App Tamer halts your apps to speed up your Mac (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - On Friday, St. Clair Software announced the initial release of App Tamer, a Mac application geared towards giving you a faster computer and a longer-lasting battery through the magic of not-making-your-Mac-work-as-hard.
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Oracle shares hit 9-year high on robust tech spending hopes (Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of Oracle Corp catapulted to a nine-year high on Friday, a day after the software giant reported solid quarterly results that eased investor concerns about tech spending, prompting at least 9 brokerages to raise their price targets on the stock.Read More ...
Microsoft wraps up tools for mobile app developers (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is still marching toward a holiday release for the next generation of its smart phones.
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Oracle profit beats Street forecasts (Reuters)
Reuters - Oracle Corp posted a 25 percent surge in software sales that sharply beat forecasts and a pickup in its new hardware business, underscoring robust tech spending by corporations and boosting its shares more than 4 percent.Read More ...
Sunbelt Software Secure DNS Enters Beta (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Sunbelt Software has leveraged its extensive database of known malware-hosting sites to create a secure DNS service that won't connect you with a site that might harm your system.
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Motorola buys locator software developer Aloqa (AFP)
AFP - US telecom giant Motorola said Thursday it has acquired Aloqa GmbH, a developer of location-based programs for smartphone users.Read More ...
Android gains US smartphone market share: comScore (AFP)
AFP - Google's Android operating system increased its share of the US smartphone market in the quarter which ended in July while Blackberry maker Research in Motion, Apple and Microsoft lost ground, digital tracking firm comScore said.Read More ...
Windows Phone 7 Likely Coming to AT&T, T-Mobile First (PC World)
PC World - When Microsoft's much-hyped Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system arrives next month, it'll most likely debut on handsets from wireless carriers AT&T and/or T-Mobile, according to published reports.
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Adobe Warns Acrobat Users: Don't Install Third-Party Security Patch (PC World)
PC World - After warning users earlier this week of a potential security risk in their popular Acrobat PDF software, Adobe is now cautioning users against installing a third-party patch that claims to address the issue. The vulnerability, detailed on Adobe’s site, affects all versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader for various OSes, including Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and Android.
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Ubuntu May 'See' and React to the Physical World (PC World)
PC World - Canonical is experimenting with technology that could let users of future versions of Ubuntu control the operating system without an input device.
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Oracle's net swells 20 pct amid Hurd hiring hubbub (AP)
AP - Oracle Corp.'s net income swelled 20 percent in the latest quarter as the world's biggest maker of database software prospered from freer technology spending by corporations.Read More ...
iBank 4 gets better online support, streamlined interface (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - IGG Software’s iBank is a more Mac-friendly alternative to financial management heavyweights like Intuit’s Quicken. After a brief beta period that began in July, the official release of this major 4.0 upgrade brings a number of new features and interface improvements to iBank that should make it easier to enter transactions, set up online integration, and simply try the app out for all its worth.
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Summary Box: Oracle's net swells 20 pct (AP)
AP - OPENING UP ORACLE: Oracle Corp.'s net income swelled 20 percent as the world's biggest maker of database software prospered from freer technology spending by corporations.
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Motorola Will Take Its Time To Create A Tablet (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Motorola will sell no tablet computer before its time. That was the message from company co-CEO Sanjay Jha at the Deutsche Bank Technology investor's conference Wednesday, when he said the company best known for cell phones and other communication equipment will produce a tablet computer early next year. But only if Motorola, based in Schaumburg, Ill., develops just the right device, with the right operating system.
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Acorn 2.5 gets layer masks, more Automator actions (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Flying Meat has updated Acorn, its image-editing software, with a healthy serving of big new features and bug fixes, bringing the software to version 2.5.
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Mule Software Connects With the Cloud (PC World)
PC World - The newly released version of the open-source ESB software Mule includes a set of connectors for linking into Salesforce.com, Amazon Web Services, Facebook and other cloud services, the company announced this week.
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Android Set to Rule Over Apple and RIM Operating Systems (PC World)
PC World - Google's Android platform was the only operating system to gain users from May through June, a sign that Android may soon dominate the smartphone market, according to ComScore.
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Android Is Growing Fast -- But Are Comparisons Fair? (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Android is stealing market share left and right. Left from Research In Motion and right from Apple's iOS. So says a new report from comScore that chronicles the growth of Google's mobile operating system during May, June and July compared to the preceding three-month period.
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Windows XP Users Can't Ride the IE9 Train (PC World)
PC World - The release of Internet Explorer 9 beta garnered a lot of attention and positive reviews. Cribbing from Chrome's UI and significantly boosting speed over previous iterations of the browser, IE9 looks like a real winner. Too bad Microsoft left Windows XP users -- more than half of all Windows users -- out in the cold.
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SCO Puts Unix Assets on the Block (PC World)
PC World - Even as it continues to battle for Unix ownership in court, the SCO Group plans to auction off most all of its Unix assets, including "certain UNIX system V software products and related services," the company announced Thursday.
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