Monster Software: Amazon Opens SimpleDB To Unlimited Public Beta; Google Chrome Browser To Support Customization

TechWeb Software Update - Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008

(Table of Contents)

*Amazon Opens SimpleDB To Unlimited Public Beta
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*Google Chrome Browser To Support Customization
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*Lenovo Offers Hardware-Based Security In ThinkPad Laptop
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*Fixing Linux: What's Broken And What To Do About It
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*10 Great iPhone Apps For Your Business
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( Today's Top Story)

Amazon Opens SimpleDB To Unlimited Public Beta
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To help entice businesses to at least try out its cloud
computing-integrated database service, Amazon is offering a free tier
of usage for the next six months.

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As Endeavour Lands, NASA Preps For Next Shuttle Mission
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The space shuttle Endeavour touched down safely in California Sunday
after a 16-day trip of more than 6.6 million miles.

HP Goes All In With An IT Transformation
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Even with the economy in a fierce downturn, HP CIO Randy Mott preaches
a high-risk, capital-intensive approach to transforming IT operations.
But will other CIOs follow his lead?

Windows 7 Revealed: 24 Screen Shots Of Microsoft's Next Operating
System
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Here's a first visual look at the Vista successor, as previewed at
Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.

(Editor's Picks)

BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch
Transformation
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HP launches Banking Innovation Center to show potential impact of
emerging technologies.

UBS Joins DTCC Managed Accounts Service
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The centralized platform is designed to automate and standardize
communications among sponsors, investment managers and service
providers.

DTCC Launches New ID Net Service
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The new service streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts customer
costs and reduces fails associated with affirmed institutional equity
trades, the utility said.

(Software News of the Week)

Google Chrome Browser To Support Customization
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The move gives Google's Web browser the same level of third-party
extensions as Mozilla Firefox.

Lenovo Offers Hardware-Based Security In ThinkPad Laptop
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The security option uses Intel's on-chip vPro management suite and
Absolute's Computrace software.

Fixing Linux: What's Broken And What To Do About It
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The open-source operating system still has major problems that need
immediate attention. Our expert recommends configuration, versioning,
and GUI enhancements, to name a few.

10 Great iPhone Apps For Your Business
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iPhone-loving business professionals can tap into corporate e-mail
systems, customer contact lists, and accounting systems with these
downloads from the iTunes App Store.

Silicon Valley Starts To Feel The Sting Of Layoffs
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The scene may remind some of 2001 and 2002, when the Internet bubble
exploded and dumped hundreds of thousands of engineers in the area
onto the unemployment rolls.

Mobile Apps Find A Home On Touch-Screen Devices
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While the mobile app race is still in its infancy, the iPhone is
already well ahead of rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry
and T-Mobile's G1.

IBM Plunges Into 'Business Event Management,' Helping Define Field
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The fairly new field of complex event processing sets parameters
around a software event and triggers alerts if the rules governing it
are violated.

SAP User Group Fires President
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ASUG, which had been dealing with member complaints about SAP price
hikes, said Steven Strout's departure resulted from a "strategic
decision" by the board of directors.

Making Microsoft Office Apps Into SOA Services
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Tibco and OpenSpan are teaming up to combine functions from Office
applications into a new composite that helps automate the business
process.

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(Breaking News)

Xbox 360 Outsells PlayStation 3 On Black Friday
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Hot video games like Gears of War 2 and Fable II helped boost console
sales.

Credit Crisis Prompts Credit Suisse, HSBC to Cut Over 1,000 More Jobs
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European bank heavyweights Credit Suisse AG and HSBC Holdings Plc are
axing hundreds of jobs in Britain as the biggest financial crisis
since the Great Depression bites.

Server Revenues Down In Tough Economy
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The sales drop in expensive servers was particularly felt by vendors
of RISC-Itanium Unix servers.

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* Advancement Project seeking Junior Web Developer in Los Angeles, CA
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* Johns Hopkins Univ Carey Business School seeking Asst Dean for IS in
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* City of Westland seeking MIS Director in Westland, MI
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