Droid Multitouch Enhanced by Add-on (PC World)
PC World - The Motorola Droid might be partially responsible for a huge jump in consumer awareness and popularity of the Android operating system, but there is still one thing the Droid does -- but doesn't do very well: support multitouch.
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U.S. opens probe of Diebold unit sale: report (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Department of Justice and 14 states have opened investigations into the sale of Diebold Inc's voting machines business to Election Systems & Software that could lead to the unwinding of the September sale, the New York Post said on Saturday.
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Google phone revolution or misdirection? (AFP)
AFP - Google smartphones are either a daring foray into the telecom world or a misunderstood test of the next-generation of the Internet giant's Android mobile operating system.
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Bugs and Fixes: Zero-Day Patch for Internet Explorer 6 or 7 (PC World)
PC World - A dangerous vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 became publicly known before a fix was available, raising the specter of a high-risk zero-day attack.The bug involves the way IE handles Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) objects, and could let an attacker run any command on a targeted Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, or Server 2008 PC.
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How the major stock indexes fared on Friday (AP)
AP - The stock market broke a three-day slide Friday as stronger results at two big technology companies bolstered confidence about a comeback in the economy. Tech stocks pulled the market higher in choppy trading that brought record volume to the New York Stock Exchange. Software company Oracle Corp. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. each posted earnings that topped expectations.
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Google's Android Invasion: Prepare For Phase 2 (PC World)
PC World - Google's Android operating system has plenty to celebrate this holiday season -- and now, a new trio of studies suggests the platform is poised for even more success in 2010.
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Windows Mobile Healthier, More Common Than Many Think (PC World)
PC World - That Windows Mobile is "on life support" must come as news to the 7.23 million users of Microsoft's smartphone operating system. While the smartphone OS is in jeopardy, I don't see a situation nearly so dire.
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Palm's Results Still Good, and webOS Update Is Coming (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Palm reported a drop in earnings for its fiscal 2010 second quarter, but the handset maker hopes news about an updated webOS will encourage the market. Total revenues for Palm's second quarter were $78.1 million, with gross profits of $5.5 million. The company's stock slid 10 percent as the company's new operating system and phone lineup failed to perform as well as expected.
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Google Releases EtherPad as Open Source to Calm Users (PC World)
PC World - Google has released the source code of EtherPad, a Web-hosted word processor designed for real-time workgroup collaboration, in a move aimed at appeasing users of the product who complained about plans to discontinue it.
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Windows Mobile on Life Support, Drops Behind iPhone (PC World)
PC World - The iPhone has leapfrogged Windows Mobile to jump into the number two position for smartphone platforms in the United States. That news could be the straw that breaks the proverbial camel's back for the floundering Windows Mobile operating system.
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Ahead of the Bell: Take-Two shares jump (AP)
AP - Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. advanced ahead of regular trading Friday after activist investor Carl Icahn reported buying up a stake of more than 11 percent in the video game maker.
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Design Company Bing Sues Microsoft Over Trademark (PC World)
PC World - A small Missouri company with the word "Bing" in its name has sued Microsoft for branding its search engine with the same word, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition by the software giant.
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Pentagon plays down security breach with US drones (AFP)
AFP - A day after the Pentagon acknowledged that Iraqi militants had used cheap software to intercept US drone feeds, a new report on Friday said senior military officials had dismissed that risk in 2004.
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Researcher Cures Poisoned BlackBerry With Kisses (PC World)
PC World - A security researcher in Asia has braved Internet worms and poisoned applets to rid BlackBerry smartphones of spyware with Kisses, a free software application.
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Performance problems delay Visual Studio 2010 release (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Beset by performance issues, Microsoft has decided to extend the beta testing period for its upcoming Visual Studio 2010 software development platform and will postpone the planned March 22, 2010, launch date by a few weeks, a Microsoft executive said in a blog on Thursday.
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Take-Two posts larger 4Q loss on higher charges (AP)
AP - Charges and expenses outweighed higher sales and drove video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. to post a wider fourth-quarter loss on Thursday, as billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn reported taking a more than 11 percent stake in the company and said he may seek talks with management.
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Icahn reports 11.3 pct stake in Take Two (Reuters)
Reuters - Activist investor Carl Icahn reported an 11.3 percent stake in U.S. video game publisher Take Two Interactive Software Inc , sending its shares up 3.5 percent.
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Palm shares off as Sprint customer demand tepid (Reuters)
Reuters - Palm Inc reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss as consumers cooled to its new smartphones in the face of fresh competition including devices based on Google Inc software.
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IBM buys Lombardi Software (AP)
AP - IBM Corp. is buying business software maker Lombardi Software Inc. from a private equity group for an undisclosed sum.
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Oracle expects EC green light for Sun bid in January (AFP)
AFP - US business software giant Oracle said Thursday that it expects the European Commission to give the green light in January to its takeover bid for Sun Microsystems.
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