RealDVD for Legitimate Users, CEO Tells Court (PC World)
PC World - RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser took the stand Tuesday in his company's ongoing legal battle against the motion picture industry, arguing that RealNetworks' DVD-copying software is not designed to create a free-for-all of illegal copying.
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Microsoft in cellphone talks with Verizon (AFP)
AFP - US software giant Microsoft is in talks with Verizon Wireless to launch a touch-screen cellphone early next year in a bid to compete with Apple's iPhone, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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Benioff Calls for 'the End of Maintenance' (PC World)
PC World - Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is well-known for brash pronouncements and on Tuesday delivered his latest, calling for "the end" of traditional software maintenance fees.
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McAfee Launches Cybercrime Self-help Site (PC World)
PC World - Antivirus software maker McAfee today launched a new Web site intended to provide advice and services to those who suspect they may be victims of cybercrime.
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Office 2007 Service Pack 2 Now Available for Download: SP2 Overview (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft today released Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2007, which the company says boosts performance to programs such as Outlook by as much as 35 percent and adds support for a broader range of file formats including Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
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Real Accused of Manipulating Copy Protections (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A collection of Hollywood studios on Tuesday attempted to make the point that RealNetworks identified and actively worked to remove the copy protections from DVD discs with its software product, RealDVD.
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Sun offers Java dev kit for device apps (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A software development kit for Java ME (Micro Edition) 3.0 that features integration with Windows Mobile devices is now available, according to Sun Microsystems.
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Samsung Plans First Android Phone for Europe (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday that its first phone based on Google Inc's Android operating system would be available in major European countries Europe in June.
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First look: Ubuntu 9.04 stays the course (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The list of bundled applications is largely unchanged, but they're all new versions. Chief among these is the inclusion of OpenOffice.org 3.0, which should appease those who were disappointed that it didn't make the cut for the previous release. The new version of the free office suite maintains the same look and feel, and it still launches slowly, but it brings some new features, including improved compatibility with Microsoft Office 2007.
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Samsung plans first Android phone for Europe (Reuters)
Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday that its first phone based on Google Inc's Android operating system would be available in major European countries Europe in June.
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McAfee Launches 'online 911' for Cybercrime Victims (PC World)
PC World - McAfee has launched a new Web site designed to help cybercrime victims recover from hacker attacks.
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Far EasTone to Release Two Google Android Phones This Year (PC World)
PC World - Taiwanese mobile phone service provider Far EasTone is working with a "leading" local handset maker to develop two new smartphones that use Google's Android software.
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Apple Is Sued After Pressuring Open-source ITunes Project (PC World)
PC World - The operator of a technology discussion forum has sued Apple, claiming that the company used U.S. copyright law to curb legitimate discussion of its iTunes software.
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Windows 7 XP Mode Extends a Crutch to Older Apps (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft said it expects Windows 7 to include a new technology called Windows XP mode (XPM) that will enable the next-generation operating system to run just about any application compatible with Windows XP in a virtualized environment -- all but eliminating the compatibility issues that plagued Vista's initial release.
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Facebook opens core to outside developers (AFP)
AFP - Facebook on Monday cleared the way for outside developers to craft software applications that do clever, creative or useful things with data streamed as updates at the social-networking service.
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Software System Sniffs out Insider Trading (PC World)
PC World - Researchers are developing a software program that will correlate stock price movements with news story headlines as a way to detect insider trading.
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SAP and Teradata Deepen Data Warehousing Ties (PC World)
PC World - SAP's NetWeaver Business Warehouse software will soon run natively on Teradata's database for high-end data warehousing and BI (business intelligence), the vendors announced Monday.
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Europe Funds Secure Operating System Research (PC World)
PC World - A Dutch university has landed a European Research Council grant to continue work on a Unix-type operating system that aims to be more reliable and secure than Linux or Microsoft Windows.
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Microsoft ships BizTalk upgrade (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft will ship on Monday BizTalk Server 2009, an upgrade to its system integration software featuring virtualization and backing for recent software packages like Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.
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Conficker virus begins to attack PCs: experts (Reuters)
Reuters - A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.
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