Utah jury decides Unix battle in favor of Novell (AP)
AP - Novell Inc. never sold ownership rights to Unix computer software code when it allowed another company to take over the servicing of the venerable server operating system used by large corporations, a jury in Utah decided Tuesday.
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Millions in China Have No Antivirus Software, Survey Shows (PC World)
PC World - The massive number of Chinese Internet users running no antivirus software increased last year, a survey showed, even though online security risks continued to multiply in the country.
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McAfee: 'Amateur' Malware Not Used in Google Attacks (PC World)
PC World - A misstep by McAfee security researchers apparently helped confuse the security research community about the hackers who targeted Google and many other major corporations in cyber attacks last year.
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Red Hat Focuses New RHEL 5.5 on Multicore (PC World)
PC World - Open-source enterprise software company Red Hat has updated its flagship operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to take full advantage of the latest spoils from the heated microprocessor battle between Advanced Micro Devices and Intel.
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PC Users Like Windows 7 -- and Windows XP (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Early Windows 7 users like the new operating system, but many Windows XP users still like their nine-year-old OS. That's the word from two new reports by Forrester Research, which said that 86 percent of the first users of Microsoft's newest operating system are satisfied.
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Oracle Will Make Changes in Solaris and Java (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The future for Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system and Java programming language are beginning to crystallize at Oracle, which completed its acquisition of Sun earlier this year. Among other things, Solaris is expected to morph from a formerly free and totally open-source product to one that requires the purchase of a license after an initial 90-day trial, according to media reports.
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Configure Admin Rights for More Secure Windows 7 (PC World)
PC World - A new study from BeyondTrust, a software developer focused on solutions for managing privileges in Windows, has some interesting results for organizations that have made the switch to Windows 7. The key finding shows that 90 percent of critical Windows 7 vulnerabilities could be mitigated simply by not allowing standard users to run with administrator privileges.
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Free MapQuest iPhone App Adds Voice Directions (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - AOL's MapQuest announced late Monday that its free MapQuest 4 Mobile iPhone app now offers turn-by-turn voice navigation, allowing drivers to watch the road, and not the display. The app blurs the line between direction-driven map apps and true 3D navigation software.
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Is it time to switch to third-party software support? (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - When the economy is bad, businesses hold off on buying new enterprise apps and instead try to prolong the life of the ones they have. But there's still the significant expense of vendors' support contracts. Third-party support contracts may be the answer to reducing that cost.
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Microsoft hurries out patch for Internet Explorer hole (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday will release an emergency patch for a weakness hackers are exploiting in earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
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Software Discovery is Broken (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - SEO, fake reviews, and deceit have made it nearly impossible to find the software you're looking for.
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Red Hat Moves Into Desktop Virtualization (PC World)
PC World - Open source enterprise software company Red Hat has updated its virtualization platform, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (REV), to include support for desktop virtualization, the company announced Monday.
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HTC HD2 Caught Running Windows Phone 7 OS (PC World)
PC World - The one caveat for those planning to buy HTC's latest smartphone powerhouse is that the HD2 will be running Windows Mobile 6.5. The soon to-be-obsolete OS will be replaced by the newest, snazziest contender in the mobile space, Windows Phone 7 Series, later this year. So what are you to do if you want your 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen and 1GHz Snapdragon processor now, but don't want to be stuck with old software later? You hack that thing!
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RIM Acquires BlackBerry Software Developer Viigo (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Research In Motion, maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphones, has added another company to its list of acquisitions. RIM acquired Toronto, Canada-based Viigo, the creator of the popular software application Viigo for BlackBerry, one year after acquiring encryption supplier Certicom.
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Rimini Street Files Countersuit Against Oracle (PC World)
PC World - Oracle on Monday was hit with a counterclaim by Rimini Street, the third-party software maintenance provider it sued in January over alleged intellectual property violations.
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RIM Buys Mobile Software Developer Viigo (PC World)
PC World - Research In Motion has purchased Viigo, a developer of software that delivers syndicated content to mobile phones, according to a brief note on Viigo's Web site.
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Private equity firm agrees to buy Plato Learning (AP)
AP - Plato Learning Inc. will be acquired by a private equity firm for about $141 million, the education-software maker said Friday.
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Tibco buys Netrics for undisclosed price (AP)
AP - Business software maker Tibco Software Inc. said late Thursday that it agreed to buy privately held business data matching software company Netrics for an undisclosed sum.
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Tibco climbs after 1Q beats analyst estimates (AP)
AP - Tibco Software Inc. shares climbed Friday after the business software maker said its fiscal first-quarter profit nearly doubled as license and service and maintenance revenue climbed. The results beat analyst estimates.
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Software trade group spent $110,000 to lobby in 4Q (AP)
AP - The Software & Information Industry Association spent $110,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby the federal government on intellectual property protections and other issues, according to a quarterly disclosure report.
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