BlackBerry Storm Firmware Leaked as RIM Sales Soar (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Research in Motion and Verizon Wireless may have to put a squeeze on people with access to the latest firmware. A software update for the BlackBerry Storm 9530, currently known as v4.7.0.83, has been leaked on the Internet.
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Report: Samsung Readies Google Phone (PC World)
PC World - Samsung will roll out a mobile phone based on the Google Android operating system by the second quarter of 2009, according to a report from Korean news agency ETNews. While details are sketchy, Samsung will reportedly release the phone via cellular carriers Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile.
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Palm CEO Confirms 'Nova' OS Is in the Wild (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Both wireless carriers and software developers are already holding devices with the next-generation, long-awaited Palm "Nova" operating system, Palm chief executive Ed Colligan revealed in a financial earnings conference call yesterday.
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Oracle still looks strong despite 2Q earnings dip (AP)
AP - Oracle Corp.'s earnings are weakening for the first time in years, but the business software maker still may be in reasonably good shape despite the economy's terrible condition.
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Oracle net profit dips slightly (AFP)
AFP - US business software giant Oracle reported a quarterly net profit that was slightly lower than a year ago but largely in line with the expectations of analysts.
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Oracle sales drop, but investors still firm on stock (Reuters)
Reuters - Business software maker Oracle Corp posted a drop in new sales and said they could fall up to 10 percent in the current quarter, but relieved investors who feared even worse sent the shares up 3.4 percent in extended trade on Thursday.
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New eBook Reader Undercuts Kindle, Sony Reader Prices (PC World)
PC World - Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader costs $359--but you can't get one until at least February. Sony's PRS-700BC costs $399--also pretty darn costly. But Foxit Software will soon begin shipping an eBook reader that costs only slightly more than half what Sony's reader does.
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EMSI Releases Free Antivirus/AntiSpyware Tool (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Just in time for Christmas, EMSI Software has released "a-squared Free 4.0", a free tool designed to find and destroy viruses, Trojans, and spyware. But it's better on a clean system than one that's already infected.
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iPhone is Now the SpyPhone (PC World)
PC World - Paranoid types with trust issues have reason to celebrate, as Mobile Spy--a hybrid software/service that spies on smart phones--has finally infiltrated the iPhone.
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Nearly 70% of Gamers Use XP, Only 30% Vista, Says Valve (PC World)
PC World - Valve's November Steam user metrics are up, and it's (still) a landslide for gamers running Windows XP. 68% of Steam users connect to the online community and games service running the 32-bit version of XP. Compare with just 21% running Vista and a DX10-capable video card. Slightly more than that (25%) are running DX10 GPUs on XP, while a sobering 54% still play with DX9-or-below GPUs.
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Adobe breathes AIR for Linux (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems is extending on Thursday its AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) technology to Linux desktops.
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Take-Two outlook disappoints (Reuters)
Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc , "Grand Theft Auto" video game publisher, set a 2009 profit target far below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, citing weakness in retail sales, and its shares fell 20 percent.
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Microsoft releases emergency patch for IE (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft on Wednesday released an emergency patch to fix a perilous software flaw allowing hackers to hijack Internet Explorer browsers and take over computers.
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Palm's App Store Now Available on Its Mobile Devices (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As it heads toward the release of a new operating system next month, Palm has launched a version of its online store to allow direct downloads and purchases from Palm's mobile devices.
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More Users Report Apple's Update Kills Their Macs (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A Monday update to Apple's Leopard operating system continued to wreak havoc today, with some users reporting that Mac OS X 10.5.6 has completely killed their machines.
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Touch-enabled apps made easier (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - SensAble Technologies, provider of haptic devices, applications, and toolkits, is offering OpenHaptics 3.0, a software development kit to simplify touch-enabling of computer applications.
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Microsoft issuing emergency fix for browser flaw (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is taking the unusual step of issuing an emergency fix for a security hole in its Internet Explorer software that has exposed millions of users to having their computers taken over by hackers.
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Road warrior power trip: Mobile workstations worthy of the workstation name (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Among desktop computers, the term "workstation" refers to a high-end PC specially equipped for demanding tasks such as CAD/CAM/engineering, software development, audio and video processing, and heavy-duty number-crunching or data mining. But "workstation" typically loses its meaning when you attach the word "mobile."
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Adobe results at top end of view (Reuters)
Reuters - Design software maker Adobe Systems Inc posted an 11 percent rise in fourth quarter net income, matching the top end of the company's recently lowered forecast, and its shares rose 10.7 percent.
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Palm Opens Apps Store (PC World)
PC World - Palm launched an online store where users can buy software directly from their handsets, becoming the latest phone maker to follow in Apple's footsteps with an application store.
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