Microsoft video gets a little too much attention (AP)
AP - You almost have to feel bad for Microsoft. The software maker isn't known for hip marketing tactics, and now that a Windows 7 video has hit it big online, people are laughing at the company, not with it.
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Google working on "smart" plug-in hybrid charging (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc is in the early stages of looking at ways to write software that would fully integrate plug-in hybrid vehicles to the power grid, minimize strain on the grid and help utilities manage vehicle charging load.
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Lawson Software predicts 2Q profit (AP)
AP - Lawson Software Inc. predicted Wednesday that it will earn up to 3 cents per share in its second fiscal quarter, which ends Nov. 30.
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Lawson Software reports fiscal 1st-qtr profit (AP)
AP - Lawson Software Inc. said Wednesday it earned a profit in its fiscal first quarter, as lower revenue was offset by a drop in expenses.
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Microsoft looks to move SourceSafe users to newer technology (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With Microsoft set to wind down support for the Visual SourceSafe software version control system, the company is encouraging developers to move over to Microsoft's more full-featured ALM (application lifecycle management) server, the TFS (Team Foundation Server) product featured in the Visual Studio platform.
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Oracle Fined by TPC Over Benchmarking Claims (PC World)
PC World - Oracle has been fined over claims it made in an advertisement about the performance of its software running on Sun Microsystems server hardware.
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Microsoft Covers the Basics With Security Essentials (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has released its free antivirus software, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). As the name implies, Microsoft's new security software removes the bloated bells and whistles found in other products, like Microsoft's discontinued Windows Live OneCare, and provides only the essential protection.
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Judge Overturns $388 Million Ruling Against Microsoft (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A U.S. District judge has overturned a $388 million ruling against Microsoft. The ruling came on appeal in a six-year-old case launched against the software giant by Uniloc, a computer-security and copy-protection software company in Irvine, Calif.
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New Viruses Target Banks, Social Networks (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Cyber criminals are increasingly focusing their attacks on the hundreds of millions of users of social networks and on loopholes in bank security systems, security software vendors said on Wednesday.
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Win7 Logo Promises Functionality 'Without Worry' (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft formally introduced its Windows 7 Logo program on Wednesday, although the software giant has been working behind the scenes with many of its partners to apply the logo to products that will be compatible with Windows 7.
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T-Mobile To Offer Android-Based Motorola CLIQ at $199.99 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The growing lineup of Android-powered devices has a new entry arriving Oct. 19. That's the date the Motorola CLIQ will be available to current customers, T-Mobile announced Tuesday. Others will be able to buy Motorola's first device for the Android open-source operating system on Nov. 2. The price is $199.99 with a two-year contract.
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Barrelfish OS Will Speed up Future Multicore Systems (PC World)
PC World - Without a radical change in the way much of it is written, software, sadly, just can't go much faster anymore.
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Microsoft wins overturn of $388 million patent award (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft did not infringe a patent held by anti-piracy software maker Uniloc Inc, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, nullifying an earlier $388 million (242 million pound) damages award against Microsoft.
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Microsoft Patent Fights: One Down, One to Go (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft on Tuesday was able to upend a jury verdict that would have forced the software company to pay $388 million in damages. A Rhode Island federal judge overturned what would have been one of the largest awards ever handed out in a U.S. civil patent case.
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BlackBerry Software for Mac Expected Oct. 2 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Research in Motion will release the Mac version of its BlackBerry software on Friday, October 2 at 1 P.M. Eastern time.
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Village Green, Microsoft partner on carbon tool (Reuters)
Reuters - Environmental software company Village Green Global Inc is joining the dash in the market to track carbon footprints, partnering with software giant Microsoft Corp to capture the business of cities and local governments.
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Microsoft Wins Appeal in Uniloc Patent Case (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft will not have to pay $388 million to a security software company for infringing on a patent, U.S. District Judge William Smith ruled Tuesday.
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Salesforce.com invests in accounting software firm (Reuters)
Reuters - Salesforce.com Inc, a maker of Web-based software for managing sales and customer service, is getting into the business of selling accounting programs through a venture with a Dutch company.
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Microsoft CEO takes pay cut after rough year (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp paid its chief executive Steve Ballmer 5.5 percent less for the last fiscal year as the world's biggest software company suffered its first ever drop in annual sales.
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Autodesk Suit Could Affect Secondary Software Sales (PC World)
PC World - A judge Tuesday heard arguments in a dispute over software sales that could potentially have repercussions on the secondhand sale of virtually any copyright material.
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