Correction: Symbian Foundation story (AP)
AP - In a story Feb. 3 about the Symbian Foundation releasing software code for free, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the new Symbian 3 replaces software known as Series 40. Nokia Corp. still controls Series 40, and it is not part of the code released by the Symbian Foundation.
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CA Inc. declares dividend of 4 cents per share (AP)
AP - Software maker CA Inc. says it will pay a quarterly dividend of 4 cents per share.
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Oracle Patches Flaw, Asustek to Take on IPad (PC World)
PC World - This week brought a mix of IT news. Oracle was forced to issue an emergency patch for buggy software after details of the flaw became public.
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Moonlight 3.0 preview offered for rich Internet apps (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Moonlight 3.0, which puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet plug-in software on Linux and Unix platforms, is now being offered in an alpha release, according toأ‚آ Web pages from the Mono project, which has jurisdiction over Moonlight.
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Facebook marks sixth birthday with new home page (AFP)
AFP - Facebook marked its sixth birthday by simplifying its home page and holding an all-night "hackathon" to craft new software for the social networking website.
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Microsoft Defends Itself Against Op-ed by Former VP (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft defended itself against an opinion piece written by a former vice president, who argued the software company has lost its edge and is "failing" as a result. In response, the software company said it remains competitive and innovative.
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Kaspersky: Google Hack Takes Spotlight From Russia (PC World)
PC World - Kaspersky Lab may not be a household name in the United States, but in some parts of the world, it's the most popular consumer antivirus software. In China the company boasts 100 million users, and the software is also popular in Germany, and, of course, Russia, where Kaspersky got its start in 1997.
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Ford to fix brake problem on Milan, Fusion hybrids (AP)
AP - Ford Motor Co. plans to fix 17,600 Mercury Milan and Ford Fusion gas-electric hybrids because of a software problem that can give drivers the impression that the brakes have failed.
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Adobe Fires Back at Apple's Snub of Flash on the iPad (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - What's Apple's problem with Flash? Three years after the introduction of the iPhone, Apple's refusal to include Flash on its soon-to-be-released iPad has sparked another kerfuffle between Apple and Flash maker Adobe Systems.
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RightNow shares dip on weak 1Q, 2010 outlooks (AP)
AP - Shares of RightNow Technologies Inc. fell Thursday after the customer-service management software company forecast first-quarter and 2010 earnings below analyst expectations.
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IBM taking US Air Force into software cloud (AFP)
AFP - IBM said Thursday it has been enlisted by the US Air Force to show how defense and intelligence networks can safely soar into the online software "cloud."
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Concur falls on weak fiscal 2Q, 2010 outlooks (AP)
AP - Shares of Concur Technologies Inc. fell Thursday after the provider of corporate expense management software and services predicted second-quarter and fiscal 2010 earnings below analyst estimates.
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Five Benefits of an Open Source Symbian (PC World)
PC World - The Symbian mobile operating system is getting a second life as the Symbian Foundation makes the smartphone platform open source. The lifeline will revitalize the platform, and has benefits for Nokia, smartphone developers, Symbian handsets, and smartphone users.
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Symbian 3 Goes Open Source, But Nokia Ties Remain (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - It's official -- and ahead of schedule. The Symbian mobile operating system is now completely open source. The Symbian Foundation on Thursday released Symbian 3, the latest version of the platform.
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Symbian phone software now available for free (AP)
AP - Beginning Thursday the Symbian Foundation planned to release, for free, a large part of the software that powers the most smart phones in the world.
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Ahead of the Bell: Double-Take Software (AP)
AP - Double-Take Software was downgraded by an Oppenheimer analyst who wrote Thursday that recent signs of stabilization in the market the company serves have been misleading.
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India's Outsourcing Exports at US$50 Billion (PC World)
PC World - India's revenue from exports of IT and BPO (business process outsourcing) services is likely to grow 5.5 percent to US$49.7 billion in the Indian fiscal year to March 31, 2010, according to estimates released Thursday by the country's National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom).
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Lenovo Adds Mobile Phone Details, Posts Profit Rise (PC World)
PC World - Lenovo's work on mobile phones with Google's Android operating system is focused on its high-end Lephone handset, but the company also wants to reach other price points, a company executive said Thursday.
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RightNow profit surges but shares fall on forecast (AP)
AP - RightNow Technologies Inc.'s quarterly profit nearly quadrupled as sales of its customer-management software leaped. Still, its shares fell on a disappointing profit forecast.
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Microsoft probing new hole in IE security (AFP)
AFP - Fresh from patching an Internet Explorer (IE) flaw exploited in cyberattacks on Google and other firms, Microsoft is looking into a newly exposed vulnerability in the browser software.
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