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& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;SAS Institute announced on Thursdaya new toolset aimed at giving business users the ability to work with predictive analytics software, which has historically been the province of specialized statisticians. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Predictive analytics refers to the practice of crunching existing data sets in an effort to determine patterns and predict future outcomes. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Google and AOL have renewed a long-term partnership that gives AOL Web properties access to Google search and advertising services. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;The partnership, in place since May 2002 and renewed for the third time, provides revenue-sharing from AOL in exchange for search services. The new deal will expand to give AOL access to Google & #039;s mobile search products and Google subsidiary YouTube access to AOL & #039;s video content, the companies said in a statement. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;An information security company will soon release a tool that will allow companies to test their ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for security threats. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;The & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.onapsis.com/x1 & quot; & gt;first version of X1 & lt;/a & gt; works with SAP business platforms, said Mariano Nuñez Di Croce, director of research and development for Onapsis. The company eventually plans to add modules for Siebel, Oracle and PeopleSoft ERP applications, he said. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/dell & quot; & gt;Dell & lt;/a & gt; on Thursday said it would not increase its most recent proposal to acquire & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/storage-virtualization & quot; & gt;virtualized storage & lt;/a & gt; vendor 3Par, paving the path for rival & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/hewlett-packard-hp & quot; & gt;Hewlett-Packard & lt;/a & gt; to acquire the company. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Intel will release on Thursday an upgrade to its parallel development toolset for Windows application developers, adding both a tool to walk developers through parallelism, as well as support for Microsoft & #039;s Visual Studio 2010 IDE. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/ios-0 & quot; & gt;Apple & #039;s iOS mobile operating system & lt;/a & gt; is now the third-most popular platform on the Internet, with a share nearly six times larger than & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/google-android-0 & quot; & gt;Android & lt;/a & gt; & #039;s, a Web measurement company said Wednesday. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Virtualization has not stripped Windows of its relevance, a & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/ & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;Microsoft & lt;/a & gt; official said in response to & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/083110-vmworld-maritz-keynote.html & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;VMware CEO Paul Maritz & #039;s argument & lt;/a & gt; that operating systems are no longer the center of innovation in the IT world. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;Hurricane Earl & lt;/a & gt; today continues to threaten the east coast of the U.S. in the midst of what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts will be an & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100805_hurricaneupdate.html & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;unusually active hurricane season & lt;/a & gt; . & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;3Par, which is already the subject of a bidding war between Hewlett-Packard and Dell, is now among a group of companies being sued by Crossroads Systems for patent infringement. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Crossroads & #039; products include storage routers and storage bridges, a database security appliance, virtual tape appliances, tape encryption and file migration software. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;ActiveState has updated its distributions of the Python programming language so that they provide developers easier access to databases, as well as new ways of creating GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces), the company announced Wednesday. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;The ActivePython update also offers ways for programmers to create secure connections to databases and Web services, using OpenSSL and M2Crypto-based cryptographic modules. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;VMware and Novell announced on Wednesday general availability of Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, geared for use in virtualized and cloud environments. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware is designed to reduce IT complexity and assist with the evolution to a fully virtualized data center, the companies said. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Oracle is hoping to entice a younger generation of Java programmers into its fold by offering students complimentary admission to the upcoming JavaOne and Oracle Develop conferences. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;To qualify for a Discover Pass to the conferences, qualifying students must be 18 years old, enrolled in a nonprofit, accredited institution, and taking at least six course units, & lt;a href= & quot;http://blogs.oracle.com/javaone/2010/09/calling_all_student_developers_get_into_javaone_and_oracle_develop_for_free.html & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;according to an official blog post Wednesday & lt;/a & gt;. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Oracle & #039;s lawsuit against Google over Java patents could alienate some people in the Java space, but the litigation is not likely to prompt a forking of the Java platform itself, the founder of the popular Spring Framework for Java development said on Wednesday. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;When & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/google-backs-out-javaone-conference-591 & quot; & gt;it bowed out of the JavaOne conference & lt;/a & gt; this year, Google & lt;a href= & quot;http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-javaone.html & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;cited Oracle & #039;s lawsuit & lt;/a & gt; over Java use in Google Android. But one Google technologist suggests a second possible reason for Google & #039;s reticence: Oracle & #039;s lack of focus on developers. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Apple CEO Steve Jobs today -- in the midst of a blitz of consumer-oriented announcements such as video rentals in iTunes, a new touch-based iPod music player model, and an online multiuser gaming service -- introduced a new version of its mobile OS and a new version of the iPod Touch. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/salesforcecom-0 & quot; & gt;Salesforce.com & lt;/a & gt; rolled out a new service on Wednesday that integrates business-contact information with its own & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/customer-relationship-management & quot; & gt;CRM (customer relationship management) & lt;/a & gt; application and Chatter & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/collaboration & quot; & gt;collaboration software & lt;/a & gt;. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;IBM next will begin shipping a computer with something that customers have not seen in a new & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/mainframes & quot; & gt;mainframe & lt;/a & gt; from the company since 1995 -- water cooling. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;The new mainframe, & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179534/IBM_s_new_mainframe_the_zEnterprise_196_is_a_leviathan & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;dubbed the zEnterprise 196 & lt;/a & gt;, can operate with up to 96 processors versus 64 in the System z10 mainframe using about the same amount of power. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Intel wants to be a force in the mobile computing world -- a fact that was made clear by the company & #039;s recently announced & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/intel-acquire-infineons-wireless-division-14-billion-677 & quot; & gt;plans to acquire chip maker Infineon Technology & #039;s wireless division & lt;/a & gt; and & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/intel-buy-mcafee-768-billion-442 & quot; & gt;security software provider McAfee & lt;/a & gt;. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Microsoft on Tuesday again abstained from naming which of its Windows programs, if any, contain bugs that could lead to & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/windows-dll-exploits-boom-296 & quot; & gt;widespread & quot;DLL load hijacking & quot; attacks & lt;/a & gt;. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Also on Tuesday, the company published an automated tool to make it easier for users to block attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in a host of Windows applications. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Data traffic volumes have surpassed voice in the mobile space, a trend that is expected to continue well into the future, an Ericsson official said during an industry panel session in Silicon Valley Tuesday evening. & lt;/p & gt;