Baidu Sues Chinese Security Company (PC World)
PC World - Baidu, operator of China's largest search engine, is suing domestic security vendor 360 for unfair competition alleging a version of 360's security software flags both Baidu Toolbar and Baidu Address Bar as malware.
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HP Tablet Hobbled by Lack of WebOS Apps (PC World)
PC World - Now that Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to release a webOS tablet early next year, its next big goal--in addition to building the device--is to persuade software developers to write apps for the mobile gadget. Given the early popularity of Apple's iPad, as well as the imminent arrival of numerous tablets running Google's Android OS, that task could prove challenging.
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Intel Does Security, US Broadband Not So Fast (PC World)
PC World - Intel surprised the IT community this week with its plans to buy McAfee.
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What could Apple’s 'unknown hardware' be? (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - A new beta of Apple’s iOS mobile software reportedly boasts references to a fourth-generation iPod Touch and maybe even a new iPad — not much of a surprise there. It’s the mention of some "unknown hardware" in the iOS beta code that’s raising eyebrows. Are we talking a new Apple TV, perhaps, or something new we haven’t seen yet?
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Canonical Takes a Step in Bringing Ubuntu to Tablets (PC World)
PC World - Canonical this week released a software framework that brings multitouch interaction to the open-source Ubuntu OS, which could accelerate adoption of the OS on tablets.
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Avoid Cameron Diaz, Breaking News, and Facebook (PC World)
PC World - The fourth annual McAfee Most Dangerous Celebrities report declares Cameron Diaz to be the biggest risk of all celebrity athletes, musicians, politicians, comedians and Hollywood stars on the Web when it comes to your computer security.
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Intel's Deal for 'Buggy Whip' Maker McAfee Will Impact IT (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Security analysts are still digesting the implications of Intel acquiring McAfee for $7.68 billion. The purchase plan comes four months after McAfee was forced to apologize for an antivirus update that shut down Windows XP computers around the world -- including PCs at Intel.
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Salesforce.com shares jump after 2Q results (AP)
AP - Shares of business software provider Salesforce.com jumped Friday after the company's second-quarter results came in ahead of Wall Street forecasts and it raised its full-year outlook.
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Intel to Buy Security Vendor McAfee for $7.68 Billion (PC World)
PC World - Intel said Thursday it plans to acquire security vendor McAfee in a cash deal valued at about $7.68 billion and aimed at enhancing the chip maker's mobile strategy.
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Intel-McAfee Deal: Secure Mobility By Design (PC World)
PC World - The news of Intel acquiring McAfee for nearly $8 billion caught the tech world off guard and perplexed analysts at face value. The fact is that it doesn't make much sense based on the Intel and McAfee of today, but as the dust settles the deal makes more sense when viewed as a visionary shift with an eye on where technology is headed--everywhere.
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McAfee Security Rivals Cheer, Criticize Intel Deal (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Everyone's talking about Intel's agreement to acquire McAfee as a wholly owned subsidiary. At $7.68 billion it's definitely a big deal, but what will it mean to the rest of the security industry? I asked various security companies for their take on the event.
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Intel to buy McAfee as it eyes wireless market (AFP)
AFP - Intel is buying Internet security firm McAfee for 7.68 billion dollars, as the computer chip giant seeks to expand its reach to mobile and wireless devices.Read More ...
HP: WebOS Tablet Coming Early Next Year (PC World)
PC World - Hewlett-Packard will release a tablet PC based on Palm's webOS operating system in "early 2011," the head of HP's PC division said Thursday.
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Intel looks to expand beyond PCs with McAfee buy (Reuters)
Reuters - Intel Corp will pay $7.7 billion for security software maker McAfee Inc , making its largest-ever acquisition to bolster the appeal of its chips as it tries to expand from PCs into the burgeoning market for Web-connected gadgets.Read More ...
Mentor Graphics 2Q loss narrows (AP)
AP - Mentor Graphics Corp., which provides electronic hardware and software design products and services, said Thursday that its fiscal second-quarter loss narrowed as service and support revenue grew. The results and its outlook topped analyst expectations.
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Intuit 4Q results beat analyst views (AP)
AP - Finance software maker Intuit Inc. reported fiscal fourth-quarter results Thursday ahead of analyst estimates and predicted results for the first quarter and fiscal 2011 year will also beat Wall Street expectations.
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Google Tablet with Chrome OS Would Be a Bad Match (PC World)
PC World - If Google is planning to launch a tablet device in the near future, it should bypass its embryonic Chrome OS and instead go with Android, the company's other mobile operating system that's taking the smartphone market by storm.
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Wall Street Beat: M&A, HP and Dell Results Roil Market (PC World)
PC World - With billion-dollar-plus acquisitions involving Intel, McAfee, Dell and 3Par, quarterly results from vendors including Hewlett-Packard and Dell, as well as various PC and jobs market reports, IT observers had a lot to digest this week -- not all of it good.
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Adobe Updates Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Adobe Systems has issued emergency updates for its Reader and Acrobat products to address a critical flaw disclosed at the Black Hat conference in July. The updates take Reader to version 9.3.4 and Acrobat to version 8.2.4.
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Intel's McAfee Acquisition a Mobile Play (PC World)
PC World - Intel's acquisition of security company McAfee could help the chip maker make a splash in the handheld and embedded markets, in which the company has struggled to establish a presence, according to analysts.
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