Microsoft Ready To Challenge Google in Search (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is getting ready to launch a new version of its Internet search engine. The software giant will roll out its latest effort next week, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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The new economic imperative for open source app dev (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Finding it harder to get the resources needed to develop your business's apps? Open source options for software development, such as Ruby on Rails, offer ways to get software projects done during the current brutal economic climate by providing community-based resources and saving users from paying licensing fees.
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Yahoo Shifts Gears on Mobile App (PC World)
PC World - Smartphone browsers are good enough to deliver Yahoo Mobile, so the search provider has killed off an on-device software version of the product that it was beta testing.
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Web Site Hijack Morphs, Continues to Grow (PC World)
PC World - In an attempt to stay one step ahead of security companies, the Gumblar web attack has jumped over to using a new domain to pull its malicious software.
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Symbian sees smartphone market up 12-15 percent (Reuters)
Reuters - Sales of smartphones are set to grow 12-15 percent in 2009, said Lee Williams, chief of the Symbian Foundation, the consortium of companies around the world's most popular smartphone operating system.
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IBM Appliance Speeds up Software Installation (PC World)
PC World - In an effort to set itself apart from other server vendors, IBM on Tuesday said it was stepping up efforts to make purpose-built appliances that remove the complexity of integrating software and services in a system.
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Cybersecurity Groups Pledge to Work Together (PC World)
PC World - Three cybersecurity groups want to create a network of organizations and people focused on securing the Internet in an effort to combat malicious software.
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Intel's Atom Update Cuts Fans, Adds Battery Life (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Intel unveiled its 2009 "Pine Trail" platform for its Atom processor on Tuesday, and announced that the first beta of the Moblin 2.0 software it helped develop had been released.
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The Future Is BIOS and Browsers (PC World)
PC World - I believe the browser will become the new operating system.
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New software makes iPhones spreadsheet-friendly (AFP)
AFP - US software developer MeLLmo has released a free application that turns iPhones into powerful tools for analyzing spreadsheets and reports, enhancing the appeal of Apple mobile devices to businesses.
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IIS 6 Attack Could Let Hackers Snoop on Servers (PC World)
PC World - Security vendors are warning users of Microsoft's Internet Information Services 6 Web-server software that a new online attack could put their data at risk.
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Nvidia CEO says demand "growing nicely" (Reuters)
Reuters - Nvidia Corp Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang said the downturn in chip demand appears to have bottomed out and is now "growing nicely."
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Microsoft-led Forum Yields Tools for OOXML Interoperability (PC World)
PC World - A German organization plans to build a tool to help developers test whether software they're developing can support documents compatible with the latest version of the Open Office XML (OOXML) standard.
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Microsoft, Linux Join Forces in Software Law Debate (PC World)
PC World - In an unusual twist, Microsoft and Linux have joined forces in a legal tussle.
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McAfee, EMC team up vs. Symantec in online backup (Reuters)
Reuters - McAfee Inc, the No. 2 computer security company, plans to team up with EMC Corp to offer online PC backup services, and announced the acquisition of a company that protects ATMs against hackers.
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Microsoft teams with Chinese city to fight piracy (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft and authorities in a Chinese city have linked up in the US giant's latest bid to fight rampant software piracy in the key Asian market.
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Microsoft, China's Hangzhou set 'model city' pact (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. announced a partnership aimed at helping make the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou a model for innovation and protection of intellectual property, in the company's latest attempt to combat rampant software piracy.
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Rumors Focus on New iPhone as App Store Grows (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - It wouldn't be an Apple conference without a debate and speculation about new software, new products, or CEO Steve Jobs' health. This week the debate focuses on a redesigned iPhone and whether it will debut at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
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New Wave of "Gumblar" Hacked Sites Installs Google-targeting Malware (PC World)
PC World - A new round of Web sites hijacks is attempting to install malicious, Google-focused software on unpatched PCs, according to security company ScanSafe, further cementing the drive-by-download approach as a bad-guy tactic of choice.
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Oracle Will Add Virtual Iron To Virtualization Array (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Oracle said Wednesday it will buy Virtual Iron Software of Lowell, Mass., whose virtualization software supports Intel VT and AMD-V hardware virtualization. Virtual Iron is privately held and Oracle did not disclose the financial details.
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