Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Smartsheet: A smarter spreadsheet online

8 unsexy Valentine's iPhone apps | Pwn2Own organizer predicts Chrome will survive first day

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Smartsheet: A smarter spreadsheet online
There's something remarkable about how people use spreadsheets: Not only are they employed for structured calculations, they also are used as databases, notepads and applications (powered by macros and embedded languages or wrapped in Flash). And when spreadsheets are migrated to the Web, they become even more multipurpose for example being used as the backend for data entry forms and interactive graphs. Read More


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8 unsexy Valentine's iPhone apps
For many guys, Valentine's Day is an occasion to show their special lady how much they care about her by buying her jewelry or expensive clothing or by treating her to a nice dinner. This, however, isn't for those guys. Read More

Pwn2Own organizer predicts Chrome will survive first day
Google's Chrome will likely survive the first day at next month's Pwn2Own hacking challenge, but may fall the next when the rules change, the contest organizer predicted. Read More

Why an e-wallet won't replace my leather one
Recent reports that Apple's iPhone 5 and iPad 2 will support Near Field Communications technology sparked yet another round of chatter about how so-called e-wallets soon will be the death knell for the leather variety. Read More


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Control & Automate Application Performance Management.
This report by Forrester Research discusses how to handle IT complexity using application performance management converged with Complex Event Processing to produce a closed-loop automation solution for application management. Learn More

Forrester: SaaS won't succeed with some apps
Given all the hype SaaS (software as a service) has garnered, you might be inclined to think every category of software will be delivered predominantly from the cloud at some point. Not so, says a new Forrester Research report. Read More

Cloud-based CRM: Beware bad data and silly object models
Over the course of too many years, I've said that you can't make a user interface that's too easy for users. But cloud-based software vendors have essentially done just that. System setup is now deceptively simple, and too many sales pitches tell stories of how users can set up a cloud-based system themselves. Read More

FedEx suffers nationwide software glitch on mobile package delivery processing
FedEx package-delivery personnel across the United States have been reduced to inputting package information by hand and getting handwritten signatures instead of doing this all electronically due to what's believed to be a software glitch on their handheld devices. Read More


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Maximizing The Cloud To Your Needs
Today's enterprise is increasingly IT-dependent and network-based, requiring agile IT infrastructure sourcing approaches to meet rapidly changing business objectives. See how a dynamic, cloud-based infrastructure can flexibly supports key business needs—and whether it's right for your organization. Read now!

Android Market's instant app download a security threat, Sophos says
Android Market's instant-download feature for applications that customers buy has a flaw: It could open up Android devices to malicious downloads from attackers, according to security firm Sophos. Read More

Google fixes 9 bugs in Chrome, including sandbox-escape flaw
Google on Thursday patched nine bugs in Chrome and upgraded the most stable edition of the browser to version 9. Read More

Quest adds replication to VMware backup tool
vRanger 5.0 can restore backed up virtual machines directly from a SAN. Read More



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