US January Video Game Sales Plummet, PS3 Sales Up (PC World)
PC World - They're up, they're down, they're pretty much all around, that's the takeaway from NPD's January retail video game sales data. If the last few months have seemed a bit rollercoaster-y, count January as one of the steeper dips, plunging 13 percent in combined hardware, software, and accessory sales from January 2009.
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Windows 7 Anti-piracy Update Coming to China Late (PC World)
PC World - Chinese users will receive the latest update to Windows 7 activation technology months later than users elsewhere, as Microsoft tries a softer approach to fighting software piracy in China.
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Summary Box: January video game sales down 13 pct (AP)
AP - THE GAMES: Video game software sales dropped 12 percent in January, to $597.9 million when compared with a year earlier. "New Super Mario. Bros." from Nintendo and "Mass Effect 2" from Electronic Arts were No. 1 and 2 sellers.
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EFF, Library Groups Argue Against Autodesk Appeal (PC World)
PC World - The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with several other groups including the American Library Association, urged an appeals court to uphold a ruling in a long-running suit related to secondhand software sales.
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Microsoft vies with Apple in device battle (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - While Apple with its iPad tablet device may be hogging all the headlines lately, a Microsoft official stressed Thursday that the Redmond, Wash. software giant should not be counted out when it comes to offering its own software on different types of devices.
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Adobe to Rush out Another Critical Reader Patch (PC World)
PC World - Just weeks after patching a critical flaw, Adobe Systems is rushing out another patch for its Reader and Acrobat software. The company also patched a critical issue in Flash Player Thursday.
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Summary Box: Phone software rises in importance (AP)
AP - SOFTWARE MATTERS: The software that runs smart phones is rising in importance because the hardware in many high-end phones is increasingly similar. The companies with the most popular phone software will determine the shape of the industry.
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Challengers gain in important phone software fight (AP)
AP - As smart phones increasingly appear alike, with high-end models mostly taking their cues from Apple Inc.'s iPhone, more and more it's the software they run that makes a difference.
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Leadership changes continue at Germany's SAP (AP)
AP - Less than a week after the surprise resignation of its CEO, German software maker SAP AG said board member John Schwarz had resigned.
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Why You Should Help Microsoft Thwart Windows 7 Piracy (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft announced plans to improve efforts to combat piracy of its flagship desktop operating system. An update is coming soon to guard against activation exploits and defend Microsoft, and unwitting customers, against counterfeit copies of Windows 7.
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Why Apple won't let the Mac and iPhone succeed in business (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Last summer, it looked like Apple was finally going to make its Macs and iPhones enterprise-capable, giving hope to those who wanted a more stable, less failure-prone option at the office. Soon, it appeared, Macs and iPhones would no longer need to come in through the back door, or be relegated to "special" departments such as software development or marketing.
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Intel Ready to Show off Some Netbook Apps (PC World)
PC World - Intel will show off several applications designed for netbooks and mobile devices at the upcoming Mobile World Congress, where the chip maker plans to push a software development program designed to populate its AppUp Center application store with applications.
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Droid Hack Lets You Plug Peripherals Into Your Phone (PC World)
PC World - Hacker Chris Paget figured out how to enable USB host mode on the Motorola Droid, a smartphone running the Google Android operating system.
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Apache Beehive project retired (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Beehive, an Apache Software Foundation open source project providing a Java programming أ‚آ model, has been retired due to inactivity, the foundation said on Wednesday.
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Opera says to introduce faster browser for iPhone (Reuters)
Reuters - Norwegian browser company Opera Software said it would reveal a version of its Mini browser for Apple Inc's iPhone next week, offering faster download speeds.
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HBGary Releases Aurora Detection Tool (PC World)
PC World - Security vendor HBGary has released a free software tool that can remove "Aurora" malware, linked to corporate espionage at more than 30 companies.
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Oracle agrees to buy software maker Convergin (AP)
AP - Oracle Corp., the world's largest maker of proprietary database software, said Wednesday that it agreed to buy privately held Convergin, which makes real-time service brokering software.
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Oracle Buys Convergin for Telecom Tech (PC World)
PC World - Oracle announced Wednesday it plans to purchase Israeli startup Convergin, which makes software that lets telcos deliver services across multiple networks and platforms.
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Big Patch Tuesday Fixes Server-Side Vulnerabilities (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft on Tuesday patched 26 vulnerabilities in 13 security bulletins. Eleven bulletins affect Windows and two affect older versions of Microsoft Office.
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Speedy Mini Opera Browser Headed to iPhone (PC World)
PC World - Norwegian software maker Opera is mounting pressure on Apple's tight-fisted App store, in the hope its iPhone Web browser will get approved. Opera announced on Wednesday it would launch a version of its Mini browser for the iPhone next week, which will offer faster download speeds.
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