Document Foundation declares LibreOffice 3.4.3 enterprise ready
The Document Foundation has announced that LibreOffice 3.4.3 has been released, signalling the latest version of its open-source office application is now suitable for wide deployment on an enterprise scale.
LibreOffice is based on the better known, but now practically defunct OpenOffice suite. It features a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, database, equation editor and drawing tool, and is completely open source, making it an attractive alternative to expensive products such as Microsoft Office.
Will you buy Samsung Galaxy S II?
Perhaps if you live outside the United States or are a US-based hard-core phone geek, you already bought Galaxy S II. But for the majority of us, the big chance to score one of these big-screen beauts will be September 16 or 18, when they go on sale at Sprint and AT&T, respectively.
The United States is one of the last countries where the Galaxy S II launched -- Tuesday night. Heck, even China got the smartphone before us. But it's coming. Are you itching to get your grubby hands on one?
Parallels 7 knits Windows 7 more tightly into OS X Lion
OS X virtualization software company Parallels on Wednesday released the latest version of its eponymous desktop virtualization suite for Mac, Parallels 7, which adds support for new Lion-specific features and improves overall performance from the previous generation.
Apple began including iSight webcams in all its laptops in 2006, and since that time, Parallels support for them has been less than perfect. In fact, in some cases it's been downright terrible, requiring the camera to be dismounted from OS X before starting the Windows virtual machine, and remounting it once Windows had booted.
Is that the Samsung Galaxy S II in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
I had the pleasure of seeing the Galaxy S II up close last night at Samsung’s big reveal at their retail location in the Upper West Side of New York. Samsung has done good with this phone: bright beautiful screen, camera that actually takes worthwhile (and clear) pics, speedy interface, and very, very light and thin.
One thing stood out at me, and that was the size. It must be because I’m a long time iPhone user who is accustomed to the smaller-sized smartphone. This thing is big. Let’s be clear, though: AT&T’s version of the device has a 4.3-inch display, already making it quite a bit larger than the iPhone that measures just 3.5 inches. But then you come to the Sprint variant -- Epic 4G Touch -- and T-Mobile version, which is a damned monstrosity. With its screen coming in at about 4.52 inches, this thing just feels strange to hold. You might as well put a tablet up to your face.
Microsoft patch management got you down? Secunia CSI 5 has your back
If only there were a way to keep up to date automatically on vulnerabilities and have Windows apply patches to the important ones. Secunia's Corporate Software Inspector (CSI) 5.0 lets you do that, applying even your 3rd party software updates through Microsoft's WSUS (Windows Software Update Services) and SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager).
I've been complaining for years that Microsoft should open up the Windows Update process to third parties. Secunia has filled in most of this gap with their Personal Software Inspector (PSI) for individuals and CSI for managed networks.
Social CRM is a sure way to lose money, for now
That's the takeaway from Gartner, which has released a forecast for Social CRM. While the market is expected to generate $1 billion in revenue next year, there are more than 100 vendors competing, the majority of which are unprofitable or take in less than $1 million. The market is growing, but it's too small for the number of participants. Social CRM accounts for just 5 percent of the total client-relationship management market.
The problem is customer adoption. "Until recently, many companies have treated social CRM as a series of experiments and tactical purchases", Adam Sarner, Gartner research director, says in a statement. "Few have a social CRM strategy or established metrics to measure its effect on hard business results. Different departments, employees and managers implement different types of applications for different purposes.
What if all your Facebook friends were fakes? [Infographic]
As the debate over whether or not Google+ should allow fake names continues, I've got a good reason why real names are better: Security.
Today, security start-up Impermium released some startling statistics about scammers and spammers creating fraudulent accounts on social websites. There's a good chance that new Facebook friend is your worst enemy. Lonely hearts, beware! Impermium found that as many as 40 percent of users on some services are fraudulent accounts.
Payfirma, the 'Square of Canada,' comes to BlackBerry
Square, the innovative mobile payment collection system and credit card swiping peripheral for iPhone caught on like wildfire when it launched last year. With just an iPhone and the card scanner, users could set up retail shops and begin accepting credit cards just about anywhere.
Industry reactions to DOJ's blockage of AT&T/T-Mobile merger
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to block the mega-merger between AT&T and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA, a merger that could completely throw off the competitive landscape for wireless communications for the next decade. Communications industry representatives Wednesday are stepping forward one by one and issuing support or condemnation for the DOJ's move.
The potential merger faced criticism from all sides of the industry, from smaller regional wireless carriers, to advocates for infrastructural growth, but there were a handful of supporters of the merger outside of AT&T and Deutsche Telekom who believed the combination of two of the U.S.' four biggest wireless networks would have been beneficial.
Is the AT&T T-Mobile merger dead?
In what could be a devastating blow to AT&T's efforts to acquire T-Mobile's US arm, the Justice Department on Wednesday said it had filed a civil suit to prevent the merger of the two companies.
"The combination of AT&T and T-Mobile would result in tens of millions of consumers all across the United States facing higher prices, fewer choices and lower quality products for mobile wireless services," Deputy Attorney General James Cole, says in a statement. "Consumers across the country, including those in rural areas and those with lower incomes, benefit from competition among the nation’s wireless carriers, particularly the four remaining national carriers. This lawsuit seeks to ensure that everyone can continue to receive the benefits of that competition".
Is Samsung being honest about Galaxy S II sales?
Not by any math I reckon.
In June and July, Samsung released some startling early sales figures about the Galaxy S II smartphone. During its first 55 days on the market, 3 million units sold. Thirty days later, on July 22, sales reached 5 million -- so after 85 days. Those figures are impressive, but they don't reconcile with Samsung statements made last night.
Sony launches its first Android tablet, the wedge-shaped Tablet S
Four months ago, Sony unveiled its first two Android tablets, a wedge-shaped slate and a dual-screen clamshell model which at the time went by the names S1 and S2, but became the Tablet S and Tablet P.
Today, Sony officially launched the Sony Tablet S, the wedge-shaped tablet.
HTC's second 4G Android tablet, Jetstream, is AT&T's first
AT&T on Wednesday announced it will start selling HTC's Jetstream tablet on September 4th. The 10.1" Android Honeycomb tablet was known internally and in the Android rumor community as "Puccini."
HTC Jetstream has the honor of being AT&T's first 4G (LTE/HSPA+) tablet, and it is priced accordingly: a staggering $699.99 with a new two-year contract.
Finally, Adobe offers PDF creation app for iOS
Adobe has been a little slow venturing into the world of iOS software, but the release of Adobe CreatePDF sees it further branching out onto the platform with one of its most well-known services -- the creation of PDF files. iOS is not a platform you would naturally associated with a task such as creating PDFs, but Adobe feels that there is sufficient demand to justify a dedicated app; and quite a pricey one at that.
For $9.99 Adobe CreatePDF offers to create PDF files of the same standard as Adobe Acrobat. This sounds great in theory, even if the price tag is somewhat eye-watering, but there are some issues that need to be borne in mind. Firstly, as the name subtly suggests, this is an app concerned solely with the creation of PDFs. If you are looking to view PDF files you have created or downloaded, you’ll have to look elsewhere.
Panda Cloud Antivirus makes firewall social
Panda Security has released Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.9.1 Beta, a preview of its forthcoming 2.0 release. The beta sees Panda’s lightweight free cloud-based antivirus tool add firewall protection for the first time.
The new firewall is community based, which means it’s capable of detecting known processes and settings appropriate levels of protection for them without bothering the end user with a pop-up alert. The new firewall is visible from a new tab on the Panda Cloud Antivirus interface.
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