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The new version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, formerly code-named “Titan,” has been completed and released to manufacturing. The new version is offered under two product names: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for on-premise and partner-hosted deployments and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live for Microsoft-hosted deployment.
Designed with a single unified-code base for both on-premise and on-demand deployments, Microsoft [...]

The OpenOffice.org Project has announced the immediate availability of its version 1.1 Beta. This release incorporates many new features and changes introduced with the developer builds over the past year. New functionality includes:
(1) additional import/export formats like PDF, Macromedia Flash, DocBook, several PDA Office file formats, flat XML and XHTML;
(2) support for Complex Text Layout [...]

Intel Corporation has released a software initiator package to drive the development of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) solutions for the Linux operating system. FCoE is a proposed specification that will allow Fibre Channel SAN traffic to run over Ethernet. By consolidating LAN and SAN traffic onto a single fabric, FCoE will simplify network infrastructure [...]

Merriam-Webster has declared the Word of the Year 2007 is w00t. Thousands participated in the search for Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2007, and the vast majority chose a small word that packs a pretty big punch.
This year’s winning word first became popular in competitive online gaming forums as part of what is known [...]

Apple has released another round of patches for the products. The company has made available patches to fix 41 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X.
The company has also updated the Safari web browser for the Windows platform.

Toshiba has announced that they are now joining a group headed by IBM to develop system chips using 32-nanometre circuitry.
The group includes other big names including Advanced Micro Devices, Samsung Electronics, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Infineon Technologies and Freescale Semiconductor.
This new group has committed to work on their project through 2010 to design, develop and produce [...]

SAP AG announced that SAP for Public Sector solutions are helping the United Nations (UN) and international organizations operate more efficiently while improving delivery of stakeholder services and employee benefits. International organizations including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and [...]

Adobe Systems has come out with their latest revenue report and the company has reported that their fourth-quarter profit surged 21 percent.
Adobe reported net income in the most recent quarter at around $222.2 million, or 38 cents a share.
Adobe has released some major applications this year including Visual Communicator 3, LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, Creative Suite [...]

Match.com has decided to launch its application on the Facebook social network to extend its services to the millions of users of Facebook.  The company is going to launch two new features this week which would let the users of both the services interact with each other.
One of the features would be: Little Black [...]

Nintendo Wii won again the title of the best-seeling gaming console in US during November with close to one million sold.
Wii was followed by Microsoft’s Xbox 360, that sold 770,000 units, which is quite a record. In September, Microsoft outsold Nintendo Wii, for the first time since the last holiday season, with 528,000 units [...]