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This Week In Tech; 05/26/09
Topic Started: May 26 2009, 07:46 PM (35 Views)
Speedy	May 26 2009, 07:46 PM Post #1
Google Whore Posts: 2,767 Group: Admin Member #8 Joined: January 27, 2007	Internet Virgin America is the first airline to offer wireless Internet access on all of its flights. Cost is $12.95 for daytime flights more than 3 hours; $9.95 for daytime flights less than 3 hours; and $5.95 for red-eye flights. Power is also available at every seat. Delta Airlines has Internet access available on almost half of its U.S. airplanes. Article<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Entire-Virgin-America-Fleet-Gets-InFlight-WiFi-624342> Google got 64.2% of the U.S. search engine market in April. Yahoo got 20.4% and Microsoft got 8.2%. Article<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Yahoo-Microsoft-Lead-US-Search-ComScore-Says-623481> Article<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2347277,00.asp> Gmail can translate received messages into 41 languages. Google says the translation isn't perfect, but should allow the recipient to understand the message. Article<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133302> Article<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Offers-Gmail-Translation-in-41-Languages-572847> WolframAlpha is a computational knowledge engine that provides a way to search for facts and calculate an answer to a question, rather than returning a long list of results. They are not calling it a search engine because it doesn't search many of the sites that search engines index. Article<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133207> Article<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Wolfram-Alpha-Is-No-Google-Killer-But-Maybe-the-Future-715429> Article<http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/search/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217500628> Software Adobe is changing how it deals with security updates for Acrobat, and will get fixes out faster, and will release updates on a regular schedule, rather than as needed. They are also going to look at their development process to try to address problems earlier. Article<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133348> Article<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Adobe-Tightens-Development-Process-to-Improve-Security-312635> Article<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2347476,00.asp> Enterprise applications that were incompatible with Windows Vista are probably also incompatible with Windows 7, since they are almost the same inside. Microsoft includes Application Compatibility Toolkit shims for 6,999 applications with the Windows 7 Release Candidate, and recommends using ACT to address enterprise application compatibility problems if the application can't be converted in time for a migration. Article<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133382> Windows Vista Service Pack 2 was released to TechNet and MSDN subscribers, and will be available via Windows update by the end of June. Article<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133346> Intel started beta testing of Moblin 2.0, a stripped-down Linux distribution configured for the small screens of netbooks. Article<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133279> Hardware The Palm Pre smartphone will be available from Sprint on 6/6, and should cost $200 after a $100 rebate. The Pre runs the webOS operating system and has a touch interface. Best Buy has the Pre on its Web site for $850. Article<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133246> Article<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Palm-Pre-Success-Depends-on-Developer-Community-Gartner-Says-403397> Article<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Palm-Pre-Smartphone-Launches-June-6-for-199-282741> Article<http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/smartphones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217600278> Article<http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/business/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217500859> Article<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133378> Article<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Palms-Pre-Retail-Strategy-Go-Big-160815> Business The Army is migrating hundreds of thousands of PCs to Windows Vista and Office 2007; 44,000 have already been migrated. Improved security in Vista and Office 2007 are key reasons for the migration. Article<http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217600683> Following a successful test in a couple cities, AT&T will start selling netbooks nationwide in a few months. The netbooks are sold at a reduced price with a contract for a data service plan subscription. Article<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133285> Article<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Netbook-for-50-ATandT-Says-You-Got-It-111335> Article<http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217600099> AT&T plans to add a limited volume data service plan for about $40 a month, compared to the current $70 a month plan for unlimited use. Article<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/ATandT-Confirms-iPhone-Service-Plan-Reduction-711526>
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