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Apple launches digital textbooks

January 20, 2012 5:04am PST

At an Apple press event in New York City, executives from the company announce a new initiative to reinvent textbooks. The new software will attempt to unify online databases and the printed word...

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Google unveils Android@Home

May 11, 2011 5:17am PDT

At the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, company executives show how Android software will be used in the future to connect home appliances and a living room media hub called Project Tungsten.

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Cracking the carpool conundrum with new collaboration software

March 25, 2010 8:50am PDT

Getting employees to rideshare has always been a difficult challenge for businesses. But Paul McGrath, CEO of Ridespring may have an answer. He’s developed web-based software that organizes...

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Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

September 23, 2009 10:56am PDT

At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He says he’d like to pattern the...

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Three steps for driving consensus in decision-making

August 31, 2009 6:08am PDT

Today's episode of CIO Sanity Savers passes along a few tricks that can help you bring diverse groups together and enable effective decision-making.

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Take steps to prevent IT myopia

July 1, 2009 10:18am PDT

Efforts to improve IT tend to focus on project management issues, but leaders need to also see the strategic view that's critical for successful IT operations. Here are some practical steps to...

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WWDC 2009: TomTom launches navigation app for iPhone

June 8, 2009 4:38pm PDT

At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, Peter-Frans Pauwels, CTO of TomTom, shows a new navigation application for the iPhone. The new software combines map data with turn-by-turn navigation. The new...

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WWDC 2009: Zipcar announces app for iPhone

June 8, 2009 4:12pm PDT

At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, Luke Schneider of Zipcar shows off a new application for the iPhone. The new software enables Zipcar users to find and reserve the nearest available vehicle on a...

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WWDC 2009: New app helps users find lost iPhone

June 8, 2009 1:52pm PDT

At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's SVP of iPhone software, Scott Forstall, demos a new app, "Find My iPhone," that helps people find their phone if it gets lost--the software...

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Image search software helps detect cancer

June 5, 2009 1:44pm PDT

At JavaOne in San Francisco, Calif., James Gosling, creator of Java, and Christopher Boone, CEO of Visuvi, demonstrate new image search software powered by Java that analyzes information based on...

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iPhone OS 3.0: Push notification

March 17, 2009 4:26pm PDT

Instant messaging and other real-time alerts will soon be available on your iPhone. Apple iPhone software guru Scott Forstall demonstrates.

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iPhone OS 3.0: Peer-to-peer networking

March 17, 2009 4:10pm PDT

Play multiplayer games and share data with the iPhone user next to you. Apple iPhone software guru Scott Forstall demonstrates.

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iPhone OS 3.0: MMS

March 17, 2009 3:53pm PDT

The iPhone finally gets multimedia messaging, letting you text message photos, calendar invites, and even contacts to another phone. Apple iPhone software guru Scott Forstall demonstrates.

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iPhone OS 3.0: Copy and paste

March 17, 2009 3:47pm PDT

At long last, iPhone users will soon be able to copy and paste text and images. Apple's senior vice president of iPhone software, Scott Forstall, demonstrates the new tap-and-drag feature.

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Group Decision Making That Works |At the Whiteboard

March 10, 2009 7:33am PDT

Making decisions within a group can be a long and complicated process. Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics, suggests that no matter what method you go with, you institute a "Disagree and Commit"...

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Apple rocks on with new GarageBand

January 6, 2009 3:29pm PST

At Macworld 2009 in San Francisco, Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, demonstrates the company's updated GarageBand software. Now designed to help Mac users learn to play...

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Apple tunes up Keynote features

January 6, 2009 2:40pm PST

At Macworld 2009 in San Francisco, Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, demonstrates new features of the company's Keynote software, which enables users to create dynamic...

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The top five reasons why projects fail

December 10, 2008 9:50am PST

Most organizations are trying to get better at project management because they recognize that there is a lot of value associated with efficient and successful project management. So why are so...

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RealDVD goes live, let the lawsuits begin

October 1, 2008 2:04pm PDT

ZDNet senior editor Sam Diaz offers his views on the recent lawsuits filed by the movie industry against Real Networks for its new RealDVD software. The movie studios are suing Real Networks...

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Oracle CEO launches 'world's fastest database machine'

September 24, 2008 4:38pm PDT

At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, HP CEO Mark Hurd joins Oracle CEO Larry Ellison via video conference to show a new hardware solution developed by the two tech companies. The HP Oracle...