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HOT NEWS | Today's Headlines
1. TOP NEWS STORIES
- Lotus Notes 8 Basic vs. Standard Java Version
- Lotus Notes 8 Email Screenshots
- Lotus Notes 8 Calendar & Scheduling Screenshots
- Lotus Notes 8 Composite Applications Screenshots
- Lotus Notes 8 Productivity Tools Screenshots
- IBM Delivers New Lotus Sametime Offerings
- The new Lotus Sametime V8 family
- IBM Workplace Web Content Management V2.x to V6.x Migration Guide
- Carestream Health Selects IBM Unified Communications Software for
Immediate
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER RELATED TECHNOLOGY NEWS
- Which Democratic Candidate Will Limit H-1Bs?
- Commodore 64 still loved after all these years
- Taxes may rain on solar thermal ambitions
- Death goes digital: The electronic tombstone
- Keeping up with the Simses (SimCity Game)
- Survey tracks nation's shift from landlines to cell phones
- Microsoft ramps up anti-piracy efforts with 52 lawsuits
- Student arrested in online threats to kill
- Trojans Get Agile with Web 2.0 Tricks
- On-the-fritz sensor grounds Atlantis until next year
- Apple ups iPhone purchase limit to five
- Gibson unveils self-tuning guitar
- Microsoft, Autodesk Lose Patent Appeal
- 3 iPhone alternatives
- Video Clip: Technology rebuilds reefs
- Time: Top 10 scientific discoveries of 2007
- Nuclear council addresses industry challenges
- Breakthrough could 'lighten' up supercomputers
- Africa to get IBM supercomputer donation
- Software donation speeds accessibility options
- Shift seen in telecom biz models
- IBM and CARE focus on African microfinance
- IBM ups investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tech helps bridge parent/teacher language gap
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LEAD STORY
LOTUS NOTES 8 BASIC VS. STANDARD JAVA VERSION | Lotus
The system memory requirements for running the Lotus Notes 8 client with the
Java-based interface are higher than those required for running previous
versions of the Lotus Notes client. It is accepted that not all
organizations
will have the required workstation specifications throughout their
organizations and therefore might not be able to upgrade to the Lotus
Notes 8
client with the Eclipse-based interface configuration at this time. However,
for organizations not able to take advantage of the Java-based interface
configuration, it is still possible to install the Lotus Notes 8 client
without this interface, or to install the Lotus Notes 8 client with the
Java-
based interface but not to load the option until the workstation has been
upgraded to the required specification. The system requirements for this
configuration are the same as those for the Lotus Notes 6.5/7.x client.
Certain functions and features will not be available with the Lotus Notes 8
"Basic Configuration." The full list of features and their requirements is
listed in Appendix A, "Lotus Notes 8 client feature requirements" on
page 145.
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OTHER HEADLINES
LOTUS NOTES 8 EMAIL SCREENSHOTS | Lotus
IBM Lotus Notes 8 software makes navigating and managing email easier than
ever before. Lotus Notes 8 software provides a new vertical preview pane in
addition to the horizontal preview pane in previous versions. New visual
clues
indicate messages with associated email threads. Click on the visual
indicator
and see the email thread. In Lotus Notes 8, users open email messages in a
separate windows and can view the associated mail threads in a left side
navigation bar while reading the email message.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/notes/email.html
LOTUS NOTES 8 CALENDAR & SCHEDULING SCREENSHOTS | Lotus
IBM Lotus Notes 8 software introduces enhancements to the Calendar function
that helps give users greater flexibility and greater power over their
schedules. Daily and weekly views in the Calendar allow users to
customize the
look of Lotus Notes 8 software to better fit the way they work. Lotus
Notes 8
software helps make rescheduling meetings easier. Users can deselect invited
persons and leave only the most critical attendees on the invitation list.
