Amazon opens app store for Android phones, tablets (AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc. is getting into the app-selling arena by opening an online store to distribute software for smartphones and tablet computers running Google Inc.'s Android operating system.
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Amazon's Appstore for Android Opens for Business (PC World)
PC World - Amazon has opened the Appstore for Android, providing another option for app shopping to U.S. users of smartphones with Google's operating system.
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Google Says Microsoft Patent Lawsuit Threatens Innovation (PC World)
PC World - Google took a slap at Microsoft on Tuesday, saying the software giant's patent lawsuit against bookseller Barnes & Noble's Android-based e-reader stifles innovation.
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Judge orders Jobs to answer iTunes questions (Reuters)
Reuters - A federal judge has ordered Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs to answer questions relating to an antitrust lawsuit that says the company's iTunes software maintained a monopoly in portable digital media players and music downloads.
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Opera unveils new mobile browsers (Reuters)
Reuters - Opera Software unveiled on Tuesday new versions of its Mini and Mobile wireless browsers, improving tablet support and features like scrolling, zooming and sharing.
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Apple called on to pull 'gay cure' app from iTunes (AFP)
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Microsoft sues Barnes & Noble over Nook reader (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp filed lawsuits for patent infringement on Monday against bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc over its Nook electronic book reader, widening the software company's legal assault on devices running on Google Inc's Android system.Read More ...
Microsoft aims at Android with e-reader lawsuit (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. broadened its attack on Google Inc.'s Android software, filing patent infringement lawsuits Monday against Barnes & Noble Inc. and two manufacturers over the Android-based Nook e-reader.Read More ...
Apple Expected To Release iOS 4.3.1 Security Update (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Less than two weeks after it released the latest version of its mobile operating system, Apple is set to roll out an update to patch security leaks, according to a published report.
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Microsoft Sues Barnes & Noble Over Android (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has filed a patent lawsuit against bookseller Barnes & Noble, accusing the company of running infringing software on its Android-based Nook e-reader.
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Unlike IE9, Firefox 4 Will Still Support Windows XP (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - New versions of the two most popular browsers -- Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox -- are being released. Among their competing features is an unusual twist -- Firefox, which is being released Tuesday, will support Microsoft's venerable and still-popular Windows XP operating system, while IE will not.
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Microsoft says Android e-reader violates patents (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft on Monday accused Taiwan electronics colossus Foxconn and US book seller Barnes & Noble of using its patented technology in e-readers running on Google-backed Android software.Read More ...
Facebook buys startup to link with more mobile phones (AFP)
AFP - Facebook is buying an Israeli startup that specializes in software that connects any type of mobile telephone to the leading online social network and other popular Internet destinations.Read More ...
Frenzy turns Dropbox into a social-networking tool (Macworld)
Macworld - Aptonic Software has released a new social-networking utility called Frenzy that allows you to turn cloud storage service Dropbox into an impromptu social network for sharing links and files.
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Asustek Tablet With Honeycomb Goes on Sale Friday in Taiwan (PC World)
PC World - Asustek Computer said it would start selling its first tablet PCs with the speedy Android 3.0 operating system this week, spicing it up with USB ports and options for a detachable keyboard that doubles as a spare battery.
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Gates, Buffett bid to open rich Indians' wallets (AFP)
AFP - Two of the world's richest men, software pioneer Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett, are set to visit India this week to persuade the country's super-wealthy to part with more of their cash.Read More ...
Mac App Store Good for Developers and Gamers, Study Finds (PC World)
PC World - Apple's two-month old Mac App Store may not have a lot of software compared to its iOS counterparts--but a recent study finds there's still a lot to love about the Mac App store if you're a developer.
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Xobni Expanding into Gmail, Android, iPhone (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Xobni, which began life as an organizational tool for Microsoft's Outlook software, has now expanded into Gmail, and plans to add the Android platform and iPhone are in the works.
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State Pays ACS US$7.25M to Settle Software Project Suit (PC World)
PC World - Minnesota's Department of Human Services has agreed to pay ACS US$7.25 million to settle a lawsuit the systems integrator brought against it in connection with the development of HealthMatch, a system for determining a person's eligibility for health care.
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Microsoft, Feds Take Down Major Spam Network (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A major spam network has been taken down by federal agents and Microsoft. Raids were launched Wednesday across the U.S. against the Rustock botnet, which used computers hijacked with malicious software to send out billions of e-mails.
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