The News Review:
- Microsoft to unveil free anti-virus software
- Dell selling downloadable Microsoft software
- How Intuit managed to hold off Microsoft
- Software makers Symantec McAfee settle with NY AG
- Progress Software hires Benson as CI
- iPhone 3.0 Software: What You’ll See
- Symantec CE Focused n Boosting Security Mkt Share
Microsoft to unveil free anti-virus software
Reuters
It announced plans in November to kill that product suite saying it would launch the free Morro service by the end of 2009. Analysts said they are looking forward to Morro’s beta to see exactly how its features compare to those in products from competitors. Microsoft has said it will provide protection from several types of malicious software including viruses spyware rootkits and trojans. fficials with Symantec and McAfee have said they do not see Morro as a threat. “Microsoft’s free product is basically a stripped down version of the neCare product Microsoft pulled from the shelves” said Symantec Consumer division president Janice Chaffin. “A full Internet security suite is what consumers require today to stay fully protected. Joris Evers a spokesman for No.
Dell selling downloadable Microsoft software
CNET News
“In addition downloading is a more environmentally friendly way to purchase and distribute software because there’s no need for packaging material. A search for Microsoft ffice Professional 2007 found Dell offering the software for $448 while Staples and Best Buy were selling it for full retail at $499. pened in January the Dell Download store grabs around 10000 visitors each month said Dell. The store also offers a variety of programs from other manufacturers such as McAfee and Intuit. Dell has been on the go lately exploring diverse new markets to bump up its bottom line.
How Intuit managed to hold off Microsoft
CNET News
com%2F8301-13860_3-10262344-56. html The defeat of Microsoft Money at the hands of Intuit’s Quicken marks a rare chapter in the annals of software history. Intuit is one of the few companies to take Microsoft head-on on its home turf–packaged software–and come out on top. Even more notably Intuit has managed to do it several times with Quicken of course but also with QuickBooks and TurboTax. f course it was more than just Intuit’s success that led to Money’s demise which CNET News.
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Software makers Symantec McAfee settle with NY AG
The Associated Press
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo had accused Symantec Corp. of renewing customers’ software subscriptions without their knowledge.
Progress Software hires Benson as CI
Boston Globe
com Progress Software Corp. a business software developer based in Bedford named a former News Corp. executive to the newly created. globebusiness June 11 2009–>.
iPhone 3.0 Software: What You’ll See
PC World
Spotlight search fixes this ? simply move one page to the left of the Home Screen and you’ll find a search box. Type in your keyword and it will bring up a unified list of search results. You can even customize your results restricting the information to contacts apps notes mail calendar and music or video. Unfortunately Spotlight won’t search the contents of an e-mail but it does bring up results for recipients and subject lines.
Symantec CE Focused n Boosting Security Mkt Share
Wall Street Journal
–>2nd UPDATE:Symantec CE Focused n Boosting Security Mkt Share ArticleCommentsmore in. ’s (SYMC) new chief executive Enrique Salem said Thursday. Laying out his strategy for the first time in a significant way Thursday Salem who took over earlier this year from long-standing CE John Thompson told financial analysts the company needed in particular to focus on improving its position in the small to medium-sized business section of the security.