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Apple passes Microsoft to be biggest tech company

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Apple's innovations have inspired a vast following

Apple has pushed past arch-rival Microsoft to become the world's biggest technology company.

Changes in the share price values of the two in Wednesday's choppy trading left the total value of Apple at $222bn (£154bn).
Microsoft is now valued by investors at $219bn.
However, Microsoft still enjoys higher profits than Apple. Its most recent annual net profit was $14.6bn (£10bn), compared with $5.7bn for Apple.
Microsoft also reported bigger full-year revenues of $58.4bn, with Apple on $36.5bn.
Apple's shares closed Wednesday trading down 0.4% at $244.11, while Microsoft fell by 4% to $25.01.
iPhone boost The value of a listed company, known as market capitalisation, is calculated by multiplying the number of shares in a company by the current share price.

MICROSOFT V APPLE

• Annual revenues: Microsoft $58.4bn, Apple $36.5bn
• Annual net profits: Microsoft $14.6bn, Apple $5.7bn
• Earnings per share: Microsoft $1.62, Apple $6.29
• Price/earnings ratio: Microsoft 12.8, Apple 24.

Apple, which makes computers, iPods, iPhones and now iPads, almost went out of business in the 1990s.
Its growth is partly owing to the launch of the iPod in 2001.
Although the iPod works with computers running Microsoft's Windows operating systems, it encouraged more people to to buy one of Apple's computers.
The big popularity of the iPhone, which has become a big seller since it was first released in 2007, has further boosted Apple's profits and revenues.

It's a long game, we have good competitors... we too are a very good competitor

Steve Ballmer Microsoft chief executive

The handset has brought internet access on the move to the mass market, and led to an explosion in downloadable mobile "apps" - applications that enable a huge range of activities, from map reading to booking restaurants.
A new version of the iPhone is expected to be unveiled next month.
Meanwhile, this week sees the launch in the UK and eight other countries of Apple's iPad tablet computer.
This has already proven to be a big seller in the US, so much so that the UK launch was postponed to enable Apple to keep up with demand in the US.
Heyday Apple has to look back to late 1989 to see the last time it was a bigger company than Microsoft.
Microsoft makes most of its money from operating systems and software Microsoft, whose operating system runs on more than 90% of the world's personal computers, has not been able to match growth rates from its heyday of the 1990s.
Microsoft continues to make the majority of its earnings from its software and operating systems, and has struggled to successfully diversify into other products.
However, Microsoft has achieved success with its XBox games console.
Questioned on the news that Apple was now a bigger company, Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer said his firm would continue to follow a long-term strategy.
"It's a long game, we have good competitors... we too are a very good competitor," he said.
"We are executing very well and that is going to lead to great products and great success."

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Oracle Buys Secerno, Adds Heterogeneous Database Firewall to Oracle Database Security

On May 20, 2010, Oracle announced the acquisition of Secerno, adding a heterogeneous database firewall to Oracle's industry-leading database security solutions. This combination is expected to further enable customers to reduce the cost and complexity of securing their information throughout the enterprise with a protective perimeter around Oracle and non-Oracle databases.
Secerno's products are expected to expand Oracle's portfolio of security solutions to ensure data privacy, protect against insider threats, and enable regulatory compliance. Together, Oracle and Secerno's technologies are expected to further extend Oracle's comprehensive database security solutions to safeguard critical business information across the enterprise.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close by the end of June 2010. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently.

• Read the press release at Oracle

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In Redmond, Washington, one of the world's richest -- and most powerful -- businessmen sent an urgent memo to his top engineers and most-trusted managers.

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Meanwhile, a few hundred miles south, on the banks of the Columbia River, a mysterious outfit known only as "Design, LLC," quietly constructed two massive windowless warehouses.

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IBM Unveils New Products, Services And Strategy

IBM outlined an enhanced strategy for virtualization with integrated service management and launch new 'building blocks' -- software and services -- that allow clients to exploit physical and digital assets for improved operations, new products, and reduced costs at its Pulse 2010 channel and customer event.LAS VEGAS: Having set its sights on being a prime contractor, if not the architect, of the smarter planet, IBM has outlined an enhanced strategy for virtualization with integrated service management that focuses on four priorities: consolidation, management, automation and optimized delivery.

The company also rolled out new 'building blocks' -- software and services -- that allow clients to exploit physical and digital assets for improved operations, new products, and reduced costs. The announcements were made at Pulse 2010, to 5,000 attendees, including 1,000 from IBM's channel.

