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  • Want a Droid for work e-mail? It’ll cost you extra

    The industry is abuzz over the Motorola Droid, the first Google Android 2.0-based smartphone, to be released on Friday, Nov. 6, in the United States, with network access provided by Verizon Wireless. But users who buy the device and expect to use its built-in Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support to get corporate e-mail from Exchange servers will have to pay an additional $15 per month for the privilege, Verizon confirms.

  • 10 essential Windows 7 downloads

    Windows 7 may be brand spanking new, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find free or cheap tools to tweak its settings, add features, or smooth an upgrade from XP or Vista. We’ve compiled a list of ten valuable software tools — many of them free — that can make your Win7 experience a lot more rewarding. (Click on each of the images for a closer look at the tool.)

  • EU backpedals on open source mandate

    The European Commission has quietly watered down plans to mandate usage of open standards for European public services. Instead it will allow the use of open specifications, while patents and paid licenses will no longer be taboo.

  • Microsoft study finds worms are most prevalent security problem

    The Conficker worm continues to be one of the most prevalent threats facing PCs running Windows, according to a new security report published by Microsoft.

    For the first six months of the year, Microsoft found that more than 5 million computers were infected with Conficker, according to its latest Security Intelligence Report.

  • DiVitas extends mobile collaboration to iPhone, Android, RIM

    Mobile unified communications vendor DiVitas Networks has added iPhone, BlackBerry and Android to the set of platforms it is supporting with software to access desk-phone and presence features on cell phones.

  • Windows 7 share surges 40% in first week of release

    Windows 7’s market share surged nearly 40 percent in the week following its release, according to Web measurement company Net Applications.

    Overall, Windows continued to lose share globally, dropping 0.23 of a percentage point during October, while Apple’s Mac OS X picked up most of that loss, gaining 0.15 of a point to finish the month near 5.3 percent, its highest ever.

  • Unisys unveils software for running private clouds

    Unisys announced Monday software and services that will enable organizations to deploy and run their own internal private clouds, as part of its strategy to offer customers a variety of cloud computing options.

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