This makes it easy to find a time that works for the people that have to
be involved.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/notes/calendar.html
LOTUS NOTES 8 COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS SCREENSHOTS | Lotus
Rapidly assemble new applications -- IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 software
makes it easier to integrate line-of business (LOB) solutions and data into
new types of applications, called composite applications. Composite
applications, which are experienced at the front end of a service-oriented
architecture (SOA), aggregate components on the screen to present content
from multiple systems in single context for the end user. Featured
capabilities: Assemble different components -- Provide specific
functions and
access to information from multiple sources: Lotus Notes databases, Java
applications, the Web or a customer relationship management application.
Improve individual and organizational effectiveness -- Enable
interaction and
collaboration in the context of the business processes and LOB applications
that your employees use every day. Mix and match components in multiple
composite applications -- Allow developers to create a wide variety of
applications with a small set of services - without writing code. Boost
return
on investment by leveraging your existing technology -- Utilize your current
infrastructures like IBM WebSphere Portal and Lotus Domino.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/notes/compositeapplications.html
LOTUS NOTES 8 PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS SCREENSHOTS | Lotus
IBM Lotus Notes 8 software includes a set of office productivity tools which
support the Open Document Format (ODF) standard. These productivity tools
include word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation capabilities. Lotus
Notes users will be able to create, manage, edit, and import documents
in ODF.
The IBM productivity tools can also import and edit Microsoft Office
documents
and export those documents to ODF for sharing with ODF-compliant
applications
and solutions. Open standards means you don't need to worry about end of
life
uncertainties or expensive, ongoing software licensing and royalty fees --
providing you the opportunity to save money and reduce your Total Cost of
Ownership. IBM Lotus Documents - Create, edit, and share word processing
documents. IBM Lotus Presentations - Create and deliver presentations. IBM
Lotus Spreadsheets - Create spreadsheets and analyze numerical data.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/notes/productivitytools.html
IBM DELIVERS NEW LOTUS SAMETIME OFFERINGS | Lotus
IBM today announced that Lotus Sametime Standard 8 and a new product, Lotus
Sametime Entry, will be available the week of December 3 to help improve the
unified communication and collaboration experience for millions of users.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/swnews/swnews.nsf/n/cfag79jnqq?OpenDocument&Site...
THE NEW LOTUS SAMETIME V8 FAMILY | Lotus developerWorks
Learn about the extended family of Lotus Sametime V8 software: Lotus
Sametime
Entry, Lotus Sametime Standard, Lotus Sametime Advanced, and Lotus Sametime
"Unified Telephony."
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/sametime8-new/?S_TACT=105AGX13&S_CMP...
IBM WORKPLACE WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT V2.X TO V6.X MIGRATION GUIDE |
Lotus developerWorks
Get information on infrastructure, readiness, and migration project plans as
well as the technical steps, workarounds, and error handling to upgrade from
Workplace Web Content Management V2/V5 to V6.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/documentation/webcontentmanagement/d-ls-.../
CARESTREAM HEALTH SELECTS IBM UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FOR
IMMEDIATE COLLABORATION ON URGENT PATIENT CASES | Lotus
At the Radiological Society of North America's annual conference, Carestream
Health, Inc. today announced an agreement to integrate and sell a key
component of the IBM Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC2)
platform -
- IBM Lotus Sametime. The combination of Lotus Sametime software and
Carestream Health's radiology solutions will facilitate rapid communication,
including instant messaging and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
interactions between radiologists and other medical professionals
involved in
the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
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Which Democratic Candidate Will Limit H-1Bs? |
TechsUnite.org
The H-1B visa issue surfaced in the presidential campaign yesterday during
National Public Radio's (NPR) Democratic Debate (
www.npr.org), when one
of the
debate moderators asked the candidates if they are for or against expanding
the H-1B visa program. If tech workers raised their hopes that these
candidates would understand the issue, then those hopes got dashed. Not only
did the responses tout the corporate line that education is solution,
but also
stated misinformation about how the program actually works.
http://www.techsunite.org/news/display.cfm?ID_Content=5218
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Commodore 64 still loved after all these years | CNN Tech
Like a first love or a first car, a first computer can hold a special
place in
people's hearts. For millions of kids who grew up in the 1980s, that first
computer was the Commodore 64. Twenty-five years later, that first brush
with
computer addiction is as strong as ever. There was something magical
about the
C64," says Andreas Wallstrom of Stockholm, Sweden. He remembers the day he
first laid eyes on his machine back in 1984. "My father brought it home
together with a tape deck, a disk drive, a printer, and a couple of games...
