Infor Hiring Spree Stresses Product Innovation (PC World)
PC World - Infor is hoping to shed perceptions that it hasn't emphasized product innovation throughout the long string of acquisitions that made it one of the world's largest ERP software vendors after SAP and Oracle, announcing Wednesday that it plans to hire 400 additional developers by the end of this year.
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Intuit Glitch Leads to Mistaken Mega-tax Refunds (PC World)
PC World - Most U.S. residents would be happy to get a few thousand dollars back from the Internal Revenue Service at tax time. But a snafu in some Intuit software recently resulted in a number of Ohio residents receiving letters indicating that eye-popping sums were en route -- in one reported case, a cool US$200 million.
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Despite Google going forward, reports say no NFC on iPhone 5 (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Google (GOOG) is gearing up to test its “near field communication†technology for its Android mobile operating system in several cities, according to reports -- and meanwhile, rumor has it that Apple (AAPL) won’t include the technology in the iPhone 5.
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Microsoft Reportedly Plans To Drop iPod Rival Zune (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The Zune, once central to Microsoft's battle with Apple's mobile devices, is hitting the stop button. According to news reports, Microsoft will no longer launch new versions of the audio- and video-playing device, although it will step up efforts to utilize the software.
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Apotheker Outlines a New Connectivity Strategy for HP (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - When Lأ©o Apotheker took the reins as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, many observers expected major changes in how the technology giant approached the market. With Apotheker's software background, most predicted a more software-oriented company.
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Intel Targeting Security in the Cloud With McAfee (PC World)
PC World - Intel on Tuesday said it will use assets acquired from McAfee to provide cloud security services to protect the growing number of mobile devices that face malware and cyberattack threats.
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Microsoft releases new Internet Explorer 9 browser (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft has released the latest version of its Internet Explorer Web browsing software free online, hoping to fend off recent challenges by Firefox and Google Chrome.Read More ...
10 Must-Have Free Downloads (PC World)
PC World - Some downloadable software is so good that you just have to grab it. Unfortunately, often you have to pay for it after you try it out. But every once in a while, a must-have program is totally free. Such indispensable, no-cost programs are the hardest kind to find.
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HP shoots for sharp profit jump (Reuters)
Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Leo Apotheker, laying out the company's long-term vision in software and Internet computing, promised to boost 2014 earnings by half and sharply raise dividends.
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Microsoft to phase out unsuccessful Zune player (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp is not planning any more versions of its unpopular Zune digital media player, but is to continue offering music and video using the same software online, through its Xbox game console and on its Windows phones.
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Opera Releases Web Page Debugger (PC World)
PC World - Opera Software has embedded into its Web browser a beta set of tools, collectively called Dragonfly, that can help developers find errors in their complex Web pages, the company announced Monday.
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5 Reasons to Try OpenSUSE 11.4 (PC World)
PC World - With hundreds of Linux distributions to choose from, users of the open source operating system face what may almost be called an embarrassment of riches, so numerous are their options.
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Infor's Offer for Lawson Could Spark Bidding War (PC World)
PC World - Infor's roughly US$1.8 billion offer for Lawson Software will likely be far from the only salvo in a bidding war for the ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor that could see the likes of IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Oracle enter the fray, according to some analysts.
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iPad 2 Already Jailbroken, Running Cydia (PC World)
PC World - Last week, we informed you that iOS 4.3 had been jailbroken less than 24 hours after Apple released the new software. Apple then released the iPad 2, an guess what? It too has been jailbroken!
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Intel Buys SySDSoft Assets in LTE Push (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Intel said Monday that it acquired most of the assets of SySDSoft, an Egyptian designer of software and hardware used in the development of LTE technology.
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IBM Launches E-commerce Practice (PC World)
PC World - Hoping to grab some of the US$70 billion yearly worldwide market of electronic commerce software and services, IBM has launched an e-commerce practice focused on retail operation integration and analytics.
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Lawson Software gets $11.25 per share bid (AP)
AP - Lawson Software says it's talking with two firms about their unsolicited offer to pay $11.25 each for all of Lawson's shares.
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Lawson Software receives $1.8 billion offer (Reuters)
Reuters - Lawson Software said late on Friday it had received an unsolicited bid from privately held software company Infor and Golden Gate Capital to acquire all its outstanding common stock at $11.25 per share in cash.
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Infor Makes Unsolicited $1.84B Bid for ERP Vendor Lawson (PC World)
PC World - Lawson Software received an unsolicited buy out offer of US$11.25 per share, or around $1.84 billion, from rival ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor Infor.
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Microsoft Delays Phone 7 Update After Prior Snafu (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has decided to "take some extra time" in rolling out a much-anticipated update for its Windows Phone 7 operating system to make sure an embarrassing software snafu won't be repeated. The update is now expected toward the end of March.
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