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Apple sues motorola, further escalating cellphone wars

October 31st, 2010
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Apple Inc sued rival Motorola Inc, claiming the Droid smartphone maker infringes on three iPhone patents.

Cupertino, California-based Apple says Motorola is purposefully using its touchscreen software, as well as other display technologies.

“Motorola’s infringing activities have caused and will continue to cause Apple irreparable harm, for which it has no adequate remedy at law, unless Motorola’s infringing activities are enjoined,” Apple said in a nine-page filing on Friday with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Schaumburg, Illinois-based Motorola said it has not yet reviewed Apple’s filing, but that it intends to “pursue our litigation to halt Apple’s continued infringement.”

“Motorola has a leading intellectual property portfolio, one of the strongest in the industry, and we intend to vigorously defend ourselves in this matter,” the company said in a statement to Reuters.

Source:-http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1399016/Apple-sues-Motorola,-further-escalating-cellphone-wars

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TagMaster North America Introduces ACTS Application Software

October 31st, 2010
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The Access Control Tracking System (ACTS) offers an innovative solution for RFID implementation projects. Unveiled at the ASIS International 2010 security tradeshow in Dallas, Texas, ACTS has garnered immediate attention from security industry professionals for its:

• Integration with the trusted LR-series of long-range RFID readers;
• Embedded access control system for system independence;
• Web-enabled interface with real-time access control.

Using open architecture (Linux), the system offers familiarity, flexibility and ease-of-use. Featuring a read-range of up to 10 meters, frequency hopping (FHSS), and a variety of industry-standard interfaces, the LR-series continues its dominance of the long-range RFID market.

An LR-series reader embedded with ACTS offers ground-breaking system independence. All operating functions are handled by ACTS, eliminating reliance on external control panels or access control systems. Standard access management tools along with anti-passback capability, on-the-fly access scheduling, and state-of-the-art reporting are provided via the ACTS interface.

Using a powerful, web-enabled user interface ACTS offers the unparalleled flexibility to manage your access data securely and conveniently from any location in the world via a standard web browser. Over the years, TagMaster North America has worked with the vehicle access industry to understand what they needed most from their Automated Vehicle Identification provider, noted Ali Khaksar, President of TagMaster North America. The knowledge we acquired as we developed ACTS is part of our commitment to listen to our customers and provide them with the very best solution available in the vehicle access industry.

Source:-http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/80144/

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Small city, small budget, big success with GIS & asset management software

October 31st, 2010
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The City of Long Beach has recently integrated their GIS with new asset and work management software, increasing return on their GIS investment and reducing operating costs.

With a population touting 1,500 (1,501 if you count “Jake the Alligator Man” – Google that if you want to learn more), the small town of Long Beach began procuring GIS-based asset management and work order software in early 2009 to help organize workflow and improve maintenance records in the public works department.

The town implemented Elements Management Software by novotX in September of 2009 after being guided through the selection process by David Glasson, Finance Director and Assistant City Administrator.

Since the initial implementation of Elements Management Software, the city has been able to create work orders, log phone calls, keep track of job costing, and manage maintenance schedules in a GIS environment with Elements Management Software. The staff at Long Beach is also associating pictures and other important documents to their GIS assets – including building permits, licenses, fire reports, and more.

Extending beyond public works, additional departments have also taken advantage of the software and the City of Long Beach is currently using Elements Management Software in the following areas:

Work Orders
Sign Inventory
Sign Applications
Sign Maintenance
Fire Hydrants
Fire Reports
Fire Pre-plans
Design Reviews
Boundary Line Adjustments
Customer Action Requests
Conditional Use Permits
Short Plat Applications
Special Use Permits
Variance Applications
Small Works Roster Applications
Water and Sewer Applications
Template Letters & Forms That Automatically Include Property Information

Plans to expand Elements Management Software into additional departments are currently in the works.

