication today.

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Facebook heads into profit with 300 million users

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday September 16, 2009

Facebook has notched up 300 million users and is on its way to profitability, according to founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The news came as Facebook...

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Social Networks > Facebook

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Storage software market declines, but sees signs of life

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday September 15, 2009

IDC sees pockets of growth compared to the last quarterThe storage software market showed signs of rebounding in the second quarter, but is still falling short of the pace set last year.

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Technology > Business

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Electron-free microprocessor runs on air

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday September 15, 2009

The University of Michigan has used air and planar process fabrication to implement programmable control logic and memory with pneumatics. The air chip came out of a need to reduce the amount of macroscopic equipment surrounding microfluidic chips used in medical analysis.

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Technology > Marketing/Promotion

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Microsoft updates Vista, but not XP

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday September 15, 2009

TCP/IP patches "will not be made available"Microsoft late last week said it won't patch Windows XP for a pair of bugs it quashed in Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

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Technology > New Feature/Release

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Facebook Lite emulates Twitter

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday September 14, 2009

Social network giant adds Twitter-like featuresFacebook rolled out a slimmed-down version of its social network that sheds some of the heavy apps for people with slow or poor internet connections or new to the social networking scene.

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Social Networks > Facebook

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IEEE gives wireless networking standard the green light

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday September 14, 2009

802.11n gets the nodThe IEEE has finally approved the 802.11n high-throughput wireless LAN standard.

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Technology > Laws/Policies

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Linux kernel updated, adds more device drivers

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday September 14, 2009

Version 2.6.31 tweaks memory management, file systemsThe Linux kernel project has release version 2.6.31, bringing a mutlitude of changes to mermory management, performance, file systems and device drivers, according to project founder Linus Torvalds.

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Operating Systems > Linux

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OS X 10.6.1 Fixes Bugs, Updates Flash Plug-in

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday September 11, 2009

Better. Faster. Easier. That marketing speak from Apple about Snow Leopard can now add: Updated.

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Operating Systems > MacOS X

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Chrome Extensions Are Here -- In Dev Channel Versions, At Least

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday September 11, 2009

The Google Chrome browser has been in existence for a little over a year now, and has close to three percent market share, according to NetApplications. Many people attribute its relatively low market share thus far to lack of availability of finished Mac and Linux versions, as well as a lack of of the kinds [...]

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Internet Browsers > Google Chrome

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IBM Symphony set to rival Microsoft Office

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday September 11, 2009

Clash of the productivity software packagesIBM Thursday announced upgrades to and a roadmap for its 15-month-old Lotus Symphony suite of productivity tools, emphasizing it indeed offers an alternative to Microsoft Office.

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Technology > Business

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