Microsoft COO sees gradual recovery, client caution (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft is still seeing a lot of interest in its Windows 7 computer software launched last year and a new budget cycle will help a gradual recovery in business spending, its chief operating officer said.
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Opera says demand up as Microsoft opens EU market (Reuters)
Reuters - Opera Software said on Wednesday it had seen a surge in downloads of its browser after Microsoft started making it easier for Europeans to choose smaller rivals' browsers.
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China Unicom to Use Android Despite Google-China Row (PC World)
PC World - Chinese mobile carrier China Unicom will use Google's Android operating system on phones, its top executive said Wednesday, showing interest despite a row between Google and the Chinese government.
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Skype gets into Nokia smartphones (Reuters)
Reuters - Internet telephony firm Skype took a second major leap into the wireless market in just a few weeks, unveiling software from top phone maker Nokia Oyj which could run on more than 200 million smartphones around the world.
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Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software (Reuters)
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Elliott offers $2 billion buyout of Novell (AP)
AP - Private equity firm Elliott Associates LP on Tuesday offered to buy the 91.5 percent of the shares it doesn't already own in enterprise software company Novell Inc. for $5.75 each, an offer valuing the company at about $2 billion.
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Private equity firm makes bid for Novell (AFP)
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Opera 10.50 browser features boosted speed and improved HTML 5 support (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Opera Software released on Tuesday its Opera 10.50 Web browser, calling it the fastest browser ever produced for Windows computers.
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Toyota's Woes Raise Questions About Auto Electronics (PC World)
PC World - Could software, or faulty logic design, be at the root of runaway acceleration problems plaguing Toyota automobiles?
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VMware to repurchase up to $400M of Class A stock (AP)
AP - VMware Inc., which makes software used in corporate data centers, said Tuesday its board has approved a plan to repurchase up to $400 million of its Class A shares through the end of 2011.
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Opera Says Version 10.50 Is the Fastest Windows Browser (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Opera Software released a new version of its Internet browser Tuesday that the company claims is the fastest Windows-based platform for surfing the web. Called Opera 10.50, the free browser download now sports a sleek and refined design, together with new social-networking capabilities as well as a private browsing feature that hides all traces of the sites that users visit.
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Summary Box: 3 nabbed for huge computer infection (AP)
AP - THE BOTNET: The so-called Mariposa botnet was made up of as many as 12.7 million virus-infected personal computers. Malcious software on those machines stole credit card numbers and online banking credentials.
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Software AG Opens BPM Social Networking Beta Test (PC World)
PC World - Software AG opened a beta version of its social network for business process management (BPM) on Tuesday, a year after it first announced the service.
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Microsoft Warns of F1 Site Attack (PC World)
PC World - A new security advisory from Microsoft warns about a risk involving any version of Internet Explorer on Windows 2000 and Windows XP that can allow a malicious Web site to infiltrate your PC.
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EU: 100 million Microsoft users to choose browser (AP)
AP - Some 100 million Europeans using Microsoft software will be asked to choose among rival Web browsers by mid-May under a deal the company struck to settle antitrust action, the European Union said Tuesday.
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Even New Windows Mobile Phones Won't Get Phone 7 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Having the latest and greatest Windows phones will no longer matter once Microsoft releases its Windows Phone 7 Series. Mobile-phone users running the latest Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, made available in October, will have incremental upgrades but will need a new phone if they want to use the software giant's Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system.
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Software AG finds 4GL and Eclipse to be a Natural fit (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Fourth-generation languages may appear to be yesterday's technology, swept aside by more contemporary development platforms like Java or Microsoft's .Net. But Software AG , citing a substantial deployment of applications based on its Natural 4GL, will offer this week an IDE that puts Natural and Java developers on the same wavelength.
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Cisco Develops VPN Client for PCs, Smartphones (PC World)
PC World - Cisco Systems will soon release a VPN client for smartphones and PCs aimed at enterprise administrators who want to provide secure access to their networks and ward off malicious software.
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Opera Updates Web Browser to Version 10.5 (PC World)
PC World - Opera on Tuesday released version 10.5 of its Web browser, claiming it's the fastest browser available for the Windows operating system. Opera 10.5 includes a new design and private browsing options, and arrives just in time for the arrival of the controversial browser ballot screen in Europe.
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Intel Tries Cash to Lure Developers to Its App Store (PC World)
PC World - Intel is using cash incentives to lure mobile software developers to its AppUp Center application store, hoping to spur the development of new applications for netbooks with Atom microprocessors inside.
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