Source:http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/21799/2/

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Take-two interactive software CEO ben feder to step down

October 31st, 2010
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News just got out about a serious management transition over at Take-Two Interactive Software, the major US-based publisher, developer, and distributor of video games and video game peripherals.

Chief exec Ben Feder has decided to step down, effective January 1, 2011, in order to pursue plans to travel in Asia with his family for an extended period.

Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two’s Executive Chairman, will take on the additional role of Chief Executive Officer.

Karl Slatoff, an EVP of Take-Two since 2008, has been named to the newly created role of COO. Slatoff previously worked with BMG Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company.

The news comes after the company earlier this week announced that it is changing its fiscal year to end March 31 instead of Oct. 31 to align its financial reporting more closely with the seasonality of its business.

Take-Two’s headquarters are in New York City, with international headquarters in Windsor, United Kingdom. Development studio locations include San Diego, Vancouver, Toronto and Austin, Texas.

Take-Two, which wholly owns 2K Games and Rockstar Games, has developed and published many notable games, including the Grand Theft Auto series, the Serious Sam shooter series, the Midnight Club racing series and BioShock.

The company was the target of hostile takeover bids from rival Electronic Arts issued in February 2008. The multi-billion dollar bid expired August 18, 2008.

Source:http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/29/take-two-interactive-software-ceo-ben-feder-to-step-down/

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VLC may vacate the iTunes app store

October 31st, 2010
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Well how’s this for a strange turn of events? You know how apps that get booted out of the app store are usually removed by Apple because they violate one or more of the company’s terms for the App Store? It turns out that Apple doesn’t have any problem at all with VLC media player for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. But it looks like the developers of the original VLC software do have a problem with Apple’s app store.

Basically, VLC is open source software licensed under the GPL… which means that the original software and any works derived from it have to be free and open source… which isn’t entirely the case when you get the app from the App Store, since it includes DRM.

Basically, when you get an app from the App Store, Apple imposes restrictions on how you can use and distribute the application, and that’s a violation of the GPL.

The long and short of it is that Apple will likely remove VLC from the App Store, not because it violates Apple’s rules, but because the App Store violates GPL’s rules. Maybe we’ll see a new version of VLC show up in the Cydia store for jailbroken iOS devices at some point, or maybe third party developers will port the app to Google Android or another platform which doesn’t include the same kind of use and distribution restrictions.

Theoretically, fighting to enforce the provisions of the GPL in cases like this could force Apple to see the error of its ways and make changes to accommodate apps like VLC. In reality, that seems highly unlikely, which means that one of the best third party video players for iOS is likely to just disappear from the App Store.

In other words… if you haven’t downloaded VLC for your iOS device yet, you might want to do it now before it’s gone.

Source:http://mobiputing.com/2010/10/vlc-may-vacate-the-itunes-app-store/

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Green hills software to showcase leading military communication solutions for next-generation device development

October 31st, 2010
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MILCOM Conference, Booth 427 — Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced that it will be demonstrating its leading edge integrated development suite (IDE), MULTI®, its safety and security certified INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS), its INTEGRITY Secure Visualization (ISV), and its wide portfolio of secure networking protocols on the industry’s leading multicore microprocessors.

The Green Hills solutions will showcase secure networking, secure virtualization, asymmetric and symmetric processing as well as the leading OS-agnostic multicore development environment for the next generation of multicore silicon from leading silicon providers.

The theme for this year’s MILCOM is the “Next Decade of Military Communications.” “It is paramount for military communication device developers to optimize their use of the unique capabilities being delivered on next-generation multicore devices in order to reduce space, weight, and power,” according to John Warther, vice president for government programs, Green Hills Software. “DoD budget constraints will motivate prime contractors and system integrators to rethink how they can improve productivity across their software development organization.

Green Hills Software’s IDE allows these contractors to develop, debug and optimize code for multicore processors more quickly, significantly reducing both development cost as well as shortening their certification and accreditation timeline. This directly allows organizations to improve their return on investment.”

