Economy Could Slow Enterprise Adoption of Windows 7 (PC World)
PC World - The turbulent economy could hinder enterprise adoption of Windows 7, even though many companies opted to skip Windows Vista and are still running the outdated Windows XP OS, analysts said.
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Hospital Chain Sues Lawson Software Over Retiring ERP Apps (PC World)
PC World - A Kansas-based nonprofit hospital chain has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Lawson Software, saying its agreement with the ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor requires Lawson to provide -- for just a small fee -- replacements for two software modules that will be decommissioned next year.
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WSO2 offers open source, componentized SOA (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Open source SOA vendor WSO2 on Monday will debut a componentized framework for SOA based on OSGi, with the intent of letting user sites assemble just what they need for their own deployments without having to carry excess software.
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Microsoft Denies Phone, But Sync Service Rumored (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The rumor mill is focusing on Microsoft this week, with renewed chatter about the software giant releasing a smartphone at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month and news about imitating Apple's MobileMe service.
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India's Low-cost Computing Device Can Run Office Apps (PC World)
PC World - A low-cost computing device for education purposes, introduced by the Indian government earlier this week, can run the office suite from OpenOffice.org, besides offering users the ability to browse the Web, a government official said.
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Windows 7 UAC Vulnerability Fixed, Microsoft Says (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft on Thursday elaborated on plans for the six versions of Windows 7 and said it fixed vulnerabilities in the User Account Control security feature. The software giant said the UAC problem has been fixed in post-beta builds not yet released.
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Four Security Updates Due From Microsoft Next Week (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft plans to patch critical flaws in its Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange Server software next week.
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New App Lets Spammers Target Twitter (PC World)
PC World - Twitter may not being making any money yet, but that hasn't stopped spammers from trying to benefit from the micro-blogging service. In fact, a new software tool, called Tweet Tornado, has the unfortunate potential to be a real game changer. Launched last week, TT is designed to help spammers and malware distributors get the most out of their Twit-based offenses.
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IBM teams up with Google on health software (Reuters)
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Google Phones to Go on Sale Soon in Australia, Singapore (PC World)
PC World - The first smartphones in Australia and Singapore to be armed with Google's Android mobile OS and software were unveiled on Thursday.
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Google launches software to track mobile users (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc released software on Wednesday that allows users of mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends.
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Microsoft May Go Open Source With Danger (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft may do the unthinkable with Danger, the mobile software and services developer it purchased last year: Go open source.
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SAP launches biggest software upgrade in 3 years (Reuters)
Reuters - German software giant SAP AG introduced the biggest upgrade to its business software in almost three years on Wednesday, saying it will help companies save money as the deepening recession hurts profits.
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Windows 7 Will Come in Six Flavors, with Two Favored (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to offer six versions of its Windows 7 operating system. But in an effort to make selecting the right version simpler, Microsoft recommends two primary editions: Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Home Professional.
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SAP Launches Business Suite 7 (PC World)
PC World - SAP launched Business Suite 7 on Wednesday, pitching the software as a more flexible and cost-effective option amid lean economic times.
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Music helps fuel sales increase for video games (Reuters)
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Microsoft streamlines Windows 7 options (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said it will heavily promote two main versions of the next Windows operating system in an attempt to avoid the problems it faced by marketing four tiers of the Windows Vista system.
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T-Mobile Issues Firmware Update for G1, Adds Voice Search (PC World)
PC World - T-Mobile began pushing out an update that adds a couple of new features and fixes some glitches in the G1, its phone that runs Google's Android software.
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New Firefox Release Fixes Critical Security Bugs (PC World)
PC World - Mozilla developers released the latest version of their Firefox browser Tuesday, version 3.0.6, which fixes several security bugs in the software.
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SugarCRM Plans New Marketing, Partner Management Tools (PC World)
PC World - SugarCRM will add new marketing and partner management capabilities to an upgrade of its open-source customer relationship management software due out by about the end of the year, company officials said.
