| Hurd Joins Oracle as Co-president
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PC World - Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has been appointed co-president of Oracle, the software company announced Monday. |
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| Oracle names ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd co-president
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AP - Oracle Corp. has announced former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is joining the database software maker as co-president. |
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| Former HP boss joins Oracle
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 AFP - Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark Hurd, who resigned last month following a sex scandal, has joined US software giant Oracle as its new co-president, The New York Times said.
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| The Real Reasons iOS 4.1 is Important
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PC World - Only two days left until Apple releases the first major upgrade to the iOS 4 mobile operating system on Wednesday, September 8. Apple lists a number of enhancements and features that will be added with iOS 4.1, but the things that make iOS 4.1 a critical update are buried in the Apple fine print. |
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| LittleFin's Chronicle tracks monthly bills
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Macworld.com - Mac users of personal finance software tend to fall into two categoriesâthose who use Quicken, and those who hate Quicken with the red-hot passion of a thousand suns. No finance management alternative has yet captured the mindshare of the Mac market, but LittleFin Software steps up to the plate with the release of Chronicle 3.4. (Note: this Mac application is no relation to the Chronicle for iPad journal app.) |
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| Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere
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PC World - More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines. |
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| School Uses Anti-bullying App After Suicide
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PC World - A school district in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is hoping a specialized software application will help stop tragedies like the one that befell Phoebe Prince, an Irish-born teen who committed suicide in January after an alleged bullying campaign by fellow students. |
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| Firefox Pushes Ahead on Android with Fennec Alpha Browser
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PC World - Even as Mozilla's Firefox recently garnered the No. 2 spot in the worldwide Web browser market overall, the software has taken a step closer to staking its claim on the Android platform as well. |
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| Germany to Launch Antibotnet Program for Consumers
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PC World - Germany will soon launch a service to help consumers remove malicious software from their computers in an attempt to stem the spread of spam-sending botnets. |
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| Security Program Automatically Tracks Down Missing Patches
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PC World - Secunia has updated its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) with the ability to silently download and apply patches from multiple vendors soon after their release. PSI 2.0 is now available in an open beta test, |
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| ArcSight posts higher fiscal 1Q profit
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AP - ArcSight Inc. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit tripled as the cybersecurity software and services company's sales jumped 39 percent. |
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| Take-Two posts 3Q profit, revenue soars
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AP - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. posted better-than-expected results for its fiscal third quarter Thursday, reversing a loss as revenue more than tripled thanks to largely to strong sales of "Red Dead Redemption." |
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