Satyam Computer head quits, admits doctoring books (AP)
AP - The chairman of India's Satyam Computer Services Ltd. quit Wednesday after admitting the company's profits had been doctored for several years, shaking faith in the country's corporate giants as shares of the software services provider plunged nearly 80 percent.
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Avoiding the high cost of bad code (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - While software development technologies continue to advance on multiple fronts, the complexity of software and its management remains a complicated, expensive problem. For instance, too many developers can become involved in a project, and those developers may not be around later to maintain the code they wrote. Plus, software requirements can change, and it can be difficult to track what, exactly, the software was supposed to do.
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Phoenix Offers Faster Boot Times for Laptops (PC World)
PC World - BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies has launched its HyperSpace "instant on" software, which allows a laptop to boot up in less than 30 seconds for basic tasks like surfing the Web.
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Apple to sell copy protection-free songs (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the iPod and iPhone said on Tuesday.
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VMware Taps Borland CEO for Chief Operating Officer (PC World)
PC World - Virtualization giant VMware has named Borland Software CEO Tod Nielsen to the newly created position of chief operating officer, in the latest chapter of a VMware management shakeup that began with the ouster in July 2008 of co-founder and CEO Diane Greene.
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Apple to sell all iTunes music without anti-piracy software (AFP)
AFP - Apple on Tuesday said every song in its iTunes library will be available without anti-piracy software by April.
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Apple Releases New '09 Version of iLife at Macworld (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple showed a new version of its iLife package Tuesday at the Macworld Conference & Expo, now taking place in San Francisco. iLife is a suite of software programs included with a new Mac, and provides tools such as iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb and iDVD. The newest iLife requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
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Apple disappoints--no Jobs or big news at Macworld (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday said it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.
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Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes (AP)
AP - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.
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Serbia struggles to root out copyright piracy (AFP)
AFP - At makeshift stalls in underground passages, peddlers hawk copied films, music and software from briefcases, ready to make a hasty getaway in Serbia's crackdown on rampant copyright piracy.
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AMD: Creating a New Laptop Category (PC World)
PC World - Netbooks have their appeal--tiny budget machines with just enough oomph to run Windows XP. Ultraportables have horsepower in spades, but they cost too much to suit some people. This year we're going to see a whole new category of notebook take shape that falls somewhere between ultraportables and netbooks--and AMD is hot to have its processors on board.
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No Clear Sign of Settlement in Oracle-SAP Suit (PC World)
PC World - A document filed last week by SAP indicates there may be no quick settlement to its rancorous legal entanglement with rival enterprise software maker Oracle, even though SAP admits that some of Oracle's claims about its former subsidiary TomorrowNow are true.
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Revamped FileMaker Pro 10 Arrives with New Design (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As Macworld gets under way, FileMaker has announced a new version of its database software: FileMaker Pro 10. The new product line also includes FileMaker Pro 10 Advanced, FileMaker Server 10, and FileMaker Server 10 Advanced.
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Palm To Launch Nova OS, and Maybe a Smartphone (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Palm's next-generation Nova operating system has been in the works for more than a year and is expected to be released this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Also rumored is one more surprise -- a new smartphone using Nova.
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Yahoo! bringing Internet to Samsung television sets (AFP)
AFP - Yahoo! and Samsung on Monday said they will put the California firm's software to work linking the South Korean electronics giant's televisions to the Internet.
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Intel, Adobe Want to See Flash on TV Screens (PC World)
PC World - Intel has ported Adobe Systems' Flash software technology to work with its processors used in consumer electronics such as set-top boxes and high-definition TVs, Intel said Monday.
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LG Announces Broadband HDTV with Netflix Built In (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As more movies and TV shows become available via the Internet, making the "last connection" between online and high-definition TVs is the key remaining obstacle to transforming the Net into a full entertainment medium. On Monday, LG Electronics moved to bridge that connection with the announcement of HDTV sets that are broadband-enabled and contain Netflix streaming software.
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New Palm Handset and OS Coming on Thursday? (PC World)
PC World - Palm is set to preview this week its latest incarnation of mobile operating system -- Nova -- in a bid to re-ignite the company as a smartphone leader. Latest developments say that Palm will also release a new device that runs Nova as well. The unveiling is expected during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009, which starts on Thursday, January 8 in Las Vegas.
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iPhone applications get down to business (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With its revolutionary design, the first-generation iPhone captured consumers' hearts. But for the device to be welcomed into the business world, Apple understood that it had to address enterprise e-mail and security limitations. That's why the iPhone 3G (and iPhone 2.x software) introduced Microsoft Exchange support, secure VPN and wireless networking, and remote management.
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Mac OS X Advances as Microsoft's Windows Drops (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple secured a larger piece of the operating-system pie in December. Mac OS X, which hasn't been a threat to Microsoft's Windows operating systems in the past, is gaining traction.
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