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  • Intel releases Moblin 2.1 OS

    Intel has made available for download its latest Linux-based operating system, Moblin 2.1, just a few days after announcing the new software.

    Moblin 2.1 is meant to be a preview version for developers and carries numerous user-interface and software improvements, according to the Linux Foundation, which manages development of the OS. The OS is available for download on Moblin’s Web site.

  • SAP offers ‘free’ CRM for ERP buyers

    SAP said this week that midsize companies that purchase the Business All-in-One suite or SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) will also receive its CRM (customer relationship management) application.

    The offer comes with a catch, however. Customers will get the CRM licenses at no charge, but must pay annual maintenance costs on them, a spokesman said.

  • Ballmer says Microsoft ’screwed up’ with Windows Mobile

    It’s becoming obvious that Microsoft Corp. officials, including CEO Steve Ballmer, wish Windows Mobile were a better mobile operating system.

  • Microsoft shuts down Dynamics mobile

    Microsoft on Thursday said it has discontinued the mobile versions of its Dynamics ERP (enterprise resource planning) products.

    The first mobile Dynamics product, Dynamics AX Mobile Sales, was introduced in 2007 and let sales people remotely place and track orders, query sales histories and manage advertising campaigns from Windows Mobile devices. Microsoft also offered development tools for businesses to build their own mobile offerings based on Dynamics.

  • Verizon scraps Palm Pre plans

    Verizon has reportedly ditched plans to offer the Palm Pre early next year. Poor sales at Sprint — the Pre’s exclusive U.S. carrier — as well as interest in handsets from Research in Motion and Motorola contributed to the decision, according to The Street, which cites “people close to the discussions.”

     

  • Intel to ship Pineview netbook chips in Q4

    Intel will ship a new line of Atom processors for netbooks and nettops during the fourth quarter of this year, a company official said late on Wednesday.

    Processors codenamed Pineview will succeed the Atom chips that currently go into most netbooks, said Jeff DeMuth, who works with Intel’s platform marketing, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The processor will ship to PC makers in the fourth quarter, DeMuth said.

  • Report: Twitter valued at $1 billion in new deal

    Twitter is nearing a deal for as much as $100 million from a group of investors who say they believe the Internet short messaging giant is worth about $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site.

    A group of investors including mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price and several private equity firms and venture capital companies are expected to sign the deal with Twitter soon. The money will give Twitter more time to figure out a business model. Twitter currently brings in no steady revenue and has only recently talked about working out advertising deals next year.

  • Report: Apple to unveil new iMacs by mid-October

    Apple will refresh its iMac desktop computer within a matter of weeks and will unveil the first revamp of the all-in-one’s exterior since mid-2007, a prominent Apple enthusiast site reported Thursday.

    According to AppleInsider , Apple will introduce new iMacs sporting a new enclosure “anytime between next week and mid-October.”

  • Report: Apple to unveil new iMacs by mid-October

    Apple will refresh its iMac desktop computer within a matter of weeks and will unveil the first revamp of the all-in-one’s exterior since mid-2007, a prominent Apple enthusiast site reported Thursday.

    According to AppleInsider , Apple will introduce new iMacs sporting a new enclosure “anytime between next week and mid-October.”

  • Autodesk opens design software to Mac via Parallels

    For Autodesk, the lines between the Mac and Windows operating systems are beginning to blur.

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