Mass. considers landmark auto-repair legislation (AP)
AP - When Mary Burke recently took her 2007 Honda Element with its worn-out ignition switch to her regular repair shop, the mechanic didn't have the software to fix the problem.Read More ...
Remains of the Day: State of the art (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - That’s it, the iPhone 4 antenna controversy is finally laid to rest, right? Right? Well, it’s laid to rest for this week anyway. Still, we can’t be bothered with that malarkey when the world is so full of art! There’s the art of iPad novels, the art of FaceTime, and the dubious art of junk computer software. Take a stroll through this gallery of remainders for July 16, 2010.
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Summary Box: Tech IPOs revive hope in market (AP)
AP - BIG GAINS: Both software company Qlik Technologies Inc. and 3-D movie technology provider RealD Inc. soared more than 20 percent on their first day of trading.
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RealD, Qlik rally IPO market (Reuters)
Reuters - Shares in RealD Inc , whose 3D technology was used to help make the movie "Avatar", opened more than 22 percent above their initial public offering price on Friday and shares of business software maker Qlik Technologies Inc opened 20 percent higher.
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New York Times says iPhone update could fix 'death grip' (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Just hours before Apple execs were due to step up to the microphone to address the iPhone 4's reception woes, the New York Times claimed that Cupertino's answer to the "death grip" is not a recall or a quick hardware fix, but rather a software update — a second one, not the signal display-tweaking update that was released Thursday.
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Qlik shares jump after IPO prices high (AP)
AP - Shares of business software company Qlik Technologies are leaping in their market debut after the company priced its initial public offering above expectations, suggesting strong demand.
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Video Game Sales Slump as Xbox 360 Sales Surge (PC World)
PC World - Retail video game sales fell slightly in June, dragged under by anemic handheld hardware and software sales, but bolstered by strong console unit growth. Helped by new model sales, the Xbox 360 topped the Wii for the first time in months, pulling ahead of Nintendo's console by roughly 30,000 units, and Sony's PS3 by a comfortable 147,000 unit spread.
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India's New Rupee Symbol Won't Show Soon on Computers (PC World)
PC World - Vendors of computers, mobile phones, and software say they will support the symbol for the Indian rupee that was approved by the Indian cabinet on Thursday.
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Better Living Through Implants (PC World)
PC World - Imagine if you could learn to fly a helicopter by downloading software directly to your brain. Imagine if your eyes could see an object, overlaid with data, miles away in the dark. These science-fiction scenes from The Matrix and Terminator movies may be less fictional in the future, thanks to the fascinating science behind medical implants.
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June video game sales decline again, NPD says (AP)
AP - Summer doldrums weighed on the video game industry in June, with U.S. retail sales of hardware, software and accessories down 6 percent from a year earlier, to $1.1 billion.
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Apple iPad OS Update Fixes Wi-Fi, Adds Bing (PC World)
PC World - As operating system upgrades go, Apple's iOS 3.2.1 patch for the iPad may not break new ground, but it does fix a few nagging problems, most notably a Wi-Fi connectivity issue reported by many iPad users.
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Jobs Blasted by Sen. and Apple Insider Over iPhone 4 Flaws (PC World)
PC World - By the minute things are getting worse for Apple when it comes to the iPhone 4. Steve Jobs is now being directly implicated in iPhone 4 antenna-gate and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) has penned a letter asking Jobs to personally solve the problem. Schumer is calling Apple's current software fix "insufficient."
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Elgato releases Turbo.264 HD Software Edition (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - On Thursday Elgato, maker of TV-tuner and video-capture and -conversion products, released Turbo.264 HD Software Edition. Previously the software only worked and came with with Elgato's $100 Turbo.264 HD USB hardware encoding accelerator, but the $50 software-only product is now available as a stand-alone weapon for your video-conversion arsenal.
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Five Reasons You Don't Need Microsoft Office 2010 (PC World)
PC World - Have you looked at the new Microsoft Office 2010 yet? How many of its few, new features does your company really need? And are these features worth the investment? Here are five reasons your company doesn't need to purchase Office 2010.
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Apple Releases iOS 4.0.1, Makes iPhone Signal Bars Bigger (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Usually when Apple releases a minor new version of its iOS operating system for the iPhone and iPod touch, the release is noticed by the tech community and Apple fans. But today's rollout of iOS 4.0.1 is a much bigger deal, thanks to the iPhone's "death grip" issue.
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Windows 8 Should Virtualize Everything (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The next Microsoft Windows operating system should put everything—and I mean everything—in a sandbox.
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Finjan Sues McAfee, Symantec Over Patent Claims (PC World)
PC World - Finjan has sued five rival security companies, including Symantec and McAfee, claiming it holds crucial patents used by popular antivirus products and security services.
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Why Apple Bought Poly9: And What Is Poly9? (PC World)
PC World - Apple has bought Poly9, a Quebec-based online mapping company, and has relocated most of the firm's employees to Apple's Silicon Valley offices, according to a report by French-Canadian news site Cyberpresse. PCWorld was unable to reach either Apple or Poly9 officials to confirm the report, which suggests that Apple plans to develop its own in-house mapping software for its popular mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
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Oracle Data Grid Scales .NET to New Heights (PC World)
PC World - A new version of Oracle's data grid software will allow Microsoft .NET applications to scale to the same large multi-server environments long enjoyed by Java enterprise applications, according to Oracle.
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Apple releases iOS 4.1 beta to developers (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - An update to Apple’s iOS mobile operating system has been released as a beta to registered developers, according to a tweet by Apple evangelist Michael Jurewitz.
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