Foxit Software's Pocket-sized E-book Reader Due Soon (PC World)
PC World - Foxit Software will soon release a new version of its eSlick e-book reader, which has been redesigned to better fit into a pocket.
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Google Android Phones Can Now Search With Written Gestures (PC World)
PC World - Google announced an experimental application for its Android mobile operating system, which allows you to search your phone using written gestures. Instead of bringing up the keyboard, users of the newer Android phones can just draw letters on the screen to search through contacts, music or apps.
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Report: North Korea Develops Own Linux Distribution (PC World)
PC World - North Korea has reportedly developed its own version of the Linux operating with a graphical user interface that closely resembles Microsoft Windows.
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Company Puts Android on Laptop With China-backed Chips (PC World)
PC World - A Chinese company is tweaking Google's Android operating system to run on a laptop using homegrown Chinese microprocessors, which are backed by the government.
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Real Settles Lawsuits, Will Stop Selling RealDVD (PC World)
PC World - RealNetworks has agreed to pay US$4.5 million and permanently stop selling its RealDVD software as part of a legal settlement with six Hollywood movie studios, the company said Wednesday.
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Facebook, Omniture expand marketing partnership (AP)
AP - Facebook and Omniture, the Web analytics software maker, said Wednesday they are working together to help companies use the world's largest social network as a marketing channel.
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Take-Two posts smaller 1Q loss, higher sales (AP)
AP - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. posted a smaller net loss for its fiscal first quarter Tuesday as its sales climbed and expenses declined.
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Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software (Reuters)
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Skype for Symbian Offered for Some Nokia Phones (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Nokia is making Skype available for the Symbian platform. A joint announcement Wednesday by the world's largest handset maker and the maker of the most popular VoIP calling software means that owners of select Nokia devices will be able to make phone calls over Wi-Fi or a mobile data connection at a fraction of the cost for normal calls.
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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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Microsoft Windows 7 License Sales Hit 90 Million (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft has sold 90 million Windows 7 licenses since its October 2009 launch, Microsoft announced Wednesday.
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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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Opera Says Demand Up After 'Browser Ballot' (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Opera Software said on Wednesday it had seen a surge in downloads of its browser after Microsoft started to give Europeans the option of choosing smaller rivals' browsers.
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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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