German regulators fine Microsoft for price-fixing (AP)
AP - Antitrust regulators fined Microsoft Corp.'s German subsidiary 9 million euros ($11.8 million) and said the world's largest software maker illegally influenced retail prices for its Office 2007 programs.
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Microsoft Looks Parallel With New Hire, Analysts Say (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's hiring of a chip designer Marc Tremblay from Sun Microsystems could be part of a giant push by the software giant to develop hardware and software for parallel computing, analysts said on Thursday.
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Google Working to Add 'every Damn' Service to Apps (PC World)
PC World - Google is going to make sure users of its Apps productivity and collaboration software can tap all of the company's services, according to Dave Girouard, president of the company's enterprise group, in a colorful tweet on Twitter.
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Cisco buys Tidal Software for $105 mln (AFP)
AFP - Cisco Systems Inc. announced on Thursday it was buying Tidal Software Inc. for 105 million dollars in a move aimed at enhancing the US networking giant's next-generation data centers.
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Electric Grid Hack Shows Need for Real Security (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Cyberspies from China, Russia and other nations have hacked into the U.S. electrical grid and installed software programs that could be used to wreak havoc on the system. National security officials warn the spies could try to damage the power grid during a crisis or war.
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Cisco to buy Tidal Software for $105 million (AP)
AP - Cisco Systems says it has agreed to buy privately held Tidal Software for $105 million, a step the company said will help bolster its strategy for creating more efficient data storage and networks.
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Nintendo Wii in doldrums in Japan, plans fight-back (Reuters)
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd said sales of its Wii game console have lost some steam in Japan, but it aims to boost demand again by launching a new version of its blockbuster "Wii Sports" software in June.
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Nintendo: to launch new Wii Sports Resort in June (Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday it would launch its Wii Sports Resort software in June in Japan and in July overseas.
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Jury Awards $388 Million in Microsoft Patent Violation Case (PC World)
PC World - A jury in Rhode Island found Microsoft violated a patent held by Uniloc used to protect against software piracy, a copy of the jury's findings showed Wednesday.
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Microsoft ordered to pay $388 mln in patent case (AFP)
AFP - A federal jury ordered US software giant Microsoft on Wednesday to pay 388 million dollars to Uniloc for infringing on an anti-piracy software patent held by the Singapore- and US-based company.
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Microsoft ordered to pay $388 million in patent case (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp was ordered to pay $388 million in damages for infringing a patent held by anti-piracy software maker Uniloc Inc on Wednesday.
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HP Releases Automation Tools for Virtual Data Centers (PC World)
PC World - Hewlett-Packard hopes to play a bigger role in managing the virtual data center with updates to its Business Service Automation software announced on Tuesday.
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Windows XP To Linger as Users Skip Vista for Windows 7 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Windows XP fans will get a boost, and many Windows customers are already looking beyond Vista to the upcoming Windows 7. That's the takeaway from reports this week about Microsoft's policy and a new survey by industry researcher ChangeWave.
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Google Secure Data Tool Ties Apps to Company Data (PC World)
PC World - Google's new Secure Data Connector could result in a plethora of tie-ups between its productivity software and a range of enterprise applications and data sources.
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Has power grid been hacked? U.S. won't say (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. concerns about the potential for cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure extended to the American electrical power grid on Wednesday and experts pointed the finger anew at Chinese hackers, among others.
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Fear of viruses could be causing PC attacks: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Computer users' growing fear of worms and viruses could be behind a recent spike in attacks on PCs via bogus security software, according to a Microsoft Corp report published on Wednesday.
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Salesforce offers customers free mobile service (Reuters)
Reuters - Business software maker Salesforce.com Tuesday launched a slimmed-down version of its customer-management services that existing customers will be able to access for free using high-end mobile phones.
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Microsoft Security Report Tracks Rogue Software (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft's new volume 6 of their SIR (Security Intelligence Report) details the rise of rogue software, and a wealth of other research from one of the companies in the best position to know what's going on.
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Germany Fines Microsoft for Anticompetitive Office Pricing (PC World)
PC World - Germany has fined Microsoft €9 million (US$11.9 million) for illegally pressing a retailer to sell its Office productivity software for a certain price, one of the country's competition authorities said Wednesday.
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Microsoft: Rogue 'Security' Software a Rising Threat (PC World)
PC World - Fake security software programs along with attacks using vulnerabilities in applications continued to pester Internet users in the last half of 2008, according to Microsoft's latest security report.
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