Hack Shows How to Get Android 2.1 On Some Windows Mobile Phones (PC World)
PC World - As a long-time Windows Mobile user who finally gave up on it and switched to an Android phone, Iأ¢آ€آ™ve been thrilled with the new operating system. Now, it looks like others who are fed up with WinMo might be able to switch a little more easily.
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Analyst: Rising demand to lift Autodesk 1Q results (AP)
AP - Improving demand, especially from manufacturers, will likely mean that software company Autodesk will exceed Wall Street expectations for the first quarter, an analyst said Monday.
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Microsoft Threw Out the Playbook for Windows Phone 7 (PC World)
PC World - One of the biggest stories of the Mobile World Conference was the unveiling--finally--of Windows Mobile 7, rebranded as Windows Phone 7. The story within the story is how Microsoft abandoned the foundation established with the waning Windows Mobile platform, went back to the drawing board, and started from scratch for the latest incarnation of its mobile operating system.
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FSF to Google: Free the On2 Video Codec (PC World)
PC World - In an open letter to Google, the Free Software Foundation has urged Google to open source a video codec that it acquired in its purchase of On2, completed Monday.
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Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - It can't be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft's chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill Gates' handpicked successor, yet depending on whom you ask, his tenure will either signal a bold new era for the company or mark the beginning of its terminal decline.
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CollabNet adds Scrum tech provider (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Application lifecycle management software vendor CollabNet has acquired Danube Technologies, which provides project management for Scrum-based software development projects, CollabNet is announcing on Monday.
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Android Software Accelerator Launches (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Myriad, a Zurich-based mobile technology firm has released the Dalvik Turbo virtual machine, which can boost application execution speed by up to three times, according to execs.
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Fiction film technology to shine at Academy Awards (AFP)
AFP - No matter which captivating film wins the Oscar for visual effects at next month's Academy Awards ceremony, software savants at Autodesk will be taking a bow.
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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.
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Microsoft Prepares Choice Ballot for European IE Users (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft said Friday that it will soon supply European users of Internet Explorer with a choice screen to select an alternative web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Opera or Safari. The so-called browser ballot was an essential requirement of the antitrust settlement reached between the software giant and the European Commission in December, and to which Microsoft will be bound for the next five years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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