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Serious Sam HD, brought to the masses by Croteam, Devolver Digital, cdv Software Entertainment AG, and Majesco Entertainment, is offering fans a unique opportunity to contribute to the game through the Serious Tweet Contest. This initiative allows gamers to submit their clever one-liners or humorous wisecracks for Serious Sam, which
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The concept of server and application backup has remained stagnant for over three decades, with lengthy backup windows, restore times, and bare-metal recovery difficulties. However, with the advent of new technologies, it's possible to rethink the traditional backup mentality. AppAssure Software, a leading provider of enterprise-class backup and
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As part of its efforts to maintain a dominant market position and reduce competition, Apple has restricted Palm users' access to its updated iTunes software, making it difficult for users to sync their Palm Pre smartphones with Macs or PCs. This limitation will hurt Pre sales as users are
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A conference at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California, highlighted ongoing efforts by Microsoft, IBM, and Adobe to improve the lives of programmers and designers. The event featured presentations on various research projects aimed at making programming and design more accessible and efficient. Microsoft Senior Researcher Gina
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The Cleveland Indians, a top-rated team in Major League Baseball, has deployed CommVault Simpana software to optimize data management and ensure availability of over 18TBs of online video and operational data across their virtualized infrastructure. The team had previously relied on Symantec software but switched to CommVault due to its
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Nortel's liquidation of its assets, which may result in the sale of its enterprise business to Avaya for $500 million, threatens to disrupt the Innovative Communications Alliance (ICA) partnership with Microsoft. The 3-year-old alliance, forged in 2006, aimed to jointly develop, sell, and roll out unified communications (UC)
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Microsoft Corp. is set to introduce a new Internet-based software, called Hohm, to help consumers estimate their electricity usage and identify opportunities to reduce energy consumption. The software will initially partner with four utilities to provide detailed usage information to their residential customers who opt-in to the program. The software
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Ford Motor Company President and CEO Alan Mulally delivered a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid equipped with the 1 millionth SYNC system to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, marking a significant milestone in the popularity of the in-car communications and entertainment system. Since its debut in 2007 on the Ford Focus, SYNC
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IneoQuest Technologies, a global supplier of High Availability Video Programming test and measurement solutions, has been recognized for its IQDialogue IPTV Mediaroom Edition, a software probe used to analyze and troubleshoot Microsoft IPTV deployments. The company received the 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation
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Microsoft is set to launch its new search engine, Kumo, which aims to challenge Google's dominance in the internet search market. The software giant will demonstrate Kumo at a technology conference in California, where Steve Ballmer, chief executive, will also launch the product. Kumo is designed to replace
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Esurance, a direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, has chosen Microsoft to deliver its online insurance services to mobile devices. The software-plus-services implementation is expected to improve customer acquisition and retention by anticipating customer needs. Esurance's mobile platform will provide various key web applications, including claims-related functionality, quoting, policy
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Vodafone has announced its entry into the mobile application market by launching its own mobile application store. The initiative is part of a broader move by mobile providers to create their own intellectual property, rather than relying on larger third-party or device manufacturers. By launching its own application store, Vodafone
