The News Review:
- Review: Dazzling Palm software beats the iPhone
- Hara unveils software to help with energy management
- Software maker Chinese water co set for June IPs
- Apple’s new iPhone software may let users share applications
- Windows 7 catching developers’ eyes
- CDC Software taps Clough as chair
Review: Dazzling Palm software beats the iPhone
The Associated Press
You’ve had two years on top of the smart phone world. Now there’s a touch-screen phone with better software: the Palm Pre. In a remarkable achievement Palm Inc. a company that was something of a has-been has come up with a phone operating system that is more powerful elegant and user-friendly. The Pre which goes on sale Saturday for $200 (after a mail-in rebate) at Sprint stores makes it easier to do more things on the go. With webS Palm’s new operating system you can keep multiple applications open at once.
Hara unveils software to help with energy management
MiamiHerald.com
– At a time when businesses and local governments are trying to reduce their carbon footprints there are plenty of companies they can hire to measure their greenhouse gas emissions. Few however offer information about carbon energy water waste and other resources then advise organizations on how to reduce the use of each one and track the results. So says Hara a Menlo Park Calif. environmental and energy management software company that exits stealth mode today with $6 million in venture financing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Founded 18 months ago by Amit Chatterjee and Kleiner Perkins partner Ajit Nazre the young company is unveiling the second version of its software service that can monitor and manage natural resource consumption and environmental impact. “Rather than just looking at the output and saying ‘h my gosh we’ve got to turn off this or turn off that to save money and reduce emissions’” said Chatterjee “we’re asking ‘What are the incremental changes we can do here with the input that lead to better results here with the output?’ That becomes a manageable business process. “At least a dozen clients have signed up for the subscription-based service including Coca-Cola and the city of Palo Alto Calif.
Software maker Chinese water co set for June IPs
Reuters
exchanges later this month. Medidata Solutions Inc a New York-based software makerserving pharmaceutical companies and contract researchorganizations set the terms Wednesday for its planned IPwhich one of deal’s underwriters said should price on June 17and begin trading the following day. The other aspirant Duoyuan Global Water Inc whichdistributes water treatment equipment in 28 Chinese provincessaid in a filing Monday that it plans to sell 5 millionAmerican Depositary Shares for between $13 and $15 apiece. TheIP’s underwriter expects that deal to price and begin tradingthe week of June 22. These two expected deals follow a modest string of sevenIPs in the United States since February when a deal bypediatrics nutrition maker Mead Johnson Nutrition Co (.
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Apple’s new iPhone software may let users share applications
Apple Insider
Apple’s forthcoming iPhone Software 3. 0 may introduce features that let users share their purchased applications with family or friends a move that would give iPhone and iPod touch owners a greater say over which apps deserve the spotlight in the overly-congested App Store. Citing a “a person familiar with the technology” BusinessWeek.
Windows 7 catching developers’ eyes
CNET News
com%2F8301-13860_3-10256054-56. html While we’ve heard a lot about Windows 7 we haven’t heard too much about the software and hardware that will take advantage of the new operating system. That’s starting to change. This week touch-screen maker N-trig is showing off a variety of third-party software programs that take advantage of the.
CDC Software taps Clough as chair
Bizjournals.com
has named John Clough chairman. Clough also is chairman of the audit committee of the CDC Software board and director and chairman of the executive committee for the board of directors of parent company. Clough holds a successful track record as an entrepreneur in Australia and has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry.