Software development's winners and losers, 2009 edition (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In 2009, the computers got smaller, the databases got bigger, and HTML's dominance grew. None of these trends are new, and some of these changes are as old as computers themselves, but the magnitudes are greater or smaller than ever before. Here are the winners and losers we spotted on the software development landscape in 2009. For the programmers, alas, many of the year's ups had downsides.
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Hackers Hit OpenX Ad Server in Adobe Attack (PC World)
PC World - Hackers have exploited flaws in a popular open-source advertising software to place malicious code on advertisements on several popular Web sites over the past week.
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Microsoft Scrambles To Fix Word After Losing Appeal (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A court is forcing Microsoft to make changes to its word-processing software or stop selling it altogether. The Tuesday ruling against Microsoft's appeal of a patent-infringement verdict gives Microsoft just weeks to remedy the situation.
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Subscriptions Boost Red Hat Revenue (PC World)
PC World - Open-source enterprise software vendor Red Hat on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter revenue up 18 percent from the same quarter last year.
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HP's Racial Webcam Woes -- Just A Case Of Bad Lighting? (PC World)
PC World - A YouTube video succinctly titled "HP Computers Are Racist" received wide exposure earlier this week; Apparently, HP's Media Smart webcam's Face Tracking software has trouble tracking people with darker complexions.
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Court bans sale of Word; Microsoft promises fix (AP)
AP - A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling its Word program in January and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the judgment of a lower court.
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Opera browser preview features fast JavaScript engine (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Opera Software this week is offering a pre-alpha release of its Opera 10.5 browser and upgraded beta releases of its Opera Mobile 10 browser.
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HP Offers Cloud Scaling with Cost and Risk Management (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Hewlett-Packard is moving deeper into cloud computing with recent announcements of three new ways to help businesses and telecommunications providers. The announcements were made at the HP Software Universe event in Hamburg, Germany.
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Summary Box: Microsoft has to change Word software (AP)
AP - LOSS IN COURT: A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the decision of a lower court.
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Progress Software posts higher 4Q profit (AP)
AP - Progress Software Corp. said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit increased sharply as lower expenses made up for a slight decline in revenue.
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Take-Two shares fall on sale of video games unit (AP)
AP - Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. fell Tuesday after the company sold a video games unit, a move it said would lead to a wider loss in its fiscal first quarter and full year 2010.
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Microsoft loses Word appeal, will adjust program (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it will tweak its Word application to remove a feature judged to be a breach of patent, ensuring that it will be able to continue selling one of its most widely used programs.
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RIA development framework Qooxdoo debuts (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The open source qooxdoo (pronounced أ‚آ "ku:ksdu") software development framework, which leverages object-oriented JavaScript and enables developers to build rich Internet applications, became available earlier this month in a 1.0 version, developers of the framework said.
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Google Targets Microsoft Office with DocVerse Deal (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google is moving in on yet another acquisition. This time the search giant reportedly has its eye on a plug-in that lets people collaborate around Microsoft Office documents.
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Microsoft Loses i4i Appeal, Will Alter Word Software (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft has lost its appeal against i4i regarding Word, but rather than pull the program from the market, Microsoft will instead remove the infringing XML editor from Word.
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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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HP Responds to Claim of 'Racist' Webcams (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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