Microsoft chief sees software future in the Internet 'cloud' (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Wednesday that the technology giant that built a fortune with packaged software is betting the future of computing is in the Internet "cloud."
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Google unveils Web-ready TVs in broadcasting push (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc unveiled "Google TV" on Thursday in an effort to bring Web- connected television into living rooms and its reach into the $70 billion TV advertising market.
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Sonus CEO to step down in 2011 (AP)
AP - Sonus Networks Inc., a maker of Internet network hardware and software, said Thursday its president and CEO Richard Nottenburg plans to step down by the end of March 2011.
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Opera browser enjoys EU download boom (Reuters)
Reuters - Opera Software has seen daily downloads of its browsers in European countries as much as triple after Microsoft started to give consumers greater access to rival browsers.
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Up to 20 bidders interested in Novell: report (Reuters)
Reuters - As many as 20 bidders are interested in buying software company Novell Inc , which has put itself up for sale and is this week accepting bids, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Adobe Releases HTML5 Add-On for Creative Suite 5 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Adobe Systems announced Wednesday that it is releasing a new HTML5 tool set for web designers and developers as an add-on to its Creative Suite 5. The move follows weeks of verbal jousts between Adobe and Apple over the latter's insistence that HTML5 and other solutions be used for interactive multimedia on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, rather than Adobe's popular Flash technology.
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VMware, Google To Collaborate on Cloud Applications (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - VMware on Wednesday announced a high-tech collaboration with Google. The companies said they will make enterprise software developers more efficient in building, deploying and managing applications in the cloud.
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Adobe embracing Apple-favored online video format (AFP)
AFP - Adobe Systems on Wednesday put aside its tiff with Apple and told thousands of software developers it is embracing the online video format preferred by the maker of iPhones, iPods and iPads.
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Google building online Chrome application shop (AFP)
AFP - Google on Wednesday gave software developers an early peek at an online Chrome Web Store it is building as an emporium for games and other applications built for use on the Web.
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Major operators to roll out LiMo phones this year (Reuters)
Reuters - Wireless Linux group LiMo expects three major operators to offer handsets using its platform this year, to compete with news rivals Google and Apple, its executive director said. So far only Vodafone has launched a model in Europe, using its Linux-based operating system, while 60 handsets were launched using the platform, mostly in Japan and South-Korea.
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New iPhone OS Beta Includes a Tethering Option (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A new beta version of the upcoming operating system for Apple's iPhone shows an option in the settings for tethering on AT&T's network. The carrier has not yet provided this service on Apple's devices in the U.S.
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Adobe backs HTML5 in Dreamweaver (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems, embroiled in a Web technology feud with Apple that is at least partially attributable to the HTML5 specification, will nonetheless add on Wednesday HTML5 and CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets) support to its Dreamweaver HTML authoring tool.
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Google beats Microsoft in smartphones, catching Apple (Reuters)
Reuters - Google has overtaken Microsoft in the battle over the software that runs mobile phones and is challenging Apple for share of the fast growing smartphone market.
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Android Sales Surge, but Threats Loom (PC World)
PC World - Google's Android looks unstoppable, with quarterly sales steamrolling the iPhone in the U.S. and now Windows Mobile globally, but it's only the eye of the storm for the young operating system.
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Part of SAP's Private Cloud Strategy Emerges (PC World)
PC World - SAP unveiled a plank in its strategy for private cloud computing at the Sapphire conference on Wednesday in Orlando, with an announcement regarding its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software running on the Vblock systems backed by Cisco, EMC and VMWare.
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VCs see Android gaining on iPhone (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc is posing a bigger challenge to Apple Inc in the mobile world as more and more start-ups develop applications for Google's Android software, venture capitalists said on Tuesday.
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Samsung eyes early launch of bada-phone (Reuters)
Reuters - Samsung Electronics plans to launch the first smartphone based on its own operating system in the next few weeks, as it seeks to catch up with bigger rivals in the booming high-end market.
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Samsung Eyes Early Launch of Bada Phone (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Samsung Electronics plans to launch the first smartphone based on its own operating system in the next few weeks, as it seeks to catch up with bigger rivals in the booming high-end market.
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Google beats Microsoft in smartphones: Gartner (Reuters)
Reuters - Google's Android smartphone software took fourth place for the first time in the January-March quarter, beating Microsoft's Windows Mobile, research firm Gartner said on Wednesday.
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Skype Turns Panasonic HDTVs Into Videophones (PC World)
PC World - The big-screen HDTV is looking more like an oversized smartphone every day--only without the mobility. Not only are Internet-enabled models that run Web applications becoming commonplace, but HDTV apps stores from top manufacturers like Samsung are opening their doors too. And now Panasonic's new line of Viera Cast HD sets will include Skype software for video calls.
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