PC World - Ever since the news broke last weekend that a fully open tablet is on the way, the excitement has been tangible in the Linux community.
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Kicking Off Social Business February with the Experts
As we wrapped up January’s focus on Customer Experience Management and turned to Social Business for February, our experts offered some great advice on how to keep your pesky taxonomies neat and tidy, shared insights from thought leaders in the Social Business and Risk Management fields and had a moment of silence for Knowledge Management. Read on for more great counsel from the experts: resistance is futile! Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/3/12 8:19 PM Blytheco Adds SugarCRM to Product Offering
Sage N. America’s top ERP partner, Laguna Hills, CA based Blytheco LLC, announced this week it has has partnered with SugarCRM, "…delivering to its clients the ability to effectively boost sales and retain customers, while saving money," the company said. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/3/12 7:59 PM Congress vs. Spyware: The Post-Carrier IQ Mobile Device Privacy Act
The heyday surrounding Carrier IQ broke in November when one researcher went on a tirade letting everyone in the world know they were being watched. Because people get into enough trouble on their own with smartphones, the possibility of secret spies tracking text messages and emails not only felt very Big Brother, but also posed greater threat for expose. While the company denied a majority of claims, it got hit with several major lawsuits, and in a new bill announced this week, deemed the Mobile Device Privacy Act, the government has taken further action. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/3/12 7:40 PM Avid Challenges Apple iMovie on the iPad
Future Francis Ford Coppolas have a new option for producing movies on the go. Avid has released its home non-linear video editing software, Avid Studio, for the iPad. Will iMovie users be enticed to try it? Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/3/12 7:40 PM Apple gets kicked in the teeth by German patent lawsuit decisions
After its world-wide anti-Android patent lawsuit witch-hunt, could Apple having much of its iPhone line and iPads being banned for sale in Germany due to a patent violation happen to a nicer company?
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A Week in Google: Are 100 Million Google+ Users Still Wrong?
With all the news of Facebook’s IPO this week, Google’s still-fledgling social service marched over another user milestone as the improvements and other changes in the Google ecosystem keep on coming. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/3/12 6:40 PM Microsoft Vows to Fix 'Broken' Code In Open Source Cloud Project
"OpenStack, a framework for creating infrastructure-as-a-service cloud networks from pools of virtual servers, is backed by Rackspace, NASA, Citrix, Dell, AMD, Intel, and others. www.topix.net | 2/3/12 5:14 PM Open Source Based Workflow Management Systems
Mediology, a small digital publishing company uses open source platform to develop a compelling SaaS-based solution for the media and publishing industry Whether it's a solution to automate workflow in the pre-press, or for multi-channel publishing, or even for monetizing your media assets, a small Delhi-based company called Mediology can do it ... (more) www.topix.net | 2/3/12 3:10 PM Microsoft Phone 8 Details Leak, Brings Windows 8 Kernel, NFC, Skype and More
The next OS for Windows Phone, code-named "Apollo", will integrate the Windows 8 kernel, potentially bringing all that Microsoft offers into a unified family of devices; across PC, tablet and phone. With new hardware features offering multi-core, likely HD resolutions and SD card support, expect a rash of new phones later in 2012. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/3/12 1:00 PM Free Alternative To Microsoft Office Adds New Users ... And 'Hackers'
It's a victory lap for a small group of developers who left Oracle to try and improve a solid free alternative to Microsoft Office. www.topix.net | 2/3/12 12:00 PM Aptosid, the way to go
The recent Ubuntu ground breaking improvements have left many scrambling to find a different reliable and not too "geeky" linux version, that would be more in touch with the modernity then stable Debian. www.topix.net | 2/3/12 7:51 AM Open Source Software Helps Fitness Professionals Save Money, Time -...
Fitness professionals looking to increase business and clientele can save time and money with open source software for web design. www.topix.net | 2/3/12 3:36 AM Spark, free-software Linux tablet, to ship in May
More details are coming about Spark, the free-software Linux tablet, but enthusiasts will have to wait until May before they can get their hands on one.
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2/3/12 1:22 AM
Openmoko smartphone reborn as hackable GTA04
German manufacturer Golden Delicious has begun shipping a hackable open source smartphone that runs a variety of Linux software, including a newly optimized Openmoko distro. www.topix.net | 2/2/12 11:26 PM Facebook Opens Its Doors: Zuckerberg Says Business as Usual
Not sure if you heard, but Facebook went public yesterday. The news, while no surprise to most, quickly became the subject of widespread debate, with everyone from Wall Street analysts to Silicon Valley Porsche dealers considering the financial impact of the decision. Will it be the investment of a lifetime or one to pass over, and furthermore, how much are those fortunate little staff members going to inherit from the trade?
