Mike’s Express Carwash Uses UltiPro(R) through SaaS to Optimize Productivity …

WESTON, Fla., Mar 10, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ultimate Software /quotes/comstock/15*!ulti /quotes/nls/ulti ( ULTI 32.28 , -0.53 , -1.62% ) , the leading provider of unified, end-to-end human capital management (HCM) SaaS solutions in North America, announced today that Mike’s Express Carwash, a national leader in its industry, has freed its […]

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529 Money for College Expenses Only

Can you use money from a 529 college-savings plan to pay for private high school? No, you can’t use money from a 529 tax-free to pay for private high school — 529 money can be used tax-free only to pay for college tuition, fees, books, supplies and required equipment. College students […]

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Entourage Edge dual screen eBook reader reviewed

It’s about the size and shape of a netbook. But instead of a screen and keyboard, it has two screens: 1 9.7 inch e_ink display and a second 10.1 inch color LCD. Both screens are touch sensitive, and the Edge runs Google Android, which means it can run a number of third party […]

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Living With: Nokia N97 Firmware v21.0.045 Review

Has the firmware update v21.0.045 kicked things into touch, or has Nokia just papered over the cracks? Find out with our Nokia N97 v21.0.045 review.. Nokia Firmware Update v21.0.045 was released about a month ago for update via PC link. The firmware patch promises to bring improved call reliability, smoother scrolling and improvements […]

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Research and Markets: Software-As-A-Service (SaaS)

This report analyzes the Global market for Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) in the Enterprise Application Software Market (EAS) in US$ Million by the following segments: CCC (Content, Communications & Collaboration), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), ERP & SCM (Enterprise Resource Planning, and Supply Chain Management), Office Suites, DCC (Digital Content Creation), and Others. […]

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Senate takes up unemployment benefits bill

The Senate on Tuesday plunged into debate on a bill that would ensure the flow of extra unemployment benefits through this year. The bill, if passed as expected, would make eligibility retroactive to March 1. That would allow unemployed workers to receive any payments that were suspended after a law that provides […]

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Auto Industrial News Updates Across the Globe

The free trade agreement (FTA) signed between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China (ASEAN + 1) became effective the first day of 2010. The ASEAN + 1 is the other top-3 trading bloc than the West’s NAFTA (the North America Tree Trade Agreement) and the European Union (EU). […]

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“Task Pooper” could revolutionize GNOME desktop

The GNOME community’s design and usability experts gathered for a week-long hackfest hosted by Canonical in the UK to shape the next major iteration of the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME 3, which is tentatively scheduled for release in September, will introduce new user interface paradigms and include an upgraded desktop shell environment. […]

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IBM: Vulnerabilities Fell in 2009, but Other Risks Abound

The number of software vulnerabilities fell overall in 2009, but the number of bugs in document readers and multimedia applications increased by 50 percent, according to IBM’s annual X-Force Trend and Risk Report. IBM’s X-Force research and development team studies vulnerability disclosures and collects other data on Web-based attacks. … […]

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Autodesk Honors Value-Added Resellers on 25th Anniversary

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Mar 02, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Autodesk, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!adsk /quotes/nls/adsk ( ADSK 28.85 , +0.38 , +1.33% ) , is proud to announce that 10 Value-Added Resellers (VARs) from around the world are celebrating 25 years of outstanding commitment to sales and customer service as Autodesk partners. […]

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Scientists Reaffirm Huge Asteroid Killed Dinosaurs

T/S Content Partners, like True/Slant contributors, are credible sources with topic-specific expertise. Each partner has a collaborative business relationship with True/Slant, and produces content on the True/Slant network using the same tools as T/S contributors. Please contact partners@trueslant.com Most believe the monstrous asteroid that smashed into Earth 65 million years ago left […]

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Tech Tips: Love the Olympics? Careful What You Search For

I’m already sucked into the Vancouver Olympics and all of the inspirational (and tragic) stories and performances. However, I’m now thinking twice about googling my new fav athlete after hearing this: Searching online for record-breaking times, performances or screensavers of your favorite Olympians means you have a significant chance of getting infected with […]

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eDiscovery Cloud: Processing, ECA, Analysis And Review Through Production

CaseCentral is the leader in secure, cloud-based eDiscovery software for corporate counsel and law firms to simplify and take control of eDiscovery. We celebrated our 15th anniversary last March - when we started our business in 1994 email didn’t exist as a mainstream business application and a big case had 200 boxes of […]

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More online trust? Collect less data

FRANCISCO–Businesses are asking for too much personal information from their customers in efforts to create an online “trusted environment” for interaction, and more importantly, e-commerce. Trojans, spam mail and other malware, noted Stefan Brands, principal architect of Microsoft’s identity and access group, in an interview with ZDNet Asia Wednesday. …

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Internet Security Company 54F3 Rebrands as Site Security Monitor

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — While earning considerable nerd cred under its old name, 54f3.com — “Safe” in L33t computer language — has re-branded as Site Security Monitor (www.sitesecuritymonitor.com), which is just the one of the steps in the company’s “re-brand, release, repair” approach to improve online safety. …

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The Princess and the Frog [3-Disc Edition] - Blu-ray Disc Review

Executive Producer on the film and is one of the major parties responsible for this rebirth of 2D hand-drawn animation at Disney as of late. Most of you know him from heading up Pixar but, he is also the head of Disney Animation, and after seeing this film you will agree with me […]

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Clarizen Selected as Finalist for 2010 CODiE Awards Expert Panel Places …

CODiE Awards in the Best Project Management Solution category. All products that qualified as finalists will now be reviewed by members of SIIA, who will vote to select the winner for this category, as well as 55 other categories. The winners will be announced in May. 188 products from 136 companies were […]

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RSA 2010: Microsoft planning universal network access control

The corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group used his keynote at RSA 2010 to outline plans for universal network access controls. Scott Charney said that there is a case to be made for computers being scanned before going online to make sure that no malware is present and that applications […]

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Adding a plus makes Pre, Pixi better

Adding a plus makes Pre, Pixi betterA Consumer Tech reviewUpdated: Sunday, 21 Feb 2010, 10:47 PM EST
Published : Sunday, 21 Feb 2010, 10:37 PM EST By Matt Schuler, Technology Columnist GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (LIN) - Call me old-fashioned, but I tend to think that when you release a sequel that makes […]

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Apple’s Aperture 3 Freezes Some Users’ Computers

Apple released its pro photo editing app, support forums filled up with reports of memory leaks, frozen computers and “out of disk space” warnings.Seth Weintraub, Computerworld Apple released Pro level Photo editing and organizing application Aperture 3 last week promising the “faces and places” of consumer level iPhoto as well as some […]

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