News: Software & Web

• Teen gets prison term for attack on Scientology Web site
  Jaikumar Vijayan
  Nov 20 2009

  A 19-year old New Jersey man this week was sentenced this week to a year and a day in federal prison for hacking into the Church of Scientology 's Web site in Jan. 2008. Dmitriy Guzner, of Verona, ...

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• Third-party screensavers return to Snow Leopard
  Ted Landau
  Nov 20 2009

  When Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) was first released, I noted that many (maybe even all) third-party screensavers would no longer work in the new OS. This was because 10.6 required 64-bit compatible ...

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• Google Chrome OS: Everything You Need to Know
  Shane O'Neill
  Nov 20 2009

  Unless you live in a cave, don't care at all about technology or have been distracted by Sarah Palin's publicity tour, you've probably heard that Google showed its Linux-based Chrome operating ...

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• Google's Chrome OS hits BitTorrent
  Gregg Keizer
  Nov 20 2009

  Chrome OS, the operating system that Google released to open source yesterday, has been compiled and posted for download on several file-sharing sites, Internet searches showed today.The ready-to-run ...

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• Get Chrome OS Now
  Ian Paul
  Nov 20 2009

  The open source version of Google Chrome OS was released on Thursday, and tech wizards didn't waste any time turning the code into a workable test version of the new operating system. If you don't ...

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• Toggle sidebar visibility in all open Finder windows
  Rob Griffiths
  Nov 20 2009

  When I publish hints here on Macworld, I usually try to walk through and explain how they work, so as to help you understand what's going on behind the scenes. Sometimes, though, I'll just present a ...

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• CIOs talk Google Apps migration
  Georgina Swan
  Nov 20 2009

  Chief information officers heard first-hand accounts from their colleagues about moving to Google Apps at a recent roundtable, with New Zealand Postal Services, AAPT and Mortgage Choice all ...

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• Twitter turns on geolocation functionality
  Juan Carlos Perez
  Nov 20 2009

  Twitter is now allowing its externally built applications to provide geolocation features to end-users, after announcing its intention to do so in August.The functionality is provided via a specific ...

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• China SaaS market to reach US$171 million in '10: Springboard
  Zafar Anjum
  Nov 20 2009

  China's software-as-a-service (SaaS) market is expected to grow at 56 per cent next year to reach US$171 million in revenues by the end of 2010, according to a report from Springboard Research. The ...

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• Gartner lays out Top 10 strategic technologies
  Kathryn Edwards
  Nov 20 2009

  At this week's Gartner Symposium in Sydney, the analyst firm presented its top 10 strategic technologies for 2010. Gartner senior analyst and mobile guru, Nick Jones, presented the strategic ...

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