EU drops Microsoft browser charges (AP)
AP - The European Union has dropped long-standing antitrust charges against Microsoft Corp. after the company agreed to give users of the Windows operating system a choice of up to 12 other Web browsers.
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Microsoft browser pledge ends EU dispute (Reuters)
Reuters - European Union (EU) regulators accepted Microsoft's pledge to give European consumers better access to rival Internet browser in Windows, ending a long antitrust dispute with the U.S. software maker.
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IBM to buy back-office software maker Lombardi (AP)
AP - IBM Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy Lombardi Software Inc., a company that makes software for automating back-office functions such as supply chain management and human resources. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Microsoft Apology for Code Theft May Not Do, Plurk Says (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft may still face a lawsuit after apologizing for the theft of software code used in MSN China's microblog service, Juku, from rival Plurk, a popular provider from Canada.
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EU ends decade-long Microsoft anti-trust tussle (AFP)
AFP - European competition enforcers on Wednesday brought the curtain down on a decade-long anti-trust tussle with computer giant Microsoft, with a deal to open up new PCs to rival Internet browsers.
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McAfee Aims to Localize in China Sales Push (PC World)
PC World - McAfee will form a new Chinese subsidiary and expand its staff in the country as it looks for new inroads to the local security market, the company said Wednesday.
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Adobe Offers Advice on Avoiding New Reader Attack (PC World)
PC World - One day after warning of a new attack on its Reader and Acrobat software, Adobe issued a security advisory Tuesday offering users some advice on how to mitigate the problem.
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Adobe Systems posts 4Q loss but says demand rising (AP)
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday that although it booked a loss in the fiscal fourth quarter, consumer demand improved and allowed the maker of Photoshop and Flash software to post an optimistic outlook for the current period.
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Red Hat to pay $8.8M to settle class action suit (AP)
AP - Software company Red Hat Inc. will pay $8.8 million to settle a class action lawsuit related to the restatement of financial results from July 2004.
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Microsoft Shuts China Site Amid Plagiarism Accusations (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Just a month after launching a beta micro-blogging web site in the Chinese market, Microsoft has temporarily suspended the Twitter-like blog amid accusations that it copied code from a similar service. Plurk, a startup in China, says the software giant copied 80 percent of its code to create the Juku micro-blog.
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Neon Targets IBM with Unfair-Competition Suit (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Monday, IBM came under legal fire from Neon Enterprise Software. The company filed a lawsuit alleging that Big Blue is blocking System z mainframe owners from using its zPrime software.
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Citrix Debuts Disaster Recovery App (PC World)
PC World - Citrix has developed disaster recovery software that uses Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology to help automate and speed the recovery process.
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Microsoft Admits Plurk Code Was Stolen (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's Juku service in China did indeed steal code from Plurk, a popular Twitter rival in Asia, the software giant admitted on Tuesday.
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Ahead of the Bell: Adobe to post 4Q earnings (AP)
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. is set to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday, closing out a year that saw the economic turmoil dampen demand for Creative Suite 4, the software package that brings in much of the company's revenue.
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Mainsoft linking IBM's Jazz and Lotus Connections (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With a technology preview on Tuesday, Mainsoft seeks to link business persons into the software development process by integrating the IBM Rational Team Concert collaborative environment and IBM's Lotus Connections collaboration platform.
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Adobe Warns of Reader, Acrobat Attack in the Wild (PC World)
PC World - Adobe is investigating new reports that hackers are attacking a previously unknown bug in the latest version of the company's Reader and Acrobat software.
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Novell condenses 4 business units into 2 (AP)
AP - Novell Inc. said Monday that it will condense its four business units into two in an effort to streamline operations. The company, which sells computer-networking software and technology services, also said that two executives will leave.
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Multiple Consumer Electronics Companies Hit With GPL Lawsuit (PC World)
PC World - The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has brought a copyright lawsuit against 14 consumer electronics companies for allegedly violating GNU General Public License (GPL) in the use of GPL-licensed software in their products. Among those named in the suit are Best Buy, JVC, Western Digital Technologies and Westinghouse.
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Brussels welcomes Oracle's concessions in Sun bid (AFP)
AFP - The EU's competition watchdog on Monday welcomed concessions made by US business software giant Oracle over its bid for Sun Microsystems, saying the deal is now likely to be approved.
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Earnings Preview: Adobe Systems to report 4th qtr (AP)
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
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