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Google said Friday that it would retire Google Health and Google PowerMeter, neither of which achieved the critical mass that Google felt would be necessary to continue it. In the case of Google Health, the site will remain operational until Jan. 1, 2012. From then until Jan. 1, 2013, users will not be able to…
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Companies and bloggers that run their own WordPress installations should make sure that they have not downloaded any of three popular plugins that were, for about 24 hours, playing host to malicious code, WordPress creator Auttomatic warned. Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com “The WordPress team noticed suspicious commits to…
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system will have gained only seven percent market share by 2016, according to ABI Research. This paints a very different picture from rival research firm IDC, which recently claimed Microsoft would have 21 percent market share by 2015. Google’s Android operating system will rise to command 45 percent of smartphone…
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Microsoft will release 17 bulletins next week to fix 64 security vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio, and .NET Framework. Microsoft’s massive “April Patch Tuesday,” which includes patches to a “critical” bug in Windows XP, will tie the record for the most security bulletins released at one time, and break the record for…
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GuestLogix announced a Windows-powered handheld computer that lets airline flight attendants sell goods and accept payments via credit or debit cards. The Avata-m includes a 3.5-inch touchscreen for PIN entry and other functionality, an MSR (magnetic stripe reader), a 1D/2D barcode scanner, plus local and wide area networking, the company says. Best Microsoft MCTS…
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No less than Web creator Tim Berners-Lee has argued that the app store model is fracturing the Internet and that developers should write programs for browsers instead. But USENIX panelists said it’s all about cash. For better or worse, the app store model is favored by developers because it lets them make money. Best…
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Asked if they had to choose a public-cloud UC provider, one-third said they would choose Microsoft Office 365. Azaleos Corporation, a managed messaging, collaboration and unified communications services company, released the findings of an independent survey on the cloud adoption plans of mid-to-large enterprises for unified communications (UC) services. The research found that among organizations…
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Astronomy fans in the U.S. won’t be able to catch a glimpse of Wednesday’s total lunar eclipse, but Google just put up a homepage doodle that will allow people to follow along. “Starting now, see the latest state of the lunar eclipse on our homepage – thanks @slooh for the imagery,” Google tweeted. …
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Document Scanning is the process of transferring a text document onto one’s computer screen. More specifically and from a technical standpoint, document scanning takes a document and converts it into a more permanent and secured record of digital information. The old yellow, wrinkled, coffee-stained piece of paper becomes permanently restored, repaired and maintained – now…