Why You Need to Have a Linux LiveCD (PC World)
PC World - As a longtime fan of Linux, I'm a big believer that most business users would benefit greatly by dumping Windows and switching over to the open source operating system instead. It's stable, it's reliable and it's highly secure, among many other advantages.
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Developers split over Mac App Store license swaps (Macworld)
Macworld - Even for those users who have been buying and downloading software on their own for years, the Mac App Store’s promise of license code banishment, convenient multi-Mac licenses, and effortless one-click installation are hard to ignore.
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Samsung to Debut New Tablet Sunday at MWC, Report Says (PC World)
PC World - A new Samsung tablet will make its public debut on Sunday evening at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) tradeshow in Barcelona, according to a Friday report by tech news site Pocket-lint. Samsung's new slate will have a larger display than the company's 7-inch Galaxy Tab, but will be thinner and lighter. It will run Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), Google's new tablet-friendly mobile operating system, the report says.
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Chinese Attackers Grab Data from Energy Companies (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In another time, Night Dragon could have been the name of a Chinese pirate ship. In the early 21st century, it's the name that security firm McAfee has given to a group of hackers from that country who have penetrated energy companies' networks and confiscated internal documents for at least two years, and possibly up to four.
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Nokia needs to make Windows phones hip (AFP)
AFP - Nokia has scrapped its smartphone software for Microsoft's supercharged mobile operating system. Now a world enamored by Apple's iPhone and Android handsets needs reason to care.Read More ...
SuccessFactors Alleges Covert Scheme by Competitor (PC World)
PC World - SuccessFactors is alleging that rival human-resources-software vendor Halogen Software concocted a fraudulent and covert scheme in order to obtain competitive information from it, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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RIM's PlayBook May Be Able To Run Android Apps (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - If you can't beat 'em, use their apps. That seems to be the strategy behind reports that Research in Motion is developing software so its new PlayBook tablet can run Android applications.
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Blackberry Playbook to Run Android Apps, Report says (PC World)
PC World - In the battle for tablet dominance Research in Motion has a wildcard up its sleeve. RIM's tablet, the Blackberry Playbook, can run Android apps designed originally for tablets that run the Android mobile operating system. This is according to reports from Bloomberg that cite three unnamed sources. RIM has not confirmed the report.
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Smartphone makers to woo developers in Barcelona (Reuters)
Reuters - The shotgun marriage of Nokia and Microsoft's smartphone platforms puts software developers center stage at next week's Mobile World Congress and is likely to herald further consolidation.
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Microsoft and Nokia Partner on Smartphone Future (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft and Nokia on Friday announced an alliance that pairs the world's largest phone maker with the software giant in a marriage of convenience as the two combine forces to compete more effectively again Apple and Google in the fight for smartphone dominance.
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Report: RIM PlayBook to Run Android Apps (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The BlackBerry PlayBook will reportedly include software that allows it to run the 130,000 apps designed for Google's Android operating system.
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Nokia joins forces with Microsoft in mobile phone 'war' (AFP)
AFP - Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, said Friday it was slashing jobs and joining forces with US giant Microsoft in a major strategy shake-up that left investors disappointed.Read More ...
Nokia surrenders and enlists Microsoft in smartphone war (Reuters)
Reuters - Nokia's last-ditch attempt to catch up with Google and Apple by teaming up with Microsoft Corp puts them back on the smartphone map, but gives rivals plenty of time to try and widen their lead.
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Nokia Shifts to Windows Phone, Reorganizes (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Nokia said Friday that the company will pursue a long-term relationship with Microsoft, and make its Windows Phone 7 operating system the foundation for its mobile phones.
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Canonical Opens Up Catalog of Linux-Friendly Components (PC World)
PC World - Though hardware compatibility with Linux improves with each passing day, users of the free and open source operating system can still encounter problems with particular devices and components.
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New iOS 4.2.6 Update Is Aimed at Verizon's iPhone 4 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple released a new iOS version Thursday that is squarely aimed at the new iPhone 4 handsets selling like hotcakes at Verizon Wireless. According to the release note accompanying the software upgrade, the goal is to ensure personal hot-spot usage is accurately reported.
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Wi-LAN to expand into Internet, software patents (Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian patent licensing company Wi-LAN Inc plans to venture into software and internet patent licensing, even as it focuses on its strong wireless portfolio, Chief Executive Jim Skippen told Reuters.
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Chinese hackers target oil companies: McAfee (AFP)
AFP - Hackers from China have penetrated computer networks of global oil companies, stealing financial documents on bidding plans and other confidential information, a US computer security firm said Thursday.Read More ...
Chinese hackers infiltrated five energy firms: McAfee (Reuters)
Reuters - Hackers working in China broke into the computer systems of five multinational oil and gas companies to steal bidding plans and other critical proprietary information, the computer security firm McAfee Inc said in a report.Read More ...
Android might not be the best-selling OS in smartphones (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Last month, analysis firm Canalys reported that Android had overtaken Nokia’s Symbian operating system as the best-selling smartphone platform in Q4 2010. But research from another firm contradicts it -- so Android might not have been quite as meteoric in its rise through 2010 as previously believed.
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