Air Cursor Software Coming for Windows, Linux (PC World)
PC World - A Web cam and Air Cursor software from Taiwan's publicly funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is all a user will need to control their computer cursor with simple hand gestures in the air.
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India's Wipro says Q1 profit up almost 12 pct (AFP)
AFP - India's third-largest software maker Wipro posted higher-than-expected first quarter earnings Wednesday, with profits up 11.7 percent, despite the tough global environment.
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Clearwire WiMax Driver for Mac Due Next Month (PC World)
PC World - Clearwire next month will finally introduce client software for linking Apple Macintosh laptops directly to its WiMax service, as well as introducing a dual-mode USB modem for WiMax and Sprint Nextel's 3G network.
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Manhattan Associates posts second-quarter loss (AP)
AP - Manhattan Associates Inc., which provides software and services that help companies manage inventory and supplies, posted a second-quarter loss Tuesday, though adjusted results easily beat Wall Street's expectations.
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Barnes & Noble Enters Competitive E-Book Market (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Barnes & Noble is entering the e-book market through its launch of an online store, a partnership with e-reader maker Plastic Logic, and software for downloading books onto PCs and portable devices such as BlackBerry smartphones, the iPhone, and the iPod touch.
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Microsoft Popfly strikes out (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Popfly, the company's hosted tool for building Web pages, mashups, and games, will be shut down on August 24, the victim of an economy that has the software giant re-evaluating priorities.
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Microsoft Makes Second GPLv2 Release in as Many Days (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has made its second release under the General Public License in two days with software for the open-source online learning system Moodle.
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BlackBerry Sync Software Is Coming for Mac Users (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - BlackBerry users with Mac computers will soon be able to manage their BlackBerry from the desktop. Research In Motion announced Tuesday that it will release BlackBerry Desktop Software for the Mac in September.
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If China Gets Microsoft Office for $29, Why Don't We? (PC World)
PC World - In order to take a bite out of piracy, Microsoft sells copies of its Office Suite in China for just $29 dollars. I wonder how many copies Americans would have to pirate to get the same price? So much for the notion that "crime does not pay!"
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DRAM Prices to Keep Rising Ahead of Windows 7 Launch (PC World)
PC World - The price of DRAM computer memory chips is on the rise as global PC makers gear up for back-to-school and holiday sales later this year, which could be stronger than expected due to the arrival of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system.
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Adobe offers up more Flash technology to open source (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems will offer more of its Flash rich media application platform up to open source Tuesday, a move viewed by analysts as reactive to the fierce competition Adobe faces in the rich Internet application space from the Microsoft Silverlight platform.
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India becomes R&D hot spot as high-tech firms cut costs (Reuters)
Reuters - At Microsoft's research center in a leafy lane in India's tech capital, a new generation of researchers are being groomed half a world away from the software giant's sprawling headquarters in Seattle.
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McAfee Updates Managed Cloud Security Service (PC World)
PC World - McAfee's latest version of its managed security service includes new features that let companies scan their Web sites for vulnerabilities as well as check for compliance with payment-card industry standards for handling financial data.
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Mac Office 2008 SP2 Boosts Speed, Improves Access (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft Office 2008 Mac users may have had to deal with a few bumps in the road, but Microsoft has offered users a chance to storm past those bumps with a boost in speed.
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SuccessFactors Aims for Small Business With New HR App (PC World)
PC World - On-demand human resources software vendor SuccessFactors on Monday announced SuccessFactors Express, an application aimed at companies with fewer than 50 employees.
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Business Intelligence Tools Can Help Control Costs (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - There have been many predictions about IT belt-tightening in a down economy. But some business intelligence (BI) software observers say companies can't afford to ignore analytics tools in the midst of a recession that demands cost cutting.
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SAP Aims to Acquire Forecasting Software Vendor SAF (PC World)
PC World - SAP plans to buy SAF Simulation, Analysis and Forecasting, a Swiss developer of retail forecasting software.
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Borland eyes agile users in test tools release (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Borland Software is offering on Monday upgrades to its Silk products for application testing, saying the tools optimize the platform for agile and traditional development by simplifying testing activities, increasing speed for test execution, and integrating with existing tools.
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CIT Group falls off S&P 500 index (AP)
AP - Standard & Poor's is replacing the struggling CIT Group Inc. with software maker Red Hat Inc. in the S&P 500 index.
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Google's Chrome OS May Fail Even as It Changes Computing Forever (PC World)
PC World - Google says it is working on an operating system designed for netbooks that boots in seconds, is impervious to viruses, and is designed to run Web-based applications really well. What's not to like? Plenty--if you're the number one software maker, Microsoft. Expect a showdown. Google faces an uphill battle rolling out its operating system, Chrome OS. The irony is, Google may not care if Chrome OS succeeds or fails. Here's why.
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