Google: Adobe Flash Support Coming to Android 2.2 (PC World)
PC World - Adobe's Flash platform will get official support on Android phones later this year, when Google releases version 2.2 of its mobile operating system, according to the company's VP of engineering quoted in a New York Times interview.
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SAP Q1 net profit jumps 97 pct to $514 million (AP)
AP - German software maker SAP AG said Wednesday that its first quarter net profit nearly doubled as demand for its products rose in both developed and emerging economies, boosting sales.
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Microsoft signs Android patent deal with HTC (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it struck a licensing deal with phone handset maker HTC Corp, under which it will get royalty payments on HTC phones running Google Inc's Android operating system.
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Vendors Team on Content-sharing Spec (PC World)
PC World - A cadre of enterprise content management (ECM) software vendors is close to finalizing a standard for sharing data across their systems.
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Fake anti-virus software a growing online threat: Google (AFP)
AFP - Google said Tuesday that fake software security programs rigged to infect computers are a growing online threat with hackers tricking people into installing nefarious code on machines.
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Parametric 2Q income up, but guidance disappoints (AP)
AP - Parametric Technology Corp., a maker of computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, said Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter net income rose 26 percent, helped by sales of software licenses.
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McAfee Debacle Shows Why Malware Defense Must Evolve (PC World)
PC World - Last week a flawed DAT file from McAfee led to false positives crashing Windows XP systems and leading to a massive cleanup effort.
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Phase Forward 1Q profit tumbles on higher costs (AP)
AP - Phase Forward Inc., a provider of data management software for drug safety and clinical trials, said Tuesday its first-quarter profit fell 53 percent as business costs and operating expenses outstripped modest revenue gains.
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Microsoft Hits The Road To Pimp Windows 7, Office 2010 (PC World)
PC World - Sometimes it's lonely in IT. Your organization used to upgrade all the time--well, at least at regular intervals--but now it's a rare occurrence. Technology has moved on, but you're stuck in the 2000s, running Windows XP and maybe even Microsoft Office 2003. Redmond feels your pain, and it's taking a road trip to ignite change, upgrade the nation's Windows desktops and servers, and maybe sell some software in the process.
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Google Apps Sync for Outlook Gets Mixed Reviews (PC World)
PC World - Nine months after Google daringly launched a sync tool to link its hosted Apps collaboration and communication suite with arch-rival Microsoft's Outlook PC software, results have been mixed.
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Spy software watches BlackBerry email/photos (AFP)
AFP - US software firm Retina-X Studios on Tuesday released a more vigilant version of its Mobile Spy program that captures every email and picture from BlackBerry smartphones.
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Canonical focuses on apps support in Linux upgrade (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Canonical officials are emphasizing software vendor support in the release this week of upgrades to the company's Ubuntu open source Linux platform.
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A Sneak Peek at BlackBerry 6 OS (PC World)
PC World - Following yesterday's announcements of the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis gave WES 2010 attendees a quick preview of BlackBerry 6 operating system. With cleaner graphics, a Webkit browser and some new navigation features, the OS update will definitely please existing BlackBerry users when it launches next calendar quarter.
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RIM shows new operating system (Reuters)
Reuters - Research in Motion gave analysts a sneak peek at a revamped operating system for its BlackBerry smartphone on Monday and said it would launch it next quarter, propelling its shares higher.
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Hacker scam targets iPad owners: BitDefender (AFP)
AFP - Software security firm BitDefender warned Tuesday that hackers are trying to trick iPad owners into infecting personal computers with a power-seizing virus.
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Microsoft Brings Windows 7 to Embedded Market (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft said Tuesday that it has released the first version of its Windows 7 operating system for industrial and consumer manufacturers.
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McKinstry buys software assets from Itron (AP)
AP - McKinstry Co., a privately held construction and design company, said Tuesday it has acquired the rights to a group of software products from Itron Inc.
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SolarWinds sinks as 1Q license revenue disappoints (AP)
AP - Shares of business software maker SolarWinds Inc. fell Tuesday after the company's first-quarter licensing revenue missed expectations.
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New BlackBerry OS 6.0 Targets Consumer Market (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - After announcing two new smartphones on Monday, Research In Motion said it is working on a new operating system that will be available as soon as the third quarter. The long-overdue OS could help the company compete more effectively against consumer-device makers like Apple.
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Nokia Picks Latest Symbian OS for N8 Smartphone (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Research In Motion is aiming to steal the smartphone spotlight with its device and operating-system announcements at the BlackBerry WES 2010 conference in Orlando this week, but the Symbian Foundation is working to turn some heads with a strategic announcement of its own.
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