AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to buy the security software provider ArcSight for about $1.5 billion, the company said Monday as it extends a recent spree of acquisitions.
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HP to buy ArcSight for $1.5 billion (Reuters)
Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co, the world's top personal computer maker, said it will buy security software firm ArcSight Inc for $1.5 billion in cash on Monday to further diversify its computer business.Read More ...
Google to buy Israel's Quicksee: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc will buy Israel-based Quicksee, whose software enables users to turn video into interactive virtual tours, for about $10 million, financial newspaper TheMarker said on Monday.
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Novell Looks to Solve Private Cloud Vendor Lock-in (PC World)
PC World - With its Cloud Manager software released on Monday, Novell hopes to address the vendor lock-in problem facing enterprises building private clouds.
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Adobe Adds HTML5 Controls to Illustrator (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems has released an add-on package for its Illustrator CS5 design editor that will allow developers to export their designs to the Web and mobile platforms, using the emerging HTML5 set of Web formats.
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28.7 Percent of Android Devices Running Version 2.2, Froyo (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - New figures from Google show that the latest iteration of its mobile operating system is starting to take a sizable hold throughout the existing Android market. That said, Android as a whole still remains highly fragmented throughout the various devices on which it runs.
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Google’s Big Tease on Tablets: Android or Chrome OS? (PC World)
PC World - Just when it appears Android 2.2 is ready to leap from smartphones to tablets, Google steps up and casts aspersions on its mobile operating system -at least for now.
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Flash Development On Its Way Back to iPhone (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple said Thursday that it has lifted restrictions on its third-party developer guidelines for the mobile operating system empowering the company's iPhone and iPad products. Apple's change of heart is all about wireless application neutrality and a welcome détente in the Apple versus Flash brawl, noted Al Hilwa, the director of application software development at IDC.
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Appeals court ruling threatens used software sales (AP)
AP - A federal appeals court has sided with the computer software industry in its effort to squelch sales of second-hand programs covered by widely used licensing agreements.
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Remains of the Day: Hint: it's not short for 'dolphin' (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - It’s Friday, so we’ll stay short and sweet. Despite what Microsoft may think, rumors of the iPhone’s demise are greatly exaggerated. Also, the iPod nano is one swank timepiece, and antivirus software is important—though not for the reasons you might expect. Kick off the weekend with the remainders for Friday, September 10, 2010.
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Android Goes from Underdog to Top Dog: Watch Out, Apple (PC World)
PC World - Here's more evidence of Android's meteoritic rise to the top. According to market researcher Gartner, Google's fledgling open-source mobile operating system, barely a blip on the wireless radar a year ago, will grab the No. 2 spot in global market share by the end of 2010. Even more stunning is Gartner's prediction that Android will rival Symbian as the world's top mobile OS by 2014.
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LEGO Android Towers Over Your iPhone at 15 Inches (PC World)
PC World - Grayson Wendell must really love the Android operating system---so much that he constructed a huggable model of the Android mascot entirely out of Lego bricks. Using a program he wrote to design Lego domes (does this make it CALDD software---computer-aided Lego dome design?), Grayson spent a week developing and building the 15-inch Lego mascot.
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Linux Wi-Fi Gets Easier with New Broadcom Driver (PC World)
PC World - Wireless chip maker Broadcom on Thursday announced good news for Linux users in the form of a fully open wireless driver that's compatible with the operating system.
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UBS downgrades Intuit on stock price rise (AP)
AP - Financial software maker Intuit Inc. remains an "attractive story," with strong results despite a difficult economy, a UBS analyst said Friday.
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Google's Android to be world No. 2 in 2010: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc's Android software will become the world's second most popular operating system for cell phones this year, leapfrogging rival offerings from Microsoft Corp, Research in Motion and Apple Inc, according to a new report.
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MacUpdate and Bundleecious offer bundles of Mac software joy (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - If buying oodles of software for one low price is just the sort of Internet incentive that tickles your fancy, boy are you in luck. Both Bundleecious and MacUpdate are offering some Mac software bundles right this very minute.
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Android to challenge Nokia's Symbian by 2014: Gartner (AFP)
AFP - Google's open-source Android will become the number two mobile operating system this year, leapfrogging BlackBerry and challenging market leader Nokia's Symbian by 2014, a research firm said Friday.Read More ...
Nokia appoints Microsoft executive as new CEO (AFP)
AFP - The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia on Friday named a new software-savvy chief executive from Microsoft to help it battle slumping profits and an eroding market share in the smartphone segment.Read More ...
Windows XP: Your Last Chance to Get it. Really. (PC World)
PC World - Windows 7 has been around for almost a year now, but lots of people are still sticking with Windows XP. Now, Microsoft is getting ready to pull the plug on Windows XP sales. No! Really! They mean it this time. Would they lie to you?
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Meet the Makers: Q&A with Vladislav Kharchev of HedonicSoft (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Basic Info: HedonicSoft is a small software company thatcreats apps for the iPhone and iPad.
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