Enterprises Likely To Turn Off IE8 'Porn Mode' (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Anyone perusing porn sites at home will appreciate Microsoft's latest efforts at browser privacy, but it's not clear it will do much for the enterprise. Internet Explorer product manager Andrew Ziegler discussed the new privacy features of IE8, currently in its second beta, in an extensive blog post Monday. Users of the new software wi...... Can JavaFX make a play for rich Internet apps? (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - With its new JavaFX technology for rich Internet applications, Sun Microsystems hopes to leverage the strength of the Java development base and Java's ubiquitous presence on devices to make a strong run in a race it has entered very late -- and where Adobe Systems and Microsoft have a huge head start. IBM's server market lead over HP grows (Reuters)
Fans atwitter over shutdown of "Mad Men" feed (Reuters) Reuters - Cable network AMC has angered online fans of its critically acclaimed drama "Mad Men" by asking social networking site Twitter to shut down feeds inspired by the show. Facebook Spells 'Banned' for Scrabulous -- Except in India (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - If you're on Facebook and were thinking about playing Scrabulous -- an online, unauthorized version of the classic word game Scrabble -- the word you're looking for is "banned." As in "banned from Facebook," since that popular social-networking site has now pulled the game from most of the world that could still play it. PowerAlert Monitors Energy for PCs, Datacenters (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Courtesy of power protection maker Tripp Lite, PowerAlert is a free new energy management software designed to help both individual end users and enterprise-level IT managers maximize their system efficiency. HP closes $13.9 billion purchase of EDS (Reuters)
Amazon's Talking Books Again with Shelfari Buy (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Amazon today announced the acquisition of book sharing site, Shelfari, which will add social networking to the shopping site. VMware names David Sung to China post (AP) AP - Business software maker VMware Inc. said Monday it has named David Sung, an ex-IBM executive, as president of its greater China region.
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Reuters - U.S. computer group International Business
Machines widened its market share lead over rival
Hewlett-Packard Co in worldwide server shipments in the
second quarter, researcher IDC said on Wednesday.
Reuters - Hewlett-Packard , the computer
and printer maker, said on Tuesday it closed the $13.9 billion
purchase of Electronic Data Systems Corp., a deal that HP hopes
will help it better compete with IBM .