Green Hills Software’s three kiosks will focus on advanced multicore visualization and debugging, heterogeneous OS multicore debugging, secure networking, secure virtualization and asymmetric/symmetric multicore processing. All kiosks will demonstrate the Green Hills award-winning INTEGRITY RTOS as the runtime environment foundation. The Green Hills INTEGRITY-178B RTOS is the first operating system technology certified by NIAP (National Information Assurance Partnership comprised of NSA & NIST) to EAL6+, High Robustness, the highest Common Criteria security level ever achieved for a software product. Only an EAL6+, High Robustness operating system is certified to protect high value assets from sophisticated attackers.

Asymmetric/Symmetric Processing
Green Hills will showcase the INTEGRITY RTOS running on Freescale Semiconductor’s Power Architecture® QorIQ™ processors providing solutions for environments requiring reduced size, weight and power. Multicore SoC processors provide performance within the embedded power environment while giving the user the ability to create partitioned applications in a secure environment that also meet the rigorous Certification & Accreditation (C&A) requirements when utilized with the Green Hills INTEGRITY operating system.

Secure Networking
Green Hills Software will showcase a Cavium OCTEON® cnMIPS64 multicore board running the Cavium Simple Executive and the Green Hills INTEGRITY real-time operating system. Cavium Networks processors enable next-generation routing and switching capability in tactical environments where data has to be securely maintained and transmitted among airborne, seaborne and terrestrial assets. The demo highlights the INTEGRITY operating system managing communications processing, enabling real-time critical interoperability of military communication devices.

Secure Virtualization
Green Hills Software will showcase INTEGRITY Secure Virtualization (ISV) highlighting multi-domain connectivity at different classification levels in a tactical environment. In the demonstration, multiple separate client computers are replaced by one dedicated machine for all classification levels. The INTEGRITY partitioned RTOS running ISV consolidates multiple systems onto a single physical device, allowing simultaneous support for applications running on Windows XP and Linux, with hard real-time and security-critical applications running independently on INTEGRITY.

Source:http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Green-Hills-Software-Showcase-Leading-Military-Communication-Solutions-Next-Generation-1344229.htm

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Parents can stop sexting with mobile phone monitoring

October 31st, 2010
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Mobile phone spy software is rapidly becoming one of the most in demand mobile applications today. Especially by parents, businesses and spouses who suspect they are being cheated on. With the features that mobile phone spy software offers, parents, businesses, and spouses find that it is a great benefit for one reason or another.

For example, parents are always worried about where their kids might be. This is a reasonable concern however one that most kids (especially teenagers) find irritating and overbearing. However, both teens and children will not find irritating to have their parents buy them smartphones, like BlackBerries or iPhones. Since these phones legally belong to their parents, who purchased them, the parents are free to install a mobile phone spy application. So they will be able to know the location of their kids at all times using Google Maps, a feature that such software offers.

Parents are also able to view the phone numbers that have called their kids’ cell phones and the phone numbers their kids have called. This information includes the time and length of the call, and any name that has been attached to the number. Parents can also read any text that has been sent or received by the cell phone, even if it is erased from the phone.

The same benefits can be gathered by company employers. However they are more interested in knowing if the employee is using the cell phone for personal use. Employers who choose to give mobile phones to their employees do so because they want them to use them for company purposes, not for long distance calls or other personal business. By viewing the activity of their employees with mobile phone spy software, they can be reassured that the money they pay on mobile calls is well spent. In addition, it isn’t as expensive as one might think.

That’s because an employer doesn’t have to install the mobile phone spy software on every employee mobile phone. Just installing it in the most suspicious employees and catching one will make all employees think they’re under supervision.

Finally, there are the spouses who think they are being cheated on. It is obvious what they need the mobile phone spy software for. In the end, it is up to each of us to decide whether this type of software is a good choice for us.

Source:http://www.watchlistnews.com/news/article190.php

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