Wis. court backs $5.6M fee award against Microsoft (AP)
AP - An appeals court is ordering Microsoft Corp. to pay $5.6 million to a national law firm involved in a Wisconsin antitrust case against the software giant.
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Are HP Computers Racist? (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In a video posted to YouTube this week, two co-workers - one white and one black - tried out the webcam face-tracking software on an HP MediaSmart computer. It is supposed to follow users as they move, but it fails to recognize Desi, a black man.
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Report: Russian Gang Linked to Big Citibank Hack (PC World)
PC World - U.S. authorities are investigating the theft of an estimated tens of millions of dollars from Citibank by hackers partly using Russian software tailored for the attack, according to a news report.
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What Racist Webcams? HP Handled Issue Well (PC World)
PC World - HP did a good job responding to complaints by a black man that its computers "are racist" because the included PC facial recognition software did not follow his face properly.
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Pegasystems declares quarterly dividend (AP)
AP - Business software maker Pegasystems Inc. has declared a quarterly dividend of 3 cents.
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Moody's lowers Avaya rating (AP)
AP - Moody's Investors Service on Monday lowered its corporate family rating on telephone and computer software company Avaya Inc., citing challenges the company faces in the wake of its purchase of Nortel Networks Corp.'s enterprise solutions unit.
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Take-Two cuts outlook on sale of unit (AP)
AP - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. on Monday cut its 2010 financial forecast as the video game maker announced a deal to sell its distribution arm to Synnex Corp. for $43.3 million.
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2010 Software Trends: Big Ideas from Small Places (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - What does the next year of software look like? Some things are obvious, But what's most exciting about software is that often the biggest changes come seemingly out of nowhere.
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How to win the software licensing game (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Call it a license to steal.
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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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