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SAP launches biggest software upgrade in 3 years (Reuters)
Reuters - German software giant SAP AG introduced the biggest upgrade to its business software in almost three years on Wednesday, saying it will help companies save money as the deepening recession hurts profits.
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SAP Launches Business Suite 7 (PC World)
PC World - SAP launched Business Suite 7 on Wednesday, pitching the software as a more flexible and cost-effective option amid lean economic times.
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Google launches software to track mobile users (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Internet search company Google Inc released software on Wednesday that allows users of mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends.
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Music helps fuel sales increase for video games (Reuters)
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Microsoft streamlines Windows 7 options (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said it will heavily promote two main versions of the next Windows operating system in an attempt to avoid the problems it faced by marketing four tiers of the Windows Vista system.
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T-Mobile Issues Firmware Update for G1, Adds Voice Search (PC World)
PC World - T-Mobile began pushing out an update that adds a couple of new features and fixes some glitches in the G1, its phone that runs Google's Android software.
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New Firefox Release Fixes Critical Security Bugs (PC World)
PC World - Mozilla developers released the latest version of their Firefox browser Tuesday, version 3.0.6, which fixes several security bugs in the software.
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SugarCRM Plans New Marketing, Partner Management Tools (PC World)
PC World - SugarCRM will add new marketing and partner management capabilities to an upgrade of its open-source customer relationship management software due out by about the end of the year, company officials said.
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Microsoft Reaches Out To Partners with New Program (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft on Monday sought to avoid past mistakes by releasing the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Ecosystem Readiness Program. The program aims to help Microsoft's partners prepare for the next versions of its software.
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SAP, Oracle Dueling Over 'smart' Energy Metering (PC World)
PC World - The rivalry between enterprise software giants SAP and Oracle is heating up in the area of smart energy metering.
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Amid Loss, Android Won't Solve Motorola's Problems (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Analysts aren't getting good vibes about Motorola's future in Android-powered smartphones. Just weeks after Motorola slashed 4,000 jobs, and months after it scaled back its software and mobile-device businesses, it still has a rough road ahead.
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Microsoft Outlines Windows 7 SKUs; Targets Netbooks (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft has officially announced the five versions of Windows 7 it will sell at launch, together with a version specifically designed for low-cost netbooks.
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Mac OS X Nears 10 Percent of Market as Windows Slips (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - While Microsoft's Windows 7 has been making tech news, Apple's Mac OS X has moved up the market-share ladder. Apple's operating system continued climbing for the third consecutive month, closing in on 10 percent of the operating-system market, according to Net Applications. Apple now claims 9.9 percent of the market.
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McAfee builds SaaS arm (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - McAfee on Monday announced that it has rolled its SaaS security offerings into a new business unit.
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Adobe Working with Apple To Get Flash on iPhone (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - One of the biggest complaints about Apple's groundbreaking iPhone has been that it doesn't support Adobe's Flash for interactive animation and video. But late last week Adobe Systems CEO Shantanu Narayen said his company is working with Apple to make it happen.
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UAC Fix in Windows 7 Creates Security Hole, Blogger Says (PC World)
PC World - A change that Microsoft made in Windows 7 to improve its controversial User Account Control security feature has left the new OS less secure, according to a blogger who follows Microsoft closely.
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Data theft from firms topped a trillion dollars in 2008: study (AFP)
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Microsoft Charges Employee With Spying (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, charging him with taking a job at the software giant in order to steal information that would be helpful in his patent infringement case against the company.
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New App Deepens Salesforce-Facebook Possibilities (PC World)
PC World - Software and services vendor Appirio is releasing the Referral Management Solution, a set of technologies that enable Salesforce customers to use Facebook for functions like viral marketing and employee recruitment.
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Dell to Make Google and Microsoft Phones -- Really? (PC World)
PC World - Just when you thought there are enough not-so-good looking and overrated phones out there, Dell is expected to announce two iPhone and Blackberry competitors sometime next month. Code-named MePhone (hopefully not the final name), the phones will run on Google Android and Microsoft Windows Mobile respectively.
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