Japan's DoCoMo new tablet aims to take on iPad (AFP)
AFP - Japan's top carrier NTT DoCoMo is to launch a tablet computer running Google software to challenge Apple's hot-selling iPad, a report said Saturday.Read More ...
NTT DoCoMo to launch tablet computer: Nikkei (Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's top mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, is looking to launch a tablet computer that will be produced by LG Electronics and run on software developed by Google, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.
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Google Takes Heat Over Android Tablet OS (PC World)
PC World - Android device makers around the world are anticipating great things from the next version of Google's mobile software, and they need the boost. Apple has a strong head start with sales of its popular iPad, while the App Store and iTunes give it apps and content, to boot.
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Remote Conductor app makes iPad a Mac input device (Macworld)
Macworld - Mobile software developer m3me has released the $10 Remote Conductor app for iPad, which makes your iPad a new input device for your Mac.
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2010 in review: The year for the Mac (Macworld)
Macworld - In 2010, iOS (Apple's mobile operating system) and iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad) commanded the spotlight for much of the year.
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5 Reasons to Try Zorin OS Linux (PC World)
PC World - One of the best features of the open source Linux operating system is that there are so many distributions to choose from.
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New virus threatens phones using Android (AFP)
AFP - A virus infecting mobile phones using Google's Android operating system has emerged in China that can allow a hacker to gain access to personal data, US security experts said.Read More ...
Six Downloads to Improve Microsoft Office (PC World)
PC World - Anyone who uses Microsoft Office will agree on two things: It's a powerful collection of applications, and it needs improvements.
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Virus attacks Android phones in China: researchers (Reuters)
Reuters - A powerful virus targeting smart phones in China running Google Inc's Android operating system may represent the most sophisticated bug to target mobile devices to date, security researchers said on Thursday.
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Will 2011 signal a Mac virus onslaught? Not so fast (Macworld)
Macworld - Is it really true that it's only a matter of time before Macintosh users are under siege by a flood of viruses and malware? McAfee announced recently that 2011 would be a bad year for people using Apple computers, as hackers will be increasingly attracted by growing Mac market share. It's not at all hard to find experts who agree.
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2010 in review: The year in iOS (Macworld)
Macworld - When 2010 began, the software that ran the iPhone and iPod touch was still called “iPhone OSâ€ÂÂ; by the end of the year, it had been rechristened iOS.
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Skype says software to blame for 24-hour outage (AP)
AP - A software glitch caused Skype's major outage last week, the Internet calling and messaging service said Wednesday.
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Android Mobile Malware Has Botnet-like Traits (PC World)
PC World - Hackers are aiming for users of Google's Android mobile operating system with a malicious application that harvests personal information and sends it to a remote server.
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Skype Says Bug in Older Software Caused Outage (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Skype offered a detailed explanation Wednesday for the "critical failure" that prevented millions of Skype users worldwide from placing or receiving calls last week. According to the VoIP operator, a bug in an older version of the Skype for Windows client software caused 25 to 30 percent of the service's supernodes to fail.
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Software Patents Have Got to Go! (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - All the brouhaha with Paul Allen suing, well, everyone makes it even clearer that software and process patents need to go.
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Paul Allen Amends Lawsuit Against Facebook, Apple and Others (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has filed a last-minute amendment to his patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, Facebook, Google and others, according to media reports. The amended suit targets Google's Android mobile operating system in a move that could spell trouble for phone manufacturers and app developers.
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Android apps growing by the second, over 2.5 billion downloads (Appolicious)
Appolicious - In the apps numbers game, Google’s (GOOG) Android is gaining on Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone.The two-year-old Android Market now is offering more than 200,000 apps and games for download, Softpedia reports. This compares with more than 300,000 for the Apple operating system.
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Eltima releases 2.0 Beta of Folx download manager (Macworld)
Macworld - Eltima Software has released the 2.0 Beta of Folx, its download manager and torrent client for Mac OS X. Beta 2.0 adds iTunes integration, RSS feed downloading options, and more advanced file management abilities to the handy utility.
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Top Hacker Targets Include Mobile Devices and Mac (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - McAfee is making security predictions for 2011. The firm outlines its top threats for next year in the 2011 Threat Predictions report -- and Android, iPhone, Foursquare, Google TV, and Mac OS X are listed as major cybercrime targets. Politically motivated attacks are also expected to increase, a la WikiLeaks.
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Apple sued over apps privacy issues; Google may be next (Reuters)
Reuters - Two separate groups of iPhone and iPad users have sued Apple Inc alleging that certain software applications were passing personal user information to third-party advertisers without consent.
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