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1 hr ago | Computerworld

Disaster Recovery Pressures Rise Due to Cost of Downtime and More Stringent RTOs

Symantec Corp. today announced the global results of its fifth Disaster Recovery survey, which demonstrates rising DR pressures on organisations caused by soaring downtime costs and more stringent IT service level requirements to mitigate risk to the business.

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Related Topix: Computer Security, Symantec, Science / Technology, Startups, Australia, World News,

5 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

Elron Announces Forthcoming Negotiations between IDB's Group...

Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. , today announced that further to its announcement on May 20, 2009, Elron intends to negotiate with Clal Industries and Investments Ltd.

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Related Topix: Elron Electronic Industries, Medical Equipment, Investment Services, Financial Services

9 hrs ago | The Peninsula

PWC audit of Satyam faces investigation

London: Accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers is facing deepening scrutiny over its audit of Satyam - the IT giant known as 'India's Enron' - whose founder admitted fabricating cash and other non-existent assets of more than 1bn.

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Related Topix: Satyam Computer Services, Financial Services, Accounting, Business News

14 hrs ago | Boston Globe

JPMorgan wary on Check Point acquisition

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. faces a difficult test as it tries to digest its acquisition of Nokia Corp.'s online security business while the software market in Europe sags, a JPMorgan analyst said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computer Security, Check Point Software Technologies, Startups

18 hrs ago | Tech Confidential Blog

THQ, Jakks smackdown over WWE rages on

Add another round to the three-way grudge match between Jakks Pacific Inc. , THQ Inc.

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Related Topix: THQ, Video Games, Toys, JAKKS Pacific, World Wrestling Entertainment, Mattel

Sat Jul 04, 2009

JAVA Developer's Journal

Leading Analyst Firm Positions EMC Document ...

Receives Highest Score for Current Offering Overall and Named Only Leader in On-Demand Segment HOPKINTON, Mass.

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Related Topix: Computers, EMC, Hopkinton, MA, Forrester Research, Advertising, Document Sciences, Marketing

Techworld.com Applications News

Micro Focus battles mystery bidder for Borland

Micro Focus International has once again had to raise its offer to acquire Borland Software , in order to counter an offer from a mystery bidder.

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Related Topix: Borland Software, Startups, Micro Focus International, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

ComputerWorld

F5 BIG-IP Solutions Integrated with VMware vCenter Server to Support...

F5 Networks, Inc. , today announced integration between its BIG-IP solutions and VMware vSphere 4 and VMware vCenter Server, together creating a scalable and extensible platform that allows IT administrators to dramatically improve organizations' control over virtual environments.

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Related Topix: F5 Networks, Computers

New Delhi News.Net

Andhra Pradesh includes inflated Satyam figures in IT export revenues

The Andhra Pradesh government Thursday said the state has posted a 24.5 percent growth in information technology export revenues during 2008-09, higher than the projected national growth of 20.65 percent, but this includes the inflated figures submitted by the scam-tainted Satyam Computer Services.

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Related Topix: Satyam Computer Services, Computers, IT Services

Inside Mac Games

WoW: Faction Change Service In Development

Blizzard Entertainment has announced work on a new faction change service for its popular MMO, World of Warcraft .

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Related Topix: Video Games, Virtual Worlds

KCBY-TV Coos Bay

Boeing will have to compete on big Army contract

Boeing Co. will have to compete for work on part of the Army's modernization plan following the service's decision to break up the giant contract that the company managed.

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Related Topix: SAIC

Fri Jul 03, 2009

East Bay Business Times

Microsoft markets 'anti-puke' browser

Would you like toast with that? Microsoft showed its edgy side this week with some innovative marketing moves aimed at the internet savvy, though the company backtracked quickly from a new video ad in which a woman vomits after finding a disturbing surfing history on her husband's laptop computer.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Marketing, Computers, Internet, Science / Technology, Twitter

CIOL

Govt to recall 4 directors from Satyam board

The CLB will pass an order next week asking two government-appointed directors to remain on the board of Mahindra Satyam NEW DELHI, INDIA: Four of the six government nominated directors will be withdrawn from the board of Indian outsourcer Mahindra Satyam Ltd, the chairman of India's Company Law Board said on Friday.

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Related Topix: Satyam Computer Services, World News, India,

PR-inside.com

Unions say Oracle plans job cuts in Europe

French unions for the software company Oracle Corp. say the company has told them it plans to cut between 850 and 1,000 jobs in Europe in response to slowing growth.

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Related Topix: Oracle, Startups

PaidContent.org

Google's Book Deal Being Investigated by Justice Dept, Officially

After a few months of informal moves on it, the U.S. Justice Dept is now investigating an anti-trust inquiry into Google's book settlement with the authors and publishers over its online book scanning and repository project.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Macworld

New Trojan puts sneaky twist on click fraud

A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Internet, Science / Technology, Spyware, Computer Security

Crain's Cleveland Business

Hyland Software acquires Valco Data Systems

Hyland Software has made an acquisition aimed at further strengthening its presence in the health care field.

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Related Topix: Salem, NH

Thu Jul 02, 2009

CNET News.com

Some Vista owners feel ripped off

Microsoft promised that by purchasing the pricey Ultimate edition of Vista users would get all kinds of extras.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Science / Technology, Bill Gates

InformationWeek

Bing Adds Twitter Searches

Microsoft has added a feature to Bing that allows the search engine to query the Internet for so-called real-time data, including postings from Twitter users.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Twitter, Internet, Science / Technology

News24

Warning: Jacko e-mail virus

Computer security firm Sophos issued a warning on Thursday about an Internet virus transmitted from a mass email claiming to contain secret songs and photos of Michael Jackson.

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Related Topix: Computer Security, Science / Technology, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson

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