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<item><title>Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Adds New E-Mail Features</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:24:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Mozilla plans on rolling out Thunderbird 3, the newest version of its open-source e-mail application, in mid-November. The organization says its made some 2,000 improvements to the program. The larger new features include tabbed e-mail, filtered search and a one-click address book. Thunderbird 3 will be compatible with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, and is built on the same Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform as Firefox 3.1. The following slides illustrate some of the applications most notable improvements.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>LABS GALLERY: Google Chrome 4.0, Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Betas Up Browser Ante</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:07:33 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[With the recent releases of beta versions of Google Chrome 4.0 and Mozilla Firefox 3.6, the two browsers continue their rapid pace of upgrading to provide more integrated functionality across Web services. Despite the version number, Firefox 3.6 looks to be the more significant upgrade. The Chrome 4.0 beta focuses on underlying capabilities, with only one major new feature (for syncing bookmarks across browsers and users' Google accounts).<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>REVIEW: SeaMonkey Retains Mozilla Look and Feel While Incorporating Firefox 3.5 Performance</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:52:55 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[The free SeaMonkey suite is very similar to the old Mozilla software while keeping the underlying technology up-to-date. The new SeaMonkey 2.0, for example, adds the capabilities of Firefox 3.5's underlying browsing engine while maintaining the old Mozilla look and feel. eWEEK Labs' tests show that SeaMonkey 2.0 takes some getting used to but has some compelling features, especially for organizations that want an all-in-one Internet suite.<br/>   -  If you want to party on the Web like it's 2004, you may want to try out the
new SeaMonkey 2.0 browser suite.
That, of course, is the time before Firefox back when the open-source
Mozilla suite was just starting to take on Microsoft's dominant Internet
Explorer browser. The Mozilla of that time, ...]]></description>
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<item><title>How to Select the Right Electronic Document Management System</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:25:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Today's businesses succeed or fail as a result of applying the right technology and software. But it's often difficult to find a single all-in-one solution that encompasses everything a business needs to keep track of client information. There is software for each niche a business might need, but sometimes using niche products can lead to problems. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Andrew Bailey explains how to increase efficiency by using an electronic document management system to keep track of all your client information.<br/>   -  In
any business, silos of information are frequently built based on the
type of work being done for each client. These silos are stored in
different software packages, making it difficult to find a complete
view of each client's work product without using several different
applications. Most of...]]></description>
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<item><title>How to Achieve Regulatory Compliance with Automated E-Mail Archiving</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:55:25 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[The use of e-mail as a business tool has evolved from a matter of simple convenience to one of absolute necessity. Recognizing the dependence on this vital communications tool, many organizations and regulatory bodies have enacted e-mail archiving and retention policies and guidelines for their members or industry. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Ted Green explains how to use automated e-mail archiving in your company to achieve regulatory compliance.<br/>   -  E-mail
archiving and retention policies and guidelines are intended to help
businesses protect themselves and their customers from potential harm.
While this is the case, they also present unique challenges,
particularly for smaller firms that may lack the internal IT resources
to achieve full ...]]></description>
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<item><title>SAP Focuses on SMBs, Unconcerned by Oracle's Sun Acquisition</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:41:25 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[SAP reports quarterly revenues that fell by 9 percent thanks to a decrease in spending on business software, but increased adoption of its products by SMBs may help it through economically challenging times. The president of SAP North America suggests that SAP is unconcerned by the seemingly imminent acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle.<br/>   -  The future of the enterprise will be a hybrid, at least when it comes to
software as a service, the president of SAP
North America told eWEEK in a recent interview. 
 quot;Businesses will likely have to have both on-premises and SAAS
[software], quot; Rob Enslin said during an Oct. 21 customer e...]]></description>
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<item><title>SAP Cuts Its Full-Year Sales Outlook</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:11:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[SAP cuts its sales outlook based on weakness in emerging markets and in Japan, leaving investors wondering where the company will attract new buyers for its high-end software given a client base still keeping costs in check.<br/>   -   FRANKFURT, Oct 28 (Reuters) SAP cut its sales
outlook on weakness in emerging markets and in Japan, leaving
investors wondering where the firm will attract new buyers for
its high-end software from a client base still keeping costs in
check.
 Shares in the global business software specialist, ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Google Maps Navigation Bolsters Android 2.0</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:57:02 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Launched Oct. 28 as a free Google Maps feature for smartphones that will run the Google Android 2.0 build, Google Maps Navigation is a GPS navigation system that provides turn-by-turn voice guidance. The program uses the phone's Internet connection to fetch users the latest maps and business data. Features include the ability to search without knowing an address, search by voice and search any business along a route. Google envisions Maps Navigation as a differentiator to set Android 2.0-based smartphones apart from Apple's iPhone. There are also traffic, satellite and street views. The details are in this eWEEK slide show.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Offers Better Search, User Interface</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:35:33 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[SAP will release a new version of its SAP BusinessObjects Explorer platform in November, allowing for accelerated enterprise search and what it says is an improved user interface. The updated version of BusinessObjects Explorer will allow enterprise data sets besides those warehoused by SAP to be ported into the platform for analysis. SAP has launched a number of enterprise platforms and applications in 2009, frequently in collaboration with companies such as Cisco and Hewlett-Packard.<br/>   -  SAP
announced Oct. 27 during its SAP TechEd conference in Vienna,
Austria, that it would roll
out a new version of its SAP BusinessObjects Explorer in November. The new
version will bring enhancements to the user interface as well as the ability to
search through any data source in order to par...]]></description>
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<item><title>How to Recognize True Software-as-a-Service Applications</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:30:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[With cloud computing all the rage now, it's no surprise that many software vendors are capitalizing on the momentum by releasing cloud versions of their conventional software products. Delivering software as a service from the cloud has distinct economical and technological advantages. But hosting an application in the cloud doesn't necessarily make it software as a service. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Bob Moul outlines five ways to tell whether or not the software-as-a-service application you need for your business is truly software as a service.<br/>   -  Hosting
an application in the cloud doesn't necessarily make it software as a
service (SAAS). Add this bit of confusion to a market already filled
with hype and jargon and it gets even more difficult to decipher
exactly what it is you're buying. But don't despair. The following are
five tests y...]]></description>
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<item><title>White House Site Goes Open Source</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:55:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[The Obama administration drops proprietary software driving Whitehouse.gov for the Drupal open-source content management platform. The revamped site was developed by Drupal developers Acquia and General Dynamics Information Technology, Phase2 Technology, Akamai, and Terremark Federal Group.<br/>   -  The Obama Administration said Oct. 24 it has relaunched Whitehouse.gov using
the Drupal open-source content management platform. Founded and developed by a
2-year-old company named Acquia that touts the software as  quot;social
publishing, quot; Drupal marks a transition for the White House site ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Taking the Official Google Chrome Tour</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:59:35 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Taking-the-Official-Google-Chrome-Tour-859065/?kc=rss</link>
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<![CDATA[Google's Chrome Web browser has been out since Sept. 2, 2008, and the application has garnered accolades for speed and weathered criticism for taking a long time to appear in Mac and Linux versions. The browser, which has undergone quite the evolution since its launch, already has more than 3 percent market share. To endear it to new users, Google began offering a tour of the browser's features Oct. 14. Rather than making you point and click all over the Website, eWEEK takes you through the ins and outs of Chrome.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft, Google, Startups Jostle for Attention at Web 2.0 Summit</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:44:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[There was no shortage of news at the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Microsoft dominated the news crush Oct. 21, with news that its Bing search engine would begin indexing Twitter tweets in a dedicated results page called Bing Twitter and index Facebook status updates at a later date. Google followed suit after a fashion, announcing<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>10 Reasons to Stick with Windows XP Until Windows 7 Service Pack 1</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:30:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[News Analysis: Now that Windows 7 has finally been released, IT managers will be fielding questions from users and business managers about whether it's time to upgrade to the new desktop operating system. But that doesn't necessarily mean that a prompt upgrade to Windows 7 is the right call, especially when Windows XP is still working fine. Here are 10 reasons to stick with XP.<br/>   -  Now that Windows 7 has launched, Microsoft and its supporters are extolling
the virtues of the new operating system. They're calling it the best Windows
operating system to date. They believe (rightfully so) that it is head and
shoulders above Windows Vista.

But is it better than Windows XP?
...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft Bing Takes Center Stage at Web 2.0 with Twitter Integration</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:25:01 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Microsoft-Bing-Takes-Center-Stage-at-Web-20-with-Twitter-Integration-253717/?kc=rss</link>
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<![CDATA[Microsoft's Bing search engine stood front and center at the Web 2.0 Summit Oct. 21. In the morning, Bing Director Stefan Weitz discussed how Bing is targeting Google. That was just a warm-up. Later, Qi Lu, president of Microsoft's online services division, invited Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft's online audience business, to unveil the Bing Twitter site. Bing Twitter indexes full Twitter content, including tweets and short links from Bit.ly, all to present a fire hose of real-time data for users. It's exciting, particularly because Google isn't indexing Twitter in real time ... yet. Take a stroll with Bing in this eWEEK slide show.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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