IBM Adds Two Companies, Expands Analytics Reach, Builds Mobile Software Portfolio
Twitter Extends Enhanced Pages to More Brands
It started in early December with Disney-Pixar, Coca-Cola, General Electric, and HP — 21 top brands in all, which any media outlet would salivate over. These are the Enhanced Profile Pages of the "New Twitter" looking to keep pace (and relevancy) with the changing social order of the web, as other services such as Google+ and Facebook enhance their efforts attract top brands to their sites. Now the company said it will begin a larger rollout to an extended number of brands that include NPR, NBC News,Volkswagon and more. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/2/12 7:20 PM SPECvirt Virtualization Performance Benchmark Record Achieved Using Solarflare 10GbE Server Adapter
Solarflare , a leader in application-intelligent 10 Gigabit Ethernet networking software and hardware, today announced a new SPECvirt virtualization benchmark record with its 10GbE server adapter. www.topix.net | 2/2/12 7:16 PM Collaboration in 2012: Predictions 3 & 4
As a follow up to my previous post, here are my third and fourth predictions for what 2012 holds for collaboration: Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/2/12 7:05 PM Recession Relief: New Job Openings at Amazon, Telligent, Sapient, Telerik, Microsoft and Acquia (2-Feb-12)
If it’s time for a change, we’ve got a shopping list of hot jobs in our spiffy little corner of the world. Our bi-weekly featured jobs list is a great collection of opportunities spanning specialties and continents. Here’s who’s hiring this week (and if you’re hiring, post your openings here). Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/2/12 6:50 PM SDL's Acquisition of Alterian: Get the Details
So SDL officially announced the completion its acquisition of Alterian, a provider of web engagement management solutions. But the details were very light. We change that right now. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/2/12 6:40 PM Software is Everywhere, Thanks to the Empowered Employee
Under Pressure, Unprepared: SMBs and Web 2.0
Knowledge Management in 2012? Probably Dead
I saw it coming in 2011. But no one believed me. I guess it’s difficult to turn your back on something that you fervently believe in. At this point, I feel like Harry Markopolos who had been telling people that there was something wrong with Bernie Madoff — before the truth came to light. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/2/12 5:40 PM Last Day at LegalTech 2012 Brings Mergers, Collection Tools #ltny
Alfresco Enterprise 4: Social, Collaborative, Mobile, Cloud Connected Content Management
SMEStorag Adds Support for 2 More Clouds to Its Hybrid Cloud Federation and Governance Platform
London, United Kingdom, February 02, 2012 -- -- SMEStorage has announced that it has added support for SugarSync, and the Ubuntu One Cloud into it's SaaS and Appliance hybrid Cloud File Server platform. www.topix.net | 2/2/12 3:02 PM Avoiding Enemies and Making Friends Using Embedded Open Source Software
Open source software has become an entrenched component of embedded systems within the last decade. www.topix.net | 2/2/12 10:52 AM ARM's first 64-bit processors target servers, smartphones
Collaboration and content sharing are not, of course, new concepts. But cloud computing has changed the nature of collaboration, content sharing, document storage and project management to enable more efficient, faster-acting and cost-effective enterprises. www.topix.net | 2/2/12 6:43 AM Arium Announces the SourcePoint(TM) Debugger Packed With New Features
Version 6.9.1 adds many features that benefit ARM developers. Companies will get product to market sooner and with higher quality than ever before. www.topix.net | 2/2/12 2:28 AM Meet Linux Mint 12 'Lisa': A Tour in Pictures
Following its launch in 2006, Linux Mint spent a long time in the number two position on DistroWatch 's page-hit rankings, standing behind only the Ubuntu Linux distribution on which it's based. www.topix.net | 2/2/12 2:28 AM Linux Vendor Red Hat Slips into the OpenStack Cloud Community
A really interesting Monday post by Joe Brockmeier on ReadWriteWeb points out that open source giant Red Hat, while it declined to participate in the community around open source cloud computing platform OpenStack, citing problems with the governance model and, later, reservations about the activity of participants, has been quietly contributing to ... (more) www.topix.net | 2/2/12 2:28 AM Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its way
Thanks to Android, Linux is well represented on tablets, but there hasn’t been a free software tablet, without any proprietary bits, until now. The Spark, which will be based on MeeGo and use KDE Plasma for its interface, will be the first free software tablet.
