IBM touts social skills on RIM's PlayBook (Reuters)
Reuters - IBM wants to dislodge Microsoft's desktop-bound business software by touting an update of its Lotus programs designed to harness the mobility and collaboration possible with cloud computing.Read More ...
What should we expect from Android’s Gingerbread and Honeycomb updates? (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Cupcake. Donut. Eclair. Froyo. What’s up next? Why, it’s Gingerbread and Honeycomb of course. These future Google Android updates may posses sweet nicknames, but they also pack a lot of power and continue to improve the still quite youthful Android operating system, hopefully adding both function and performance.
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Android Rocks, Windows Phone 7 Rolls (Slowly) (PC World)
PC World - The Android mobile operating system thoroughly dominates the U.S. consumer smartphone market, while Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 OS is off to a slow start, according to a new survey by market researcher The NPD Group. And while Apple's share of the consumer market is falling, the iPhone will likely get a boost once Verizon Wireless starts offering the top-selling handset in February.
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Google topples Nokia from smartphones top spot (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc's Android dethroned Nokia's Symbian as the global leader in smartphone software during the last quarter of 2010, ending a reign that began with the birth of the industry a decade ago.Read More ...
Google Invites Media To Android Honeycomb Event (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As the tablet wars heat up, the newest version of Google's open-source Android operating system -- version 3.0, or Honeycomb -- could become a major factor. That new OS, which is optimized for tablets, will be formally unveiled Wednesday at the search giant's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.
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Why Android is Now Beating Symbian Globally (PC World)
PC World - Android has surged past Symbian to become the world's best-selling smartphone operating system, according to Canalys.
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IBM to Offer Cloud Office Suite (PC World)
PC World - Joining Microsoft, Oracle, Google and others, IBM plans to offer a cloud-based office suite, the company announced on Monday.
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Android 3.0 Honeycomb Debuts Wednesday: What to Expect (PC World)
PC World - Honeycomb will finally arrive this week, and Google promises an in-depth look at the revamped Android operating system and some hands-on demonstrations of Honeycomb devices.
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After Attack, SourceForge Speeds Move to New Security Model (PC World)
PC World - The open-source software development site SourceForge is speeding up its move to a new a security model following a targeted attack that may have compromised the passwords of its large user base.
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Google dethrones Nokia with Android smartphone: study (AFP)
AFP - Google's smartphone operating system Android has passed Nokia's Symbian and become the global smartphone market leader, market research company Canalys said Monday.Read More ...
Android Becomes Best-selling Smartphone OS, Says Canalys (PC World)
PC World - Shipments of Android-based smartphones reached 32.9 million worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2010, making Android the best-selling operating system for smartphones, market research company Canalys said on Monday.
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Symantec Exposes Innovative Malware (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Writing malicious software is a business, and successful businesses innovate. Symantec's research team reports on some painfully innovative new threats.
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Head to Head: iPhone vs. Android (PC World)
PC World - With the recent announcement that, at long last, Apple's iPhone is coming to Verizon Wireless's CDMA network, arguments are blazing over which smartphone operating system reigns supreme. Many Verizon customers are asking themselves whether they should stick with the carrier's Android devices or jump ship to iOS.
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Microsoft Word Alternatives: Wordsmiths, Rejoice! (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Word is ubiquitous: It's the standard word processor in most places of business, and it often ends up installed on home PCs due to compatibility and familiarity. It isn't the only choice, however. Whether your main concern is price, complexity, specialized functionality, system footprint, or some combination of the above, you might have many reasons to look beyond Word.
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Expo Notes: How developers on the floor feel about the Mac App Store (Macworld)
Macworld - The Mac App Store may already feel like an old friend, but in fact, it’s only been around a scant three weeks. That’s still enough time for various Mac software developers around the Macworld 2011 conference floor to form some firm opinions about the store and its impact on their business.
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Expo Notes: Boom boosts Mac audio beyond 10 (Macworld)
Macworld - The show floor at Macworld Expo is a noisy place. It can be difficult to hear a person talking to me, or hear a Mac’s sound during an audio demo. But when I visited Global Delight, I was able to hear their Macs clearly, because they were showing their new software utility called Boom.
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Expo Notes: Boinx Software launches BoinxTV Home (Macworld)
Macworld - If you ever dreamed of producing your own live-to tape style productions—or maybe just want to zoom through your video podcast or tutorial—BoinxTV Home aims to be the easiest and fastest way to go. Available exclusively from Apple’s App Store for $50, BoinxTV Home is live-video production software designed to convert your home location into a professional TV studio for the real-time Web video creation.
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Expo Notes: Dolly Drive marries Time Machine to the cloud (Macworld)
Macworld - Cirrus Thinking is a developer who released Dolly Drive on Wednesday at Macworld Expo. When you use the Dolly Drive software, it shows cloud storage provided by the developer as available drives in Time Machine. When it’s time for Time Machine to run, encrypted files are saved to the cloud.
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Exclusive: U.S. asks about search fairness in Google/ITA (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department's review of Google Inc's planned acquisition of airline ticketing software company ITA Software is focusing on making sure ITA's products remain available, even to Google's rivals, according to a source close to the deal.
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Expo Notes: MacPractice updates medical software (Macworld)
Macworld - MacPractice is showing off its updated line of medical record-keeping software at this week’s Macworld Expo 2011, touting its new certification that lets doctors and hospitals receive federal subsidies to adopt electronic record-keeping.
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