IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 09/09/2009

Unpatched Microsoft Bugs Raise Red Flags (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has released its security updates for the month of September, but a couple of unpatched flaws have some security experts wondering if the software company will be forced to release an emergency patch sometime in the month ahead.
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IBM tool eases JavaScript development (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Countering rivals Microsoft and Adobe Systems, IBM is offering a free tool to simplify development of JavaScript-based Web applications, featuring use of a modeling language, according to IBM sources.
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Microsoft Rivals to Purchase 22 Patents to Defend Linux (PC World)
PC World - A group of Linux proponents will purchase patents formerly held by Microsoft in an effort to defend distributors of the open-source OS against the ongoing threat of patent litigation from the software giant.
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Dirty vendor tricks (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Enterprise software and service vendors are a tricky bunch. Like skilled magicians, they use sleight of hand and misdirection to pull cash from your company's coffers.
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Microsoft Russian antitrust probe closed (Reuters)

Reuters - Russia's state anti-monopoly service, FAS, said on Monday it had closed a probe into Microsoft as it had found no violations of antitrust laws over cutbacks in supply of the Windows XP operating system.

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Spotify launches on Apple's iPhone (AFP)

AFP - Spotify, the Swedish music streaming website, on Monday announced the launch of its software on Apple's iPhone, the best-selling handset that features high speed internet access.

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Microsoft: Cyber-crooks Exploiting Unpatched IIS Bug (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft says that cyber-criminals are starting to exploit an unpatched bug in its IIS server software that was made public earlier this week.
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Web-monitoring software gathers data on kid chats (AP)

AP - Parents who install a leading brand of software to monitor their kids' online activities may be unwittingly allowing the company to read their children's chat messages آ— and sell the marketing data gathered.

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Microsoft Word Ban: Maybe it Wouldn't be so Bad (PC World)
PC World - It looks like Microsoft has the advantage -- at least for now -- in its David vs. Goliath legal skirmish with Canadian software developer i4i, which recently won a patent infringement suit against the software giant.
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As MMS Nears, Analyst Says AT&T Gripes Are Justified (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - After months or preparing its system and network, AT&T is finally rolling out Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS customers. The long-overdue service will debut on Sept. 25. AT&T said MMS will be delivered via a software update.
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Canadian firm predicts victory in Microsoft patent case (AFP)

AFP - A Canadian company in a patent dispute with Microsoft said Friday it expects to ultimately triumph in the case despite a court ruling allowing the US software giant to continue selling Microsoft Word.

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Snow Leopard Update in Works Already (PC World)
PC World - Apple is working already on a fix for various problems Snow Leopard users ran into after updating to the new operating system. Only a week after introducing Snow Leopard, Apple began seeding to developers an update addressing stability and compatibility issues.
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LapLink Offers Solution for XP to Win7 Upgrades (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - LapLink says its PCMover software will provide a headache-free way to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7.
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Microsoft to Continue Shipping Word Pending Appeal (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A federal appeals court on Thursday granted the software giant a stay of an injunction that required Microsoft to stop production of Word.
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Microsoft Gets Reprieve in Word Case (PC World)
PC World - An appeals court has granted Microsoft's request to put off an injunction that could have forced it to stop selling its Microsoft Word software next month.
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Court: Microsoft OK to sell Word during appeal (AP)
AP - The U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit says Microsoft Corp. can keep selling its Word desktop software as it appeals an unfavorable patent ruling.
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AT&T Sets the Date for iPhone MMS. Whoopee? (PC World)
PC World - AT&T, everyone's favorite phone company to hate lately, has finally set the date for MMS availability on the iPhone. Multimedia messaging will debut for U.S.-based iPhone 3G and 3GS users on September 25, AT&T says. All you'll have to do is download a software update, and you'll be in business.
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Snow Leopard 'Bricks' Some Macs with 'Ball of Death' (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple has angered thousands of Mac users with the release of Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6 because the new operating system has caused some computers to fail. After a startup failure, users are greeted with a continuous icon described as the "spinning ball of death."
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Diebold selling US voting machine unit (AP)

AP - ATM maker Diebold Inc. has sold its much-criticized U.S. voting-machine business to its bigger competitor, Election Systems & Software Inc. of Omaha, Neb.

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Investor group to take 20 percent stake in Retalix (AP)
AP - Software maker Retalix Ltd. said Thursday it will sell a 20 percent stake in the company to a group of investors.
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