I used to sneak home during lunch to play [on it] with my friends." Millions
of Commodore 64s were sold in the 1980s.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/07/c64/index.html
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Taxes may rain on solar thermal ambitions | CNET
California is pushing solar thermal energy, but the technology's future
depends largely on a real estate tax break that expires in 2009.
http://www.news.com/Will-taxes-halt-Calif.s-solar-thermal-ambitions/2100-13836_3...
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Death goes digital: The electronic tombstone | CNN Tech
No one would set a scrapbook filled with pictures and memories on the
tombstone of a loved one. But what about a high-tech, weatherproof version,
with digital images powered by a solar cell? That innovation is
available now
-- but finding customers so far has proven slow going.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/12/10/video.tombstones.ap/index.html
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Keeping up with the Simses (SimCity Game) | CNET
The original SimCity, which came out in 1989, was the brainchild of the now-
legendary game designer Will Wright. The game, which gave players god-like
powers to create their own cities, was a huge success and, after several
sequels, eventually led to The Sims, a game that some at EA didn't
believe in.
But as is now well-chronicled, The Sims became the most-successful PC
game of
all time, vaulting Wright into a level of celebrity and power he still
maintains to this day.
http://www.news.com/Keeping-up-with-the-Simses/2008-1043_3-6222232.html?tag=nefd...
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Survey tracks nation's shift from landlines to cell phones | CNN Tech
More than one in eight households have cell phones but lack traditional
landline telephones, according to a federal study released Monday that
tracks
the country's growing dependence on wireless phones. The data, reported
twice
a year, suggested that the number of households relying solely on cell
phones
may be growing more slowly than it had in the past. But the researchers said
the slowdown might be due to changes in their survey, including altering the
order of some questions and some of the wording.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/10/cell.phones.only.ap/index.html
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Microsoft ramps up anti-piracy efforts with 52 lawsuits | CNET
The company filed a deck of lawsuits against alleged software pirates,
seeking
to stem the tide on a $40 billion industry. The software giant, which
has led
an active campaign against counterfeit copies of its software over the years
announced Tuesday that it filed cases against resellers in countries that
ranged from China to the Netherlands to the United Kingdom and United
States.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9832272-7.html?tag=nefd.top
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Student arrested in online threats to kill | CNN Tech
Los Angeles police arrested a 21-year-old Loyola Marymount University
student
in connection with an online threat to shoot people on campus, officials
said
Saturday. Police arrested Carlos Huerta, a senior at Loyola, for
investigation
of making criminal threats. Huerta was taken into custody Saturday night
near
his apartment on campus. Huerta is suspected of posting a message that he
would shoot and kill as many people as possible on campus before being
killed
himself by police, authorities said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/09/blogger.threat.ap/index.html
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Trojans Get Agile with Web 2.0 Tricks | eWeek
Malware that researchers have dubbed "Trojan 2.0" is using RSS feeds to
communicate. Security researchers have spotted Trojans that are using RSS
feeds to communicate instead of their traditional method of "phoning
home" to
get marching orders from command-and-control centers that security
researchers
have learned to track down and blacklist.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2230863,00.asp
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On-the-fritz sensor grounds Atlantis until next year | CNN Tech
NASA scrubbed space shuttle Atlantis' planned Sunday launch after a cut-off
sensor designed to gauge the fuel level of the external liquid hydrogen tank
failed another test, a space agency spokesman said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/09/space.shuttle/index.html
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Apple ups iPhone purchase limit to five | CNET
After putting a two-unit limit on purchases of the iPhone back in
October, the
company has quietly raised the limit back to five.
