July, 2010
Build Great mobile applications with Google App Inventor
You can build just about any app you can imagine with App Inventor. Often people begin by building games like MoleMash or games that let you draw funny pictures on your friend’s faces. You can even make use of the phone’s sensors to move a ball through a maze based on tilting the phone. But app [...]
Google and ITA Software Sign Acquisition Agreement
Cambridge and Mountain View, Calif. (July 1, 2010) – ITA Software, Inc., a flight information software company, and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Google to acquire ITA for $700 million in cash, subject to adjustments. “ITA’s very talented team has created an impressive product to organize [...]
Google to Present at the Pacific Crest Technology Conference
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced today that Michael Jones, Chief Technology Advocate, will participate in a keynote panel discussion on the major shifts in technology over the next 3 to 5 years at the Pacific Crest Technology Conference in Vail, Colorado. The session is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time on [...]
Microsoft Reports Record Fourth-Quarter Results
Microsoft Corp. today announced record fourth-quarter revenue of $16.04 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, a 22% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.93 billion, $4.52 billion and $0.51 per share, which represented increases of 49%, 48% [...]
Microsoft, Adobe Collaborate to Protect Against Online Threats
LAS VEGAS — July 28, 2010 — Today at the Black Hat USA 2010 conference, Microsoft Corp. announced that it will extend its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) to include vulnerability information sharing from Adobe Systems Inc. Microsoft also discussed the new policy of coordinated vulnerability disclosure — a reframing of responsible disclosure — and introduced [...]
LG U+ and Microsoft Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Deliver Cloud Services
Microsoft Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. (LG U+) today announced a broad strategic alliance through a memorandum of understanding that will bring to market a range of cloud services for LG U+ customers. Under the terms of the alliance, LG U+ will leverage Microsoft’s innovative software platforms and breadth of cloud offerings to enable a [...]
Free Tool From Dell KACE Thwarts Common Security Threat: Browsing The Web
Secure Browser Uses Application Virtualization Innovation to Protect Against Security Attacks Aims to Proactively Contain Threats Before They Become a Problem Can Be Centrally Deployed and Managed with Dell KACE K1000 Management Appliance Today Dell KACE™ continues its commitment to systems management innovation by expanding the company’s portfolio of end-point security capabilities with Dell KACE Secure [...]
Dell Reaches Settlement with Securities and Exchange Commission
Dell Inc. today announced that it has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) resolving the previously-disclosed SEC investigation into Dell’s disclosures and alleged omissions prior to Fiscal 2008 regarding certain aspects of its commercial relationship with Intel Corporation and into separate accounting and financial reporting matters. The settlement terms are [...]
India Unveils A Portable Computing Device Worth Rs 1,600
Today in New Delhi, union minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal unveiled a low cost computing-cum-access device. The expected price of the showcased model is going to be around US$35 (approximately Rs 1,640) per unit, which is expected to gradually dip to about US$20 and eventually to around US10$. Since the ongoing reduction [...]
Download Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 delivers unified data protection for Windows servers and clients as a best-of-breed backup & recovery solution from Microsoft, for Windows environments. DPM 2010 provides the best protection and most supportable restore scenarios from disk, tape and cloud — in a scalable, manageable and cost-effective way. Windows Server from [...]
Go for your .co Domains – Pre-registration for .CO domain started
The pre registration for .co Domains started by all of the main domain registrar . The Colombians are no doubt planning a big party. It seems that their well-funded attempt to turn the ‘.co’ country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) into a global alternative to ‘.com’ may well pay off: over half of the top 500 global [...]
How to Download Nagios and the Plugins
Nagios is a popular open source computer system and network monitoring software application. It watches hosts and services, alerting users when things go wrong and again when they get better. Download the source code tarballs of both Nagios and the Nagios plugins (visit http://www.nagios.org/download/ for links to the latest versions). These directions were tested with Nagios [...]
You don’t have permission to access /nagios/cgi-bin//status.cgi on this server
i was just installing nagios on a fedora machine. followed all the instructions given in the nagios website. I have succesfully installed the nagios. I am also able to login to the index page. when i clcik on any of the link i am getting the following error You don’t have permission to access /nagios/cgi-bin//status.cgi [...]
Facebook in deal to sell site credits in Asia
Facebook is partnering with a Malaysian company to sell credits at retail outlets across Asia for the first time, aiming to make it easier for millions of people to purchase virtual goods and play games on the social networking site while boosting revenue for developers. Electronic payments company MOL — part of the business empire [...]