Take-Two Interactive's CEO stepping down, shares rise (Reuters)
Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, the video game publisher best known for "Grand Theft Auto," said Chief Executive Ben Feder will step down and be replaced by Strauss Zelnick, the company's executive chairman.Read More ...
Windows Azure Aims To Speed Transition To Cloud (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft showcased new functions for its Windows Azure platform Thursday that promises to ease the burden of transitioning to cloud environments as well as the concerns of developers looking to build cloud-friendly apps with rich, immersive experiences. The software giant said its focus remains on delivering Windows Azure with a full range of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) capabilities.
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Microsoft Employees Will Get Free Phone 7 Devices (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - No one can predict how the new devices powered by Microsoft Windows Phone 7 will sell when they hit the market next week. But the software giant can be sure that at least 89,000 of the smartphones made by HTC and Samsung will be quickly activated. The company is giving them away to all its employees.
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The Top 10 Stories in IT This Week (PC World)
PC World - Attempts by Dutch authorities to take down the massive Bredolab botnet captured headlines this week, with infected PCs downloading fake antivirus software at week's end, and news surfacing that the suspected ringleader of the botnet was bringing in up to €100,000 (US$139,000) a month from his alleged illegal enterprise.
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Texas Man Sentenced for Selling Pirated Software Online (PC World)
PC World - A 24-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for selling more than US$1 million worth of pirated software online, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
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Oracle-SAP Suit Won't Clear Third-party Support Fog (PC World)
PC World - No matter the outcome of Oracle and SAP's sprawling intellectual-property dispute that goes to trial Monday, it will likely fail to clear up questions that have major financial implications for software vendors and customers around the globe.
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Surprise! Strong Microsoft Earnings Defy Death Predictions (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - For all the talk that Apple's iPad would hurt Windows 7, Microsoft is proving it can battle in the operating-system world with its latest version. In fact, Microsoft on Thursday announced record first-quarter revenue of $16.20 billion -- an impressive 25 percent increase from the year-ago period.
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Wall Street Beat: Enterprise Spending Boosts Tech (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft, SAP, BMC and other software vendors reported healthy earnings this week, indicating that corporate spending on IT remains strong despite continuing economic worries.
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Take-Two CEO steps down to travel with family (AP)
AP - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the company responsible for popular video games such as the "Grand Theft Auto" series, said Friday that the CEO hired to turn the company around will step down to travel in Asia with his family.
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MacPractice releases iPad interface, ePrescribe (Macworld)
Macworld - Medical, dental, and chiropractic offices have another reason to look at the iPad for their daily uses, as MacPractice on Thursday announced that it has released the Web interface of its software for Apple’s tablet, originally previewed at Macworld Expo 2010.
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Google, Samsung to Launch 'Nexus Two' Next-Gen Android Phone, Report (PC World)
PC World - Google is readying a revamped version of its mobile operating system Android that will show up on a Samsung phone November 8, according to Internet reports. The phone, dubbed unofficially Nexus Two (after Google's landmark Nexus One phone launched in January) is speculated to be the first device to feature Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread), according to the Website Android and Me.
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Microsoft beats Street and knocks down Apple worry (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp beat Wall Street's expectations with a 51 percent jump in quarterly profit, as higher sales of its flagship Windows and Office software knocked down fears Apple Inc's iPad would take a bite out of its main business.Read More ...
Nintendo chief rules out Wii price cut for now (AP)
AP - Nintendo's president said efforts to boost Wii sales ahead of Christmas will focus on limited deals in cooperation with retailers and special packages that add game software or other products to give buyers a feeling of a discount — not an outright price cut.Read More ...
Microsoft earnings rise with business spending (AP)
AP - A swell of spending by businesses on new computers, software and servers helped push Microsoft Corp.'s earnings for the most recent quarter past Wall Street's expectations.Read More ...
On the Call: Microsoft CFO Peter Klein (AP)
AP - Business spending on new computers, servers and software boosted Microsoft Corp.'s fiscal first-quarter results above Wall Street's expectations.
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onOne Software announces new plug-ins, iPad app (Macworld)
Macworld - On Thursday at the 2010 PhotoPlus Expo, onOne Software announced and previewed Perfect Photo Suite 5.5, the newest update to its series of Photoshop plug-ins for the Mac, and a new iPad-only version of its DSLR Camera Remote iPhone app.
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Online Masters Program Focuses on Free Software (PC World)
PC World - Given the expanding strategic role of Linux in businesses and governments around the world, it's not surprising that organizations are scrambling to find employees with the Linux skills they need. More than a third of the respondents to a recent Linux Foundation study, in fact, indicated that they're worried about finding people with the skills to support their increasing reliance on the free and open source operating system.
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Apple releases Logic Pro, Express updates (Macworld)
Macworld - Apple on Thursday dropped a pair of updates for the company’s high-end audio software programs, Logic Express and Logic Pro.
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New IE9 Test Build Links PC and Web-Site Features (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has released a new preview of Internet Explorer 9 featuring performance improvements and increased standards support. The latest IE9 test build will give web-site designers and software developers an opportunity to play with new capabilities such as CSS3 2-D features that let site visitors rotate photos, graphics and text segments.
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Microsoft's Ballmer hypes smart phone, browser (AP)
AP - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer pumped up unique features in the company's new Web browser and smart phone software at a software developer conference Thursday, the company's annual pep rally for people who will build programs for the Web, Windows computers and phones.Read More ...
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