New Windows phones won't run current apps (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. has said its new software for smart phones, Windows Phone 7 series, is a "clean break" with the past. Now it's clear just how clean that break is: The new phones, expected late this year, won't run any applications written for older versions of Microsoft's phone software.
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Android Largely Unharmed in Google-China Row (PC World)
PC World - A mobile phone with Google's Android operating system that was delayed in China will now ship next week, in the latest sign that Android has gone largely unscathed by a row between Google and the Chinese government.
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ArcSight fiscal 3Q profit falls 57 percent (AP)
AP - ArcSight, a provider of network security software and services, said Thursday that its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 57 percent as higher operating expenses overshadowed growth in product and maintenance sales.
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BigBand Networks changes executive lineup (AP)
AP - BigBand Networks Inc., a digital