Adobe Working to Fix Security Bug in Download Manager (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems is working to fix a glitch in software it uses to speed up downloads of its products that could give hackers a way to push malicious programs onto a victim's PC.
Read More ...
Microsoft steps up search assault on Google (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's assault on search engine leader Google Inc took a major step forward on Thursday as U.S. and European regulators cleared the software company's search partnership with Yahoo Inc.
Read More ...
Eclipsys posts higher 4Q profit, sales; shares up (AP)
AP - Health care software maker Eclipsys Corp. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit increased as revenue climbed above expectations, sending shares higher in after-hours trading.
Read More ...
Turbo Tax maker Intuit reports 2Q profit up 34 pct (AP)
AP - Intuit Inc. on Thursday said strong sales of its tax-preparation software helped lift its fiscal second-quarter profit 34 percent and beat Wall Street's forecast. The company also raised its forecasts for full-year revenue and profit.
Read More ...
Despite Suggestions, Microsoft Will Charge for Mobile OS (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - When Microsoft showcased its latest smartphone operating system in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday with innovative features and a new name, CEO Steve Ballmer noted that one thing that won't be updated is its business model. That means original equipment manufacturers who want to feature Windows Phone 7 Series will still pay a fee for each device, estimated in the past by Strategic Analytics at between $8 and $15 per phone.
Read More ...
Amazon Debuts Kindle for BlackBerry App (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Amazon.com unleashed new e-reader software Thursday that enables selected BlackBerry handsets from Research In Motion to access and read e-books directly on mobile devices based in the United States. Called Kindle for BlackBerry, the free beta app is available for download from the world's largest online retailer.
Read More ...
AT&T Becomes Last of Big Four Carriers To Offer Android (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google might figuratively be doing a backflip Thursday with news that AT&T will, for the first time, offer a mobile device based on the software and search giant's open-source Android mobile operating system. Appropriately, the device is Motorola's Backflip smartphone.
Read More ...
Microsoft Unfairly Blasted for Charging for Windows Phone OS (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft is right--and well within its rights--to expect handset manufacturers to pay for its new Windows Phone 7 Series operating system. Have you seen it? The OS is gorgeous, putting even the iPhone to shame on looks alone.
Read More ...
Windows Phone 7 Spotlights SharePoint Collaboration (PC World)
PC World - An application that many users have never seen--Microsoft's SharePoint--plays a key role in Windows Phone 7 Series' Office Hub, the center of business activities in the new smartphone operating system.
Read More ...
Microsoft Targets Consumers with New Mobile OS (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - With only a slight nod toward business clients during the launch of Microsoft's latest mobile-phone operating system this week, CEO Steve Ballmer fueled speculation that the software giant wants a bigger slice of the consumer pie.
Read More ...
Oracle Making New Push Into Social Services Software (PC World)
PC World - Oracle has its heart set on dominating the social services software market, in which its rival SAP has historically had a strong hand.
Read More ...
Teradata signs up United Supermarkets as a client (AP)
AP - Database manager Teradata Corp. said Wednesday that United Supermarkets LLC has signed on as a client for database management software and services.
Read More ...
HTC Smart Phone With Qualcomm Brew to Launch in April (PC World)
PC World - High Tech Computer unveiled its first smartphone that uses Qualcomm's Brew MP operating system on Wednesday at the Mobile World Congress, marking a step in a new direction for the company, which specializes in Windows Mobile and Android-based smartphones.
Read More ...
iPad SDK's surprise: There are no surprises (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Apple iPhone application developers have taken a look at the nuances of building software for the the larger iPad tablet and find it strikingly similar to building for the iPhone, though with the added benefit of more screen real estate.
Read More ...
The painful truth about age discrimination in tech (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - There are bold programmers but no old programmers. That fear-tinged saying echoes even more today among software developers, who fear the recession provides a handy cover for age discrimination in the high-tech world. But a closer look suggests that it's the nature of IT itself to push its elderly workers out, and in an odd twist, the recession -- at least for now -- has actually protected older workers.
Read More ...
Nuance acquires MacSpeech for undisclosed amount (AP)
AP - Speech-recognition software maker Nuance Communications Inc. said Tuesday it has acquired MacSpeech, which makes speech-recognition software for Apple Inc.'s Macintosh computers, for an undisclosed amount.
Read More ...
Google's Android on 26 mobile phone models: CEO (AFP)
AFP - Google's mobile operating system Android is now being used on 26 phone models and 60,000 phones using Android are sold every day, the US Internet giant's chief executive said on Tuesday.
Read More ...
Mobile Devices Get Adobe AIR 2.0 and New Flash Player (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Adobe Systems will make its AIR platform and new Flash player available to mobile devices. The company previewed the new AIR version at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
Read More ...
Google demonstrates phone that translates text (AP)
AP - Stumped by foreign languages when you're traveling? Google Inc. is working on software that translates text captured by a phone camera.
Read More ...
RIM Offers Free Server Software To Connect BlackBerrys (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In a move to compete in a broader smartphone market, Research In Motion on Tuesday rolled out BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express. The free server software wirelessly syncs BlackBerry smartphones with Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Windows Small Business Server.
Read More ...
No comments:
Post a Comment