Corel to cut work force by 20 pct, or 200 workers (AP)
AP - Corel Corp., the maker of WordPerfect and other software, said Thursday it was reducing its global work force by about 20 percent, or 200 employees, leaving it with 750 workers.
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AT&T Will Add Android, Palm Devices, Boost Apps (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Androids and Palms are coming to AT&T's mobile-devices lineup, as the company announced it will offer five new devices based on Google's open-source operating system and two devices that use Palm's webOS. The announcement was seen by observers as hedging bets against the day when AT&T might lose its exclusive U.S. contract for Apple's iPhone.
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HTC Brews up Entry-level Smartphone (PC World)
PC World - Handset maker High Tech Computer announced on Thursday plans to release a smartphone that uses Qualcomm's Brew MP operating system instead of either Windows Mobile or Android.
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Some Smartphones Getting Support for Flash 10.1 Soon (PC World)
PC World - Apple may not see a need to add support for Adobe Systems' Flash multimedia software to a smartphone, but other handset makers do and plan to release software updates soon.
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Motorola to buy digital rights management firm (AP)
AP - Cell phone maker Motorola Inc. said Thursday it had agreed to buy SecureM LLC, a developer of digital rights management software approved by movie studios and TV broadcasters.
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Android Devs Complain About No Nexus One SDK (PC World)
PC World - Android developers are grumbling about Google's delay in releasing software development kits for new versions of the mobile operating system.
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Lenovo Hybrid Is Both a Laptop and a Tablet Computer (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Lenovo is previewing a new type of hybrid PC at the Consumer Electronics Show this week featuring laptop and tablet capabilities. Called the IdeaPad U1, the hybrid device has a base that functions as a laptop and a detachable screen that doubles as a multi-touch slate tablet. Moreover, each component has its own dedicated processor and operating system.
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PlayStation 3 Sees Record Holiday Sales (PC World)
PC World - A mid-year price cut and a strong lineup of software titles gave Sony's PlayStation 3 a record holiday season, the company said Wednesday. Sales of the console in the last five weeks of the year totaled 3.8 million units worldwide, a 76 percent jump on 2008.
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BMC Scoops up Phurnace Software (PC World)
PC World - BMC said Thursday it has purchased Austin, Texas, startup Phurnace Software, which makes products for easing the deployment of Java applications. Terms were not disclosed.
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Google raises offer for price for On2 Technologies (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is bowing to pressure from shareholders of On2 Technologies Inc. in its takeover bid for the software company and raising its offer price.
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Palm Pre Plus, Pixi Plus Coming to Verizon (PC World)
PC World - Palm's CES 2010 press conference didn't offer nearly as much fanfare as last year's event, where the company unveiled the Palm Pre. But Palm did announce new phones, a software update, and new partnerships, proving that this once-struggling handset company is not just a one-trick pony.
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Jive Buys Filtrbox to Boost Social Media Monitoring (PC World)
PC World - To enhance its suite of enterprise collaboration products, Jive has bought Filtrbox, whose software helps companies track social media content across the Web in real time.
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BMC Software buys automation software co. Phurnace (AP)
AP - BMC Software Inc. said Thursday it has acquired privately held Phurnace Software, a company that helps businesses roll out software applications using the Java programming language.
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Websense says 4Q bookings topped its expectations (AP)
AP - Websense Inc. said Thursday that new billings for the fourth quarter and full year came in ahead of the company's expectations, helped by strong demand for its new Web security software.
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Motorola Announces Backflip, More Android to Come (PC World)
PC World - Motorola will introduce more Android handsets as the company aims to offer an array of devices based on the mobile operating system, each targeting different segments of the consumer market, the CEO of Motorola's handset business said Wednesday.
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Rebit Introduces Backup Drives and SmartSave Software (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Rebit offers consumers a simple solution to backing up files.
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Yahoo Helps IIT Bombay Set up Hadoop Cluster Lab (PC World)
PC World - Yahoo has helped the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to set up a Hadoop cluster lab in Mumbai by donating a cluster of servers running the open-source Hadoop software.
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Sibelius First Brings Music Publishing to the Masses (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The Sibelius music notation software has been nibbling at market leader (and notoriously difficult) Finale for several years with its simpler user interface. On Thursday, Avid, Sibelius' developer, has come out with an even simpler آ– and very affordable آ– version aimed at non-professionals: Sibelius First.
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U.S. firm sues China, PC majors over filter software (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. software maker is suing China, several major PC makers and two Chinese software makers for $2.2 billion, accusing them of using stolen code in controversial Web filtering software that drew global criticism last year.
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Lenovo enters smartphone fracas with "LePhone" (Reuters)
Reuters - Lenovo Group Ltd is wading into the smartphone market with a thin, touchscreen device based on Google Inc's Android operating system, following the footsteps of PC rivals like Dell Inc and Acer Inc.
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