Swiss police spy marijuana field with Google Earth (AP)
AP - Swiss police said Thursday they stumbled across a large marijuana plantation while using Google Earth, the search engine company's satellite mapping software.
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Businesses risk $1 trillion losses from data theft: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Businesses risk losing over $1 trillion from loss or theft of data and other cybercrime, according to a study released on Thursday by security technology firm McAfee Inc.
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Nintendo DS Software Device Back on Sale in Akihabara (PC World)
PC World - The R4 Revolution device that allows users to play cloned Nintendo DS software is openly back on sale in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district, several months after legal action by Nintendo threatened to halt sales.
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Lenovo Buys Mystery Startup Company (PC World)
PC World - Lenovo has acquired a secretive startup called Switchbox Labs that was cofounded by a former Microsoft Windows executive, the PC maker announced Wednesday.
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Jetty Web server flies to Eclipse (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The wheels are in motion to make Jetty, an open source Java Web server, an Eclipse Foundation project, said Webtide, the main developer of Jetty. The software is used as a server for rich Internet and embedded applications.
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Symantec Results Top Estimates, Outlook in Line (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Symantec Corp, the largest maker of computer security and data backup software, issued quarterly results that beat forecasts, sending its shares up 6 percent.
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Cox Says It Will Delay P2P Traffic, Software Updates (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Cox Communications next month will implement a new traffic management method that prioritizes "time sensitive" Internet traffic but temporarily delays traffic like software updates and peer-to-peer transactions when the network is congested.
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SAP says profit down 2 pct in '08, axes 3,000 jobs (AP)
AP - Software maker SAP AG said Wednesday it would cut 3,000 jobs worldwide to cut costs as its 2008 net profit fell 2 percent, weighed by a difficult year-end when the financial crisis deepened.
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German software giant SAP to cut 3,000 jobs (AFP)
AFP - The world leader in professional software, Germany's SAP, said Wednesday it will cut more than 3,000 jobs this year to save up to 350 million euros (460 million dollars) as demand slumps.
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Sun loses $209M as downturn takes toll (AP)
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc.'s wobbly financial performance has done little to hearten investors over the past couple of quarters. But Wall Street found some joy in the server and software maker's latest results: sales weren't as bad as expected during the last three months of 2008.
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Sun Micro beats consensus, shares rally (Reuters)
Reuters - High-end computer and software company Sun Microsystems posted better-than-expected results as a strong software and open storage business cushioned declining overall sales, and its shares rose.
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Apple's iPhone 2.2.1 Update not Feeling the Love (PC World)
PC World - Apple released its iPhone 2.2.1 software update Tuesday -- but don't get too excited. The update includes mainly fixes and minor improvements, and no signs of any noteworthy new features. Can someone cue the collective sigh of disappointment?
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IBM to cut more than 2,800 jobs: union (AFP)
AFP - US computer and software giant IBM Corp. is planning to cut more than 2,800 jobs, a labor union representing the firm's employees said Monday.
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Apple Ready To Release iLife '09 with New Features (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple has made good on Vice President Philip Schiller's promise at Macworld to release iLife 'O9 this month. Beginning Tuesday, all new Macs will have an upgraded version of iLife '09 with iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand. The software suite is for Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later.
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Another Trojan Horse Stalks Mac Software Pirates (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In less than a week, two different forms of Trojan horses have invaded Macs whose users downloaded pirated copies of first Apple iWork 09 and now Adobe Photoshop CS4.
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Intacct Cuts Entry-level Costs, Adds Global Consolidation (PC World)
PC World - Intacct, maker of on-demand accounting software, is accelerating its attempt to snare customers who are outgrowing Intuit's popular QuickBooks product by slashing entry-level pricing and adding advanced features.
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Windows 7 Beta Availability Extended (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has extended the general availability of the Windows 7 beta until February 10 due to the software's popularity, the company said.
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Apple iLife '09 Ships Tuesday; Beware of Pirated Copy (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Apple announced Monday that iLife '09 will be available on Tuesday. In the meantime, a copy of the software with an embedded Trojan has been found on popular BitTorrent sites
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Senator asks Microsoft about job cuts, visas (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. senator has asked Microsoft Corp about its plans to slash up to 5,000 jobs, urging the world's biggest software company to preserve the jobs of Americans ahead of foreigners working on visas.
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Russia to Develop Linux-based Alternative to Windows? (PC World)
PC World - Details are scarce, unless Russian is your language of choice, but CNews is reporting that Russia plans to develop its own national operating system. The move is designed to reduce Russia's need to rely on foreign software and licensing agreements. And the alleged "open code" solution, likely a Linux/GNU derivative, will give Russia a greater degree of customization, as well as increased control over how the potentially free OS is used and accessed.
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