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  Oracle NetBeans 7.2 supports the latest PHP, C++

  The newest version of the Oracle NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment) will come with support for the latest versions of PHP and C++.

  By Joab Jackson | 25 May, 2012 18:34

  Tags: Development tools, application development, software, oracle

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  Quickbooks Online outage leaves some customers in sour mood

  Intuit's Quickbooks Online service suffered an outage this week that left "a small subset" of customers unable to access their data, but the company says the problems with the on-demand accounting software have now been fixed.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 25 May, 2012 17:12

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, cloud computing, internet, Financial / tax, applications, software, Intuit

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  Coding contest shows how big data can improve health care

  A recent coding competition in the Boston area brought together IT professionals, medical workers and others with an interest in health IT to show how data analytics can improve health care.

  By Fred O'Connor | 25 May, 2012 15:03

  Tags: health care, industry verticals, business intelligence, applications, software, internet

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  Windows 8 update: all the latest rumours, opinions and possibilities

  While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there's an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear.

  By Tim Greene | 25 May, 2012 14:35

  Tags: Windows 8, Windows, steve ballmer, software, sharp, operating systems, Microsoft, MIchael Dell

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  Researchers propose TLS extension to detect rogue SSL certificates

  A pair of security researchers have proposed an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that would allow browsers to detect and block fraudulently-issued SSL certificates.

  By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 20:35

  Tags: pki, privacy, online safety, security, Web servers, software, Internet Engineering Task Force

• Internet Explorer 9: A getting started guide

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 officially launched late Monday and is ready for download here.

  By Ian Paul | 16 March, 2011 01:32

  Tags: applications, browsers, Google, Microsoft, microsoft internet explorer, software

• Enable iTunes Home Sharing in iOS 4.3

  The next major iOS update is slated to be released this Friday, March 11, alongside the ultra-hyped iPad 2. One of the key features is a little something called iTunes Home Sharing, which allows users to stream music, podcasts, movies and more from PC to iOS device.

  By Mike Keller | 09 March, 2011 04:54

  Tags: Apple, applications, iTunes, software

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  Open source FreeOTFE encrypts disks handily

  FreeOTFE may sound like a political bumper sticker, but it stands for "Free On The Fly Encryption." The "Free" part is self-explanatory; "On The Fly Encryption" refers to the encrypting/decrypting of data as it is written to or read from your hard disk.

  By Ian Harac | 09 March, 2011 06:09

  Tags: encryption, freeware, open source, security, software, storage

• Digitize your movies

  Analog movies can be the easiest--or the hardest--medium to digitize, depending on the format you're working with. While older camcorder and video formats such as 8mm and Hi8 or VHS and Betamax tapes are easy to transfer, digitizing film can be difficult at best.

  By Jon L. Jacobi | 03 March, 2011 02:00

  Tags: applications, media, software, video, video capture

• Prepare your PC for future data disasters

  Reformatting and restoring a PC is not fun--in the way spending 2 hours in the dentist's chair is not fun. You have to back up all your data (and pray that you haven't forgotten anything), reformat the hard drive, install Windows, track down missing drivers, find and reload all your software, restore your data, and pull out clumps of hair over the things you inevitably neglected to save. (Firefox plug-ins, anyone?)

  By Rick Broida | 05 February, 2011 01:51

  Tags: Linux, non-Windows, operating systems, software, Windows, Windows 7, windows maintenance, windows troubleshooting, Windows Vista

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  Five things to look forward to in Linux Mint 13 Maya

  There's been much attention focused lately on Canonical's recently released Ubuntu Linux 12.04 "Precise Pangolin," but it's by no means the only popular Linux distribution out there with a major update in the offing.

  By Katherine Noyes | 23 May, 2012 07:08

  Tags: unix, ubuntu, software, operating systems, open source, linux mint, Linux, canonical

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  In depth: Unified communications still fragmented

  Unified communications (UC) technology has garnered a fair amount of attention, much of it due to vendors touting their UC offerings as the answer to problems workers have keeping in touch with colleagues, business partners and customers in a highly frenetic, increasingly mobile business world.

  By Bob Violino | 16 May, 2012 21:07

  Tags: software, roi, networking, it strategy, it management, applications

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  Study: Facebook relies on good design to retain users

  What is Facebook's secret to keeping the world's largest user base content? Sticking to well-proven software design principles, one study has concluded.

  By Joab Jackson | 10 May, 2012 07:12

  Tags: software, social networking, social media, Languages and standards, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, application development

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  Analysis: Why Linux is a desktop flop

  It's free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than Windows.

  By Maria Korolov | 30 April, 2012 21:28

  Tags: Android, Configuration / maintenance, consumer electronics, Data Center, desktop, desktop pcs, Gartner, hardware systems, IDC, Linux, open source, operating systems, smartphones, software

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  Open for business: It's the year of the corporate app store

  With more employees using smartphones and tablets for business, enterprises are setting up their own app stores for application distribution, leveraging a consumer model for mobile application access that is tuned to the workplace. Instead of saddling already overburdened IT personnel with getting applications to individual devices, these app stores provide a central distribution mechanism for employees to download applications themselves.

  By Paul Krill | 16 April, 2012 20:11

  Tags: Apple, applications, consumerization of IT, Google, mobile apps, mobile technology, software

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