Quoting IDC, IBM says the revenue for the virtualization-related ecosystem is expected to exceed $46 billion by 2013. With the data center’s boundaries expanding beyond traditional IT assets to include physical assets embedded with intelligent technology such as building facilities, water mains and office equipment, more than one trillion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2011, and digital data is expected to grow tenfold from 2007 to 2011.

Tnuva goes to advanced ERP with Oracle

This is in Hebrew, Tnuva that changed ownership recently is changing ERP Strategy too Oracle: from Oracle Israel:

תנובה הצטרפה לטרנד העולמי ובחרה באורקל
אלברטו מרנפלד, סמנכ"ל פתרונות עסקיים באורקל ישראל:
עכשיו זה כבר לא סוד. כולם יודעים שתנובה, חברת המזון הגדולה בישראל, עוברת בימים אלה לאפליקציות העסקיות של אורקל. בתנובה מצטרפים לטרנד עולמי של חברות שבוחרות את אורקל לפלטפורמת מחשוב ארגוני

תנובה היא ארגון הקמעונות הגדול בישראל. היא הוקמה ב-1926, ונשלטת ע"י אייפקס (56%). היו"רית היא זהבית כהן מאייפקס, המנכ"ל הוא אריק שור, וה-CIO הוא יעקב רבינוביץ'. במהלך השנים התרחבה תנובה בתעשיית המזון, והיא מחזיקה בפעילות ייצור (מחלבות), שיווק, ניהול לוגיסטי ושרשרת הפצה מורכבת.

לאחרונה, החלה תנובה בפרויקט יישום מערכת ERP של אורקל. תחום מערכות התוכנה הארגוניות הגדולות אינו זר לתנובה. במשך השנים, השתמשה החברה במערכות של ספקים שונים בכל חלק מהפעילות - פיננסים, ניהול משאבי אנוש, לוגיסטיקה וייצור.

הבחירה של תנובה באורקל מהווה חיזוק משמעותי להצלחה המתמשכת של אורקל ישראל בשנים האחרונות. תנובה מצטרפת לכ-35 לקוחות חדשים בתחום ה ERP בשנתיים וחצי האחרונות. החברה בחרה באורקל כפלטפורמה למערכות מידע לאפליקציות עסקיות לעשור הקרוב. הפרויקט החל בתחילת נובמבר האחרון. בחברה מותקנים כיום פתרונות נוספים של אורקל, כגון מערכת איחוד דוחות כספיים של היפריון ומערכת CRM של Siebel.

תנובה מצטרפת לטרנד עולמי של חברות CPG וכן של תעשיית ה-Food & Beverages, שבוחרות את אורקל לפלטפורמת מיחשוב ארגוני. בין השמות הגדולים של חברות שביצעו את המעבר לטכנולוגיית אורקל ניתן למנות את חברת נסטלה העולמית, אשר כל מערך ה-CRM שלה עבר לאורקל, חברת יוניליבר, פפסי, הייניקן, חברת המיצים welchs, המחלבה הגדולה הבריטית dairy crest, חברת המיצים האמריקנית טרופיקנה, חברת דנונה הארגנטינאית והרשימה עוד ארוכה.

למה החברות הללו בוחרות באורקל? ישנן כמה סיבות עיקריות. אורקל מביאה פתרונות ייחודיים לתעשייה זו בתחום ניהול תחזיות, ניהול שרשרת אספקות, ניהול קשרי לקוחות, ניהול מבצעים, ייצור תהליכי ופתרונות ייחודיים. בנוסף, באורקל קיימת רמת שירות גבוהה ומחויבות עמוקה של החברה ושל צוות הניהול בפועל להצלחה של הפרויקט. עניין זה מחזק את ההובלה של אורקל במגזר העסקי. הפורטפוליו של אורקל גדל ומאפשר לכל מי שהשקיע באורקל, חידושים טכנולוגיים ואפליקטיביים. החידושים הללו וקצב העדכון וההתאמה על פי צורכי הלקוח, מאפשרים ללקוחות שקט נפשי וריכוז במטרות החברה, בזמן שאורקל דואגת שהחברה תעמוד בקצב השינויים.

תפקידה של חברת אורקל היא להבטיח שה-CIO יידע תמיד להציע לחברה פתרונות לתהליכים העסקיים וכן תמיכה מלאה בדרישות המשתנות. האסטרטגיה של אורקל מוכיחה את עצמה. בסופו של דבר, אורקל מציעה פתרון בכל תחום עסקי ובצורה מוצלחת.