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2/1/12 11:47 PM
CopperEgga Expands Server Monitoring into Windows Azure Environments
It provides real-time, in-depth insight into all the components participating in application and service delivery, which is critical for monitoring changing loads as well as identifying, isolating and addressing performance issues before service quality is impacted. www.topix.net | 2/1/12 10:18 PM LucidWorks Cloud Fine-Tunes Enterprise Search
CXM Perspectives: How OpenText Approaches Customer Experience
OpenText sits at the top of Gartner’s list for Web Content Management and customer experience. The vendor took major strides in 2011 to ensure that its technology enables organizations to truly engage and support their customers. And it isn’t done yet. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/1/12 9:52 PM RIP: Yahoo Apps
Always At Your Service: SalesForce.com Debuts Desk.com
Due to growing impatience with customer service hotlines (i.e. the near impossibility of getting a voice on the line), most people now prefer to reach help centers through new media, utilizing email, Facebook and even Twitter to assert their complaints. As a means of consolidating these multidimensional grievances, SalesForce.com has created a central hub called Desk.com, where service agents are hit all at once and can manage their replies. The product launched this week, and incidentally, in promotion, the company gave away 1,000 free burritos. Complaining has never been easier or more satisfying. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/1/12 9:12 PM Liferay Releases Dropbox Style Synchronization for Enterprises
Smart Content Reviewed: Text Analytics & Semantic Content Enrichment
Spurred on by an online debate about the distinction between text analytics and semantic content enrichment, I turn in this article to the pressing question: "What does semantic content enrichment mean?" Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/1/12 8:05 PM Driving Adoption in Social Business: Resistance is Futile!
As part of CMSWire’s "Back to Basics" theme for the month of February, I thought it’d be worthwhile to take a fresh look at something that is both obvious in its importance and yet challenging for all of us in the social business space: Driving adoption. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/1/12 8:05 PM HootSuite Adds Digg, TrendSpottr, InboxQ Apps
Salesforce.com Plugin Lightens Sales Data Entry Load
The hard part of selling isn’t the actual sale. Any good salesperson will tell you it’s the monotonus data entry and admin tasks that get in the way of productivity. Now, online selling platform maker SalesCrunch said it has integrated its next-generation meeting application CrunchConnect into Salesforce.com, with the promise to "…radically reduce the tedious data entry associated with customer relationship management." Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/1/12 7:40 PM Webcasts Find Greater Distribution with MediaPlatform
Bringing the live experience even closer to home, MediaPlatform today further broadens its WebCaster software to facilitate for the streaming of live or pre-recorded webcasts on Facebook Fan Pages and SharePoint collaboration sites. For corporations, brands and maybe even random YouTube sensations, the possibilities are endless. Read full story... www.cmswire.com | 2/1/12 7:30 PM OpenMEAP Delivers an Open Source Mobile Enterprise Application Platform
Richmond, VA, Feb 01, 2012 -- OpenMEAP is the first enterprise-grade open source mobile enterprise application platform. www.topix.net | 2/1/12 4:54 PM How Bill Gates changed Microsoft's stance on open source
For three years, Sam Ramji served as Microsoft's head of open source software. One of his duties included bringing Bill Gates and other Microsoft execs up to speed on open source at a briefing every few months. www.topix.net | 1/30/12 9:04 PM Meet Bill Gates, the Man Who Changed Open Source Software
Meet Bill Gates, the Man Who Changed Open Source Software - The meeting took place a week before Bill Gates retired from Microsoft, and the topic was open source software. www.topix.net | 1/30/12 6:24 PM Talend Seeks More Partner 'Mindshare' For Its Open-Source Software
Open-source software developer Talend is overhauling its partner program, a move necessitated by the company's rapid growth and expansion of its integration software product line. www.topix.net | 1/27/12 8:22 AM |
The Smartsheet project management tool now integrates with 
IBM is spending like there’s no tomorrow. Two more companies have just landed in its net, both of which will grow its analytics business on one hand – particularly its Smart Commerce drive – and on the other hand its mobile communications strategy.
It’s no secret that I am a fan of the 
Is web 2.0 a little passé by now? If it is, it makes this latest data a little unfortunate. According to a poll by SpamTitan Technologies, 76% of small and mid-size business surveyed stated that they are under pressure to allow more access to Web 2.0.
Yesterday was the last day of LegalTech New York 2012, and though vendors and legal professionals alike have left, many of the product launches, announcements, case studies and panel discussions will stay with them for some time.
We said earlier in the week that we 
Be it an act of desperation, a shedding of excess baggage, or the ire of an activist new leader, Yahoo unloaded some weight this week. In an effort to start the new year off fresh, the company announced its retirement of ten mobile apps with the promise to replace the well with something, supposedly, even better. Believe it when we see it? 
Taking a page from Dropbox and other document sharing services, 
HootSuite users can extend the platform’s functionality with three new apps available immediately in the App Directory: Digg, TrendSpottr and InboxQ. More apps are expected to roll out soon.