Adobe considers more frequent patch schedule
Adobe Systems is considering patching its applications more frequently after moving to a quarterly patching schedule for its Acrobat and Reader programs last year.
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China's OPhone makes its way to the U.S. as Android+
Beijing software company Borqs is the little-known company behind China Mobile's Google Android-based OPhone operating system. It may soon find fame in the U.S. if its software finds its way into the hands of U.S. users of Dell's Aero smartphone on the AT&T Wireless network.
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BlackBerry joint venture to invest $100M in China's mobile industry
BlackBerry Partners Fund, which invests in applications for the BlackBerry and other mobile devices, has come together with China Broadband Capital Partners to set up a $100 million fund, called BlackBerry Partners Fund China, that will invest in mobile Internet and mobile cloud technologies in China.
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Palm UI exec defects to Google
Matias Duarte, formerly vice president of human interface and user experience at Palm, has left to take a job with Google, marking one of the first defections since Hewlett-Packard announced plans to buy the struggling phone maker.
Duarte will serve as user experience director for Android, Google said.
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iPhone 3GS flaw leaves data vulnerable
Using a four-digit PIN to lock your iPhone doesn't really protect your data, security and IT blogger Bernd Marienfeldt has discovered. In an article describing the iPhone's business security framework, Marienfeldt has found a "data protection vulnerability" in Apple's iPhone 3GS.
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Unix server sales sink; IDC cites a perfect storm
The Unix server business has been hit particularly hard during the current recession. The latest market share server numbers from IDC, released Wednesday, show that users have put off purchasing new Unix systems in recent months, cutting its share of overall server spending to one of the lowest levels ever.
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Google closes AdMob deal
Google has closed its acquisition of AdMob, following news less than a week ago that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission would not block the deal.
The search giant announced plans to acquire the mobile advertising platform developer for $750 million in late 2009. Shortly after, Google revealed that the FTC had asked it for more information about the deal, an indication that the agency was concerned about antitrust issues.
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Ballmer: I'm not going to WWDC
Contrary to a published report, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will not be presenting at the Apple WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) in two weeks. Speculation had centered on Ballmer appearing at the San Francisco event to talk about Visual Studio 2010 accommodating Apple's iPhone OS-based devices, which feature applications based on the Objective-C language.
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Intel may add hardware acceleration for Google's WebM
Intel is considering hardware-based acceleration for Google's new WebM video file format in its Atom-based TV chips if the format gains popularity, an Intel executive said on Thursday.
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