The News Review:
- BMC Software to cut 350 jobs 6 pct of work force
- Google Software Update sneaks its way onto computers
- Microsoft Warns Against Fake ‘Blue Edition’ Software
BMC Software to cut 350 jobs 6 pct of work force
BusinessWeek
said Friday it will lay off 350 employees this month or about 6 percent of its work force due to the weak economy. 2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.
Google Software Update sneaks its way onto computers
Los Angeles Times CA
But then there’s a fourth option — one perhaps even worse than the "not tell you" approach. That’s the standalone program installed by a company that looks for all updates to its suite of software. We see this only in a few cases when a development house has the audacity to assume you use so much of its software that you need an entirely separate program just to check for bug fixes. As Google’s recent use of this shows the execution can be anything but sweet.
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Microsoft Warns Against Fake ‘Blue Edition’ Software
CRN NY
body” valueishtml> –>Microsoft doesn’t want you to have a blue Christmas and Thursday warned consumers to steer clear of a new online auction scheme that sells fake discounted Microsoft software. Microsoft said it has been receiving complaints from unsuspecting customers having been stung after buying counterfeit Windows XP software and “illicit software components” burned onto a CD.