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Days of the Week
July 26, 2011 – 11:00 pm | No Comment
O’Reilly Open Source Convention coming back to Portland
July 26, 2011 – 5:10 pm | No Comment

Oregon Live: “Thousands of software developers will converge on Portland this week for the O’Reilly Open Source Convention, or OSCON. The conference, one of the largest gatherings of its kind, runs Monday through Friday at the Oregon Convention Center.”

Will Apple’s iPhone 5 Feature Fully-Integrated Voice Control?
July 26, 2011 – 11:00 am | No Comment

It’s rumored that Apple will use technology from iPhone app Siri to launch fully-integrated voice control in the iPhone 5.

Microsoft® Honors KnowledgeLake Employee, Steve Curran with 2011 SharePoint MVP Award
July 26, 2011 – 8:03 am | No Comment

KnowledgeLake Engineer is Three-Time Microsoft MVP WinnerSt. Louis, MO (PRWEB) July 26, 2011 KnowledgeLake, provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions exclusively for Microsoft SharePoint, cordially congratulates Sr. Software Engineer, Steve Curran for being honored with the notable 2011 Microsoft SharePoint MVP Award. MVPs are considered technical leaders as they actively share …

DoD debuts a brand-new Linux for telecommuters
July 26, 2011 – 7:37 am | No Comment

With all the hundreds of Linux distributions already available for practically every niche and purpose, users of the open source operating system are accustomed to having a wealth of choices. Recently, however, the set of options got even bigger thanks to a brand-new, security-focused Linux distribution from none other than the U.S. Department of Defense.

Will Apple’s iPhone 5 Feature Fully-Integrated Voice Control?
July 25, 2011 – 8:00 am | No Comment

It’s rumored that Apple will use technology from iPhone app Siri to launch fully-integrated voice control in the iPhone 5.

Microsoft spells out Office for Mac bugs in Lion
July 25, 2011 – 6:46 am | No Comment

Computerworld – Microsoft last week confirmed that customers running Office for Mac will experience problems with the suite on Apple’s new Lion operating system.

Speculation
July 24, 2011 – 11:00 pm | No Comment