http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9831927-37.html?tag=nefd.top
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Gibson unveils self-tuning guitar | CNET Tech
Musicians of the world are getting a new kind of artistic freedom with
technology that eliminates the challenging chore of tuning. The guitar's
technology can recognize pitch and tighten the strings accordingly.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/12/04/selftuning.guitar.ap/index.html
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Microsoft, Autodesk Lose Patent Appeal | CMNN Money
Microsoft and Autodesk Lose Their Appeal of $158 Million Patent Ruling --
Microsoft Corp. must pay more than $140 million for infringing on software
patents owned by a Michigan-based technology company, a federal appeals
court
has ruled. Z4 Technologies Inc. sued Microsoft and Autodesk Inc., maker of
drafting software, in 2004, claiming the technology they used to activate
newly installed software and deter piracy infringed on patents created and
owned by David Colvin, the owner of privately held z4.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/2eefc87cd9097bb277695975f20194a9...
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3 iPhone alternatives | CNN Money
Field Test: Musical cellphones -- You don't have to spring for an iPhone to
stuff a stocking with a cellphone that can carry a tune. Stores are filled
with affordable mobile phones that have access to a growing library of
digital music.
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0712/gallery.fieldtest_cellphones.fortune/index...
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Video Clip: Technology rebuilds reefs | CNN Tech
Electricity is used to revive coral reefs threatened by climate change.
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Time: Top 10 scientific discoveries of 2007 | CNN Tech
#1. Stem Cell Breakthroughs -- In November, Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto
University and molecular biologist James Thomson of the University of
Wisconsin reported that they had reprogrammed regular skin cells to behave
just like embryonic stem cells. #2. Human Mapped . #3. Brightest Supernova
Recorded. #4. Hundreds of New Species. #5. Building a Human Heart Valve.
http://www.cnn.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686252_1690920...
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Nuclear council addresses industry challenges | IBM
The nuclear power industry must collaborate more and increase its use of
information technology to manage various types of risk. Those responses
to key
industry challenges emerged from the inaugural meeting of the IBM Nuclear
Power Advisory Council held recently in La Gaude, France.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2007/12/2007_12_10.html
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Breakthrough could 'lighten' up supercomputers | IBM
IBM researchers report a significant advance in the quest to send
information
between multiple cores – “brains” – on a chip using pulses of light
through silicon, instead of electrical signals on wires. The breakthrough
could lead to supercomputers that would fit into a laptop PC.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2007/12/2007_12_06.html
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Africa to get IBM supercomputer donation | IBM
Hoping to spark scientific and socio-economic progress in Africa, IBM will
donate a 14-teraflop Blue Gene/P system to the Meraka Institute. The machine
will be installed next year in the Center for High Performance Computing
(CHPC) in Cape Town.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2007/12/2007_12_05A.html
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Software donation speeds accessibility options | IBM
The Eclipse Foundation, an open source community, is getting Accessibility
Tools Framework, a collection of tools and building blocks developed and
contributed by IBM. Using the framework, developers can build various
accessibility tools that help people with disabilities interact with
their computers.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2007/12/2007_12_05.html
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Shift seen in telecom biz models | IBM
A decline in revenues from voice services and the convergence of new media,
online and telecommunications players are causing telecom executives to
release their business models, according to a new IBM survey.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2007/12/2007_12_05B.html
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IBM and CARE focus on African microfinance | IBM
IBM and CARE are teaming up to bring more microfinancing to Sub-Saharan
Africa, lowering the costs of financial services in the region.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2007/12/2007_12_04A.html
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IBM ups investment in Sub-Saharan Africa | IBM
IBM plans to increase its investment in Sub-Saharan Africa by more than $120
million over the next two years. The companyalso expects to hire up to 100
students from universities in the region.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2007/12/2007_12_04.html
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Tech helps bridge parent/teacher language gap | IBM
Dozens of public and charter schools in Arkansas will get IBM translation
technology to help bridge the communication gap between Spanish-speaking
families and English-speaking teachers.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2007/11/2007_11_30.html
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