Microsoft Extends Olive Branch To Open-Source Groups (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is putting its weight behind a new endeavor to which the software giant has agreed to contribute $1 million. Called the CodePlex Foundation, the nonprofit organization describes its mission as enabling the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open-source communities.
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Apple Updates Fix Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, iPhone OS (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple released a king-sized security update for Mac OS X on Thursday, a separate fix for its just-released Snow Leopard, and an update to the iPhone operating system. Some of the updates fix problems, but others seem to cause new ones.
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Microsoft $358 million damage award overturned (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. court of appeals on Friday overturned a $358 million damages award against software maker Microsoft Corp in a long-running patent dispute with French telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent.
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Google Helps Users Jump Ship to Rival Web Services (PC World)
PC World - In a move that flouts common business logic, Google is making it as easy as possible for people to migrate away from its services -- including Google Docs, Gmail and Blogger -- and by doing so is positioning itself to be users' first port of call within the so-called cloud that many software companies see as the future for computing.
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US videogame sales down for sixth month in a row (AFP)
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Powerful Tool to Scour Document Metadata Updated (PC World)
PC World - A Spanish company has released an upgraded version of a powerful software application that can be used to perform intelligence gathering on a company's Web site and network.
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Motorola unveils Cliq, the Android-powered smartphone (AFP)
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U.S. video game sales down 16 percent in August (Reuters)
Reuters - Sales of video game equipment and software in the United States fell 16 percent in August to $908.7 million, research group NPD said on Thursday, the sixth consecutive monthly decline.
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Motorola eyes expanded app dev for Cliq phone (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Motorola plans to expand software development possibilities for its newly announced Motoblur software, which puts social networking capabilities on the company's Cliq mobile phone. But the company expects that subsequent devices will be offered with more of a business application bent, a high-ranking Motorola executive said Thursday.
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Motorola and T-Mobile Hope to Rebound Together With Cliq (PC World)
PC World - Motorola announced its first mobile device based on the Google Android operating system. The device, dubbed the Cliq, will be available later this year exclusively from T-Mobile and is also the first device to feature Motorola's innovative new MotoBlur feature.
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Motorola Unveils Android-Powered MOTOBLUR Platform (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Motorola is moving to make a comeback with new phones based on the Android operating system. Motorola unveiled its MOTOBLUR vision and its first device at the GigaOM Mobilize '09 Conference in San Francisco on Thursday.
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Motorola unveils Google phone to muted response (Reuters)
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Race is On to Patch Critical Windows Flaw (PC World)
PC World - Security experts are concerned about the potential impact of a new security hole affecting the Windows operating system. The potential exists to create a worm that would allow an attacker to take complete control of vulnerable systems without any user interaction--a jackpot for malware developers.
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Motorola, in need of hit, shows off Android phone (AP)
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Microsoft Forms, Funds New Open-source Foundation (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has cofounded and is providing the funding for a new foundation aimed at bringing open-source and proprietary software companies together to participate side by side in open-source projects.
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Microsoft funds effort for open source dialogue (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is donating $1 million in initial funding for a non-profit foundation launched Thursday with the goal of enabling exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities.
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iTunes 9 Breaks Palm Pre Sync (Again) (PC World)
PC World - Bad news, Palm Pre owners: it looks like Apple has broken the Pre's iTunes syncing ability once again. On Wednesday Apple released the latest version of its media software, iTunes 9, which includes social networking features, a new iTunes Store interface, and, apparently, a way to break the Pre's syncing capability.
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Nokia to Skip Operator Tailoring for Linux Phones (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Nokia Oyj plans to skip tailoring software of its upcoming top-of-the-range model N900 to different operators, raising the risk some carriers, who focus on integrating their own software, could refuse to offer the model.
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Adobe upgrades, changes name of rich media content controller (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems is renaming Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server, which controls access to streams of rich media content,أ‚آ to Adobe Flash Access and adding capabilities to control downloaded Flash content.
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SPSS passes antitrust review over IBM purchase (AP)
AP - Business software provider SPSS Inc. said Wednesday the waiting period for an antitrust inquiry has expired, clearing one of the hurdles to its purchase by IBM Corp. for $1.2 billion.
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