Did you get an e-mail from Microsoft like this!!

On two computers I have with Legal Windows, VISTA on this computer and XP on a netbook
They are both Stuck I dowloaded 7 RC onto a disk legally and ran it sometimes usualy on SUN virtual Box I am also for Legal Software but do I deserve this:
It’s time to upgrade from the Windows 7 Release Candidate

While most people who tested Windows 7 have now moved to the final version, some are still running the Release Candidate. If you haven’t moved yet, it’s time to replace the RC.

Starting on March 1, 2010 your PC will begin shutting down every two hours. Your work will not be saved during the shutdown.

The Windows 7 RC will fully expire on June 1, 2010. Your PC running the Windows 7 RC will continue shutting down every two hours and your files won’t be saved during shutdown. In addition, your wallpaper will change to a solid black background with a persistent message on your desktop. You’ll also get periodic notifications that Windows isn’t genuine. That means your PC may no longer be able to obtain optional updates or downloads requiring genuine Windows validation.

To avoid interruption, please reinstall a prior version of Windows or move to Windows 7. In either case, you’ll need to do a custom (clean) install to replace the RC. As with any clean installation, you’ll need to back up your data then reinstall your applications and restore the data. For more details about replacing the RC, see the Knowledge Base

Linux Mint 9 Isadora in May

Linux Mint 9: “Isadora”

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:18:12 +0000

Linux Mint 9, based on the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, will be released in May this year under the codename “Isadora”. Of Greco-Latin origin, “Isadora” means “Gift from Isis”.

Microsoft Warns About 17-Year-Old Windows Bug

Microsoft Warns About 17-Year-Old Windows Bug
By Stuart J. Johnston
January 22, 2010

Microsoft acknowledged that a security researcher has located a 17-year-old hole in Windows that could be used to take over a user's system and said it plans a patch.

However, compromising a user's PC would not be easy, requiring physical access to the machine as well as authenticated password access, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) said in a Security Advisory Wednesday.

The hole, which originated with the release of Windows NT back in 1993 and is present in every 32-bit version of Windows since, including Windows 7, was discovered by Tavis Ormandy, a Google security team member in Switzerland.

Ormandy claimed in a posting to the Full Disclosure security mailing list earlier this week that the hole is in a portion of Windows originally meant to enable NT to run 16-bit MS-DOS applications.

The problem lies in what is known as the Virtual DOS Machine or VDM, which is meant to allow NT-based versions of Windows run 16-bit x86 programs. By manipulating what's called the kernel stack, an attacker can elevate his or her user privileges to an administrator’s level in order to take over the user's system.

Ormandy said that he notified Microsoft of the hole in June but, after receiving no response other than an acknowledgement, decided to publish his discussion as well as a proof-of-concept exploit.

That got Microsoft's attention and, on Wednesday, the software giant released the Security Advisory regarding the problem.

Microsoft noted that the proof-of-concept has not triggered any real world attacks so far. Partly, that is related to the requirement that any attack be carried out locally, not remotely. For that reason, the hole is not as dangerous as most zero-day vulnerabilities. Some Windows users are not at any risk

One piece of good news is that users of 64-bit versions of Windows are not affected. Many new PCs sold today are shipped with 64-bit Windows 7 preloaded, meaning they are not at risk, according to Microsoft's Security Advisory.

Microsoft's Security Advisory contains a workaround, which is to disable the use of the 16-bit VDM. That should have little impact on most users since the feature is rarely used today.

Even Ormandy played down how broad the hole's effect might be.

"The primary audience of this advisory is expected to be domain administrators and security professionals," Ormandy's post stated.

Microsoft normally patches zero-day vulnerabilities as quickly as possible, especially if they critically affect users' security.

For example, Microsoft patched a previously unknown zero-day that surfaced last week in attacks on Google China with an "out-of-band" fix Thursday.

Microsoft said it is working on a patch for the problem but hasn’t decided yet whether it will be released as an out-of-band fix or during a regular Patch Tuesday cycle.

However, since it took 17 years to discover the bug in the first place, and the additional requirement that a hacker be physically in control of a PC being attacked, Microsoft's security response team may view the hole as less likely than most to be seriously exploited.

Stuart J. Johnston is a contributing writer at InternetNews.com, the news service of Internet.com, the network for technology professionals

It is all Linux- Android- Google Phone -Chrome OS

http://developer.android.com/guide/basics/what-is-android.html
It is all linux and Thin Clients and sometimes Disinformation about this.
Android , Google Phone Nexus One. Google Chrome OS.