The News Review:
- HP to buy Australian software maker
- Are Vendors Accountable For Over-Promising Software Demos?
- New Software Aids Researchers Analyzing Millions Of DNA Sequences
- Kenya: Open Sourcing Can Tackle Software Piracy
HP to buy Australian software maker
Forbes – Mar 31, 2008
(AP) – Personal computer and printer maker Hewlett Packard Co. is buying an Australian software maker whose products help businesses manage their records and comply with industry regulations. Under the terms outlined Monday, Palo Alto-based HP will pay $3.
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Are Vendors Accountable For Over-Promising Software Demos?
InformationWeek – Mar 31, 2008
An on-stage software exec confidently gestures toward the demo of newly “announced” software, expounding on its life-changing features before a packed audience. But the software doesn’t really work yet; it isn’t even shipping until next year. So is this demo an act of fraud? That’s an interesting question in light of the lawsuit Waste Management has filed against SAP. We’ve all been in those packed audiences at conferences, only half believing what the software exec is promising. Such lightweight demos are generally accepted at those events.
New Software Aids Researchers Analyzing Millions Of DNA Sequences
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Mar 31, 2008
31, 2008) — It took a global corps of scientists approximately $500 million and 13 years to identify the more than 35,000 genes of the human genome. Five years later, Boston College Biologist Gabor Marth and his research team have developed software that can analyze half a million DNA sequences in 10 minutes. See also: Plants & AnimalsEvolutionary BiologyBiochemistry ResearchBiologyComputers & MathSoftwareComputational BiologyInformation Technology Reference.
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Kenya: Open Sourcing Can Tackle Software Piracy
AllAfrica.com – Mar 31, 2008
Globally, software piracy is blamed for the high cost of commercial software. At several thousand shillings, the price of familiar operating system and Office software is too high for normal users and institutions in Kenya where estimates show that 80 per cent of the commercial software used is pirated. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); Unlike commercial software, which has to be purchased and registered, open source software can be down loaded and used free of charge. The only exception is when it has to be customised in which case a fee is paid.