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July 28, 2010
Adobe buys Swiss software maker for $240M (AP)
AP – Adobe Systems Inc. will begin a public tender offer to buy Swiss software maker Day Software Holding AG in a deal the two valued at $240 million, the companies announced Wednesday.
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Software rivals turning to allies to battle cyber crime (AFP)
AFP – As a major computer security conference kicked off here Wednesday, Microsoft announced that teamwork between technology rivals is paying off in the perpetual arms race with hackers.
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What’s Missing From StarCraft II’s Launch? Pirate Copies (PC World)
PC World – StarCraft II has been circulating in beta since February 2010. A preload version’s been downloadable for the past week. Boxed copies of the game went on sale last night at midnight. The game code’s been hypothetically available, more or less in full, to software pirates for some time now.
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Symantec fiscal 2Q outlook misses expectations (AP)
AP – Security software maker Symantec Corp. on Wednesday issued fiscal second-quarter guidance below Wall Street estimates.
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Fix your bike on the go with Bike Repair (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com – One of the big strengths of the App Store is its ability to provide users with concise and simple information from the Web in a neat iOS package. The latest is from Quebec-based Atomic Software, which wants to help you repair your bike while on the road.
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Adobe Acquires Web Software Maker for US$240 Million (PC World)
PC World – Adobe Systems has agreed to buy Web software maker Day Software Holding in a deal worth US$240 million, the company said in a statement Wednesday.
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Cyber mastermind arrested, questioned in Slovenia (AP)
AP – A cyber mastermind from Slovenia who is suspected of creating a malicious software code that infected 12 million computers worldwide and orchestrating other huge cyberscams has been arrested and questioned, police said Wednesday.
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LG Expects to Launch a Few Windows Phone 7 Mobiles This Year (PC World)
PC World – South Korea’s LG Electronics will launch its first smartphone designed around Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 software by the end of September and will follow with more by the end of the year, a company representative said Wednesday.
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Blackberry 6 and Bold 9800 May Debut Next Week (PC World)
PC World – Next week may see the debut of the Blackberry 6 operating system running on a brand new slider phone, suggested by an upcoming press announcement. Many sites and blogs are getting excited about invitations from Research In Motion and AT&T for an event in New York City on August 3. The event invitation doesn’t say much, but its timing lines up with previous rumors that the Blackberry Bold 9800 would debut this summer.
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