Europeans shy away from Google Android phones (Reuters)
Reuters - Operators pushed market share of cellphones running Google's software a little higher in September quarter in Western Europe, but consumers showed little interest toward them, research firm IDC said on Saturday.
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HSBC Exposed Sensitive Bankruptcy Data (PC World)
PC World - HSBC Bank says a bug in its imaging software inadvertently exposed sensitive data about some of its customers going through bankruptcy proceedings.
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Artifex sues Palm over muPDF reader (AP)
AP - A software company is suing Palm Inc., claiming the handset maker infringed on its copyright for a reader of PDF-format documents.
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Canada OKs Avaya purchase of Nortel unit (AP)
AP - Telephone and computer software company Avaya Inc. said Friday that Canada's minister of industry approved its acquisition of the enterprise solutions unit of Nortel Networks Corp.
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AthenaHealth sets two-year high on growth outlooks (AP)
AP - Shares of AthenaHealth Inc. rose to a two-year high Friday after the clinical software maker forecast continued profit and revenue growth over the next five years.
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Microsoft search engine Bing suffers brief outage (AFP)
AFP - US software giant Microsoft has blamed a problem during testing for a half-hour outage of its new Web search engine Bing.
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Study: MySQL Use to Drop Under Oracle Ownership (PC World)
PC World - Usage of the open-source MySQL database is set to decline if Oracle succeeds in buying the software's owner, Sun Microsystems, according to new data released by analyst firm The 451 Group on Friday.
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IE Vulnerability Heads Microsoft's Patch Tuesday List (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Next week will be a busy one for IT administrators. Microsoft plans to release six patches for December's Patch Tuesday -- three rated critical and three important. The patches will address 12 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office.
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Sneak Peek: Nokia's Symbian OS Upgrade (PC World)
PC World - Nokia is upping the ante against rivals such as Apple and Go ogle with its preview of the upcoming iteration of Symbian OS (V3) for touchscreen devices. The upgraded mobile operating system is expected sometime next year, together with a bunch of new devices.
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Ahead of the Bell: Take-Two shares plunge (AP)
AP - Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. plunged ahead of the regular session Friday after the video game maker lowered its financial outlook again and said it probably won't meet its profitability goals for next year.
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Why Open Source Phones Still Fail (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Free software is all about the unexpected. Carriers hate the unexpected.
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Novell posts wider 4Q loss on charges (AP)
AP - Novell Inc., which sells computer-networking software and technology services, posted a larger quarterly loss Thursday, hurt by lower revenue and hefty charges to write down the value of certain assets.
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Magma Design posts 2Q profit as costs drop sharply (AP)
AP - Shares of chip design software maker Magma Design Automation Inc. soared after-hours Thursday as the company posted a fiscal second-quarter profit, reversing a year-ago loss, as sharply reduced expenses outpaced declining sales.
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Mentor Graphics posts smaller 3Q loss (AP)
AP - Mentor Graphics Corp., a provider of electronic hardware and software design products and services, on Thursday posted a smaller fiscal third-quarter loss and said it is seeing signs of recovery in the semiconductor market.
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'Black Screen' Overhyped and Not Microsoft's Fault (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - After creating great distress in security circles, an issue with Microsoft Windows has proven relatively minor. The problem, labeled the Black Screen of Death, was initially thought to be widespread. Indeed, British security firm Prevx posted a series of blog items suggesting that several million computers using Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 could be compromised. The company said the problem often is associated with two Windows security patches, KB915597 and KB976098.
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Hacker Hits Adobe Illustrator With New Attack (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems' security response team is scrambling to fix a newly disclosed bug in its Illustrator software, even as it readies another security patch for next week.
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Take-Two shares tumble as game maker cuts outlook (AP)
AP - Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. tumbled 17 percent in after-hours trading Thursday after the video game publisher slashed its full-year guidance for a second time, due in part to weak sales of its "Major League Baseball" titles.
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Synopsys shares slide after 4Q earnings decline (AP)
AP - Synopsys Inc. shares dropped Thursday after maker of chip testing and development software reported lower quarterly profit and sales as well as higher expenses.
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Counterfeit software reports soar: Microsoft (AFP)
AFP - Reports of counterfeit software, much of it tainted with computer viruses, have doubled during the past two years, according to Microsoft.
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Consumers Stepping Up in Fight Against Piracy (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On Thursday, Microsoft declared a "consumer action day," a worldwide effort to counter software piracy backed by educational and enforcement efforts across 70 countries worldwide.
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