http://newyork.corante.com/ en-us basulto@gmail.com 2005-07-27T07:12:07-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/27/computer_associates_to_make_email_better_with_qurb_acquisition.php Long Island-based Computer Associates has acquired California-based Qurb, an email software security provider, in an all-cash deal. According to Crain's New York, the deal will beef up the company's security management portfolio. Security management -- protecting against phishing and other... 50943@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2005-07-27T07:12:07-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/19/true_crime_virtual_city_and_a_big_headache_for_the_nypd.php A new video game due to be released in the fall, True Crime: New York City, claims to have "the most authentic depiction of the Big Apple in a video game." According to Activision, "the streets are accurate as... 50904@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2005-07-19T07:49:08-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/15/marvel_plays_games_with_microsoft.php Marvel must be feeling flush, especially after the box office performance of recent movies starring Spider Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. Now, The Motley Fool reports that Microsoft and Marvel have joined forces to put Marvel characters into... 50890@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2005-07-15T07:05:12-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/06/20/senator_schumer_to_lead_fight_against_violent_video_games.php Senator Chuck Schumer is leading the crusade against violent video games, hoping to stop the next generation of hyper-violent games (especially the ones that encourage gamers to partake in all kinds of urban mayhem) from ever being sold in... 50771@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2005-06-20T11:59:26-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/06/14/downloadable_books_from_the_new_york_public_library.php There are now 733 downloadable titles in the New York Public Library's digital audio collection: "Anyone with a library card and a Windows media player can now borrow audio versions of everything from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to Zane... 50742@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2005-06-14T07:40:37-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/03/30/wont_you_be_my_neighbor.php The Neighborhood Project is an "experiment in collective knowledge" that first went live in San Francisco, with plans to roll it out to other cities later. We assume that New York has to be high on the list of cities... 50367@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2005-03-30T10:59:02-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/03/03/snocap_and_the_return_of_shawn_fanning.php NY1's Adam Balkin explains that Napster's Shawn Fanning, once the "most hated man within the music industry establishment," is back with a legal peer-to-peer file-sharing system that's already a a big hit at the New York Digital Music Forum. Fanning's... 50226@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2005-03-03T08:05:05-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/02/09/microsoft_invades_long_island.php Less than 12 months after the company filed for a $57 million IPO (which was subsequently pulled), Long Island's Sybari Software announced plans to be acquired by Microsoft for an undisclosed sum. According to Newsday, Sybari is "expected to become... 50134@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2005-02-09T10:20:09-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/02/01/software_freedom.php The New York Times reports on the grand opening of the Software Freedom Law Center, a nonprofit legal center in New York that will "focus on helping the leaders of open-source software projects organize and manage their work in ways... 50090@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2005-02-01T05:40:00-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2004/12/17/a_brand_new_image_for_computer_associates.php Scandal-tarred Long Island software maker Computer Associates is ready for a marketing makeover, reports Ad Week. It's time to put those nasty accounting scandals away once and for all. The global marketing and advertising effort is expected to span 50... 49847@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2004-12-17T10:15:04-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2004/12/06/phanfare_for_online_photo_sharing.php Keep an eye on venture capitalist Ed Sim for updates about "a number of first generation NYC entrepreneurs coming out of the woodwork to launch new ideas." This time, it's Andrew Erlichson (former CEO and co-founder of Flashbase) who... 49759@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2004-12-06T11:36:58-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2004/12/02/60_minutes_again_caught_with_its_pants_down.php David Pogue of the New York Times chastises "60 Minutes" for a segment on a 12-year-old Juilliard music genius that apparently contained a number of inaccuracies about Finale software. Pogue discounts the existence of any serious flaws: "What a load... 49742@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2004-12-02T18:48:23-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2004/11/24/new_life_for_computer_associates.php The executives of Long Island-based software maker Computer Associates are attempting to shrug off a multi-billion-dollar accounting scandal and move on with life. The company's newly-appointed president and CEO discussed the company's strategic agenda in a press conference on Tuesday,... 49685@http://newyork.corante.com/ Software 2004-11-24T17:13:09-05:00