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CrypTweet encryption app gets poor security reviews

A prominent technologist is cautioning people not to put full confidence in an application he developed that intends to provide security for sending private messages on Twitter.
Appcelerator opens Titanium marketplace for Android, iPhone developers

Appcelerator, whose Titanium platform is used to develop cross-platform apps for smartphones and tablets, has opened Open Mobile Marketplace, a store where developers can download modules to expand the functionality of Titanium and more easily add features to their apps, the company said yesterday.
Linux Mint 11 and Fedora 15 both debut this week

It's not every week that sees the launch of a major release from one of the most popular Linux distributions. This week, however, we've had the benefit of not just one but two such landmark debuts.
Adobe Flash adds controls on persistent tracking cookies

Adobe has released an important update to its Flash Player software that fixes critical security flaws and gives users a better way of controlling whether they are being tracked on the web.
Open source GNOME 3 desktop clears up the clutter

Five years in the making, the new version of the Gnome Linux desktop interface has been radically reworked.
Novell pushes out beta of Moonlight 4

Beta version of Moonlight 4 is set, offering out-of-browser capabilities as well as hardware-accelerated 3D graphics.
IBM rolls out a virtual desktop infrastructure package

IBM is working through its top 100 resellers world wide to roll out a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) package.
ActiveState Python distro includes gui, database modules

The new ActiveState Python distribution includes modules for GUI design and interacting with databases.
Oracle and Amazon offer remote Linux client architectures

Oracle and Amazon offer new ways to run Linux from afar.
Ex-Sun CEO Schwartz dishes dirt on Gates, Jobs

Jonathan Schwartz is starting to share stories about his days at Sun, possibly in preparation for a book.

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Top 15 cloud storage tips and tasks

No single cloud service can do everything. Some shine when it comes to streaming a cloud music collection from the Web, but stink at syncing desktop folders. Other cloud services are great for sharing photos, but useless for reviewing a document's revision history.
Sirius CTO: UK businesses must start tapping SME talent

The time has come for small and medium businesses to get the recognition they deserve, according to Andrew Savory, newly-appointed Chief Technology Officer at open source systems integrator Sirius
Microsoft's 5 biggest weaknesses

For all its success as the world's biggest maker of PC operating systems and office programs, Microsoft's position as the dominant provider of software to consumers is at risk. Here are five reasons why.
Can virtual PCs save desktop Linux?

Linux on the desktop on a virtual PC could be a strong alternative to Microsoft with cost benefits.
Looking inside Windows 7

Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing so businesses have already started thinking about whether they're going to adopt the new operating system or not. What's in it for organisations though?
Microsoft's tanks roll onto VMware's lawn

The big question in virtualisation today is whether Microsoft can seriously dent VMware's lead in the virtualisation market.
Tying together the endpoint life-cycle

Now part of Symantec, client management software specialist Altiris lays out its plans to converge and grow.
Desktop Linux is a reality now

As someone who has tracked Linux?s progress since 1991 and the progress of the IT industry since 1979, I would like to offer an alternative perspective.
Is the Linux development model flawed?

Why have Linux desktops have failed to become as ubiquitous as Linux servers? Could the development model be somehow at fault? And can it be fixed?
Just how well is Vista doing?

How well Microsoft's new OS, launched exactly three months ago today, is doing in the market is a matter of fervent interest for enthusiasts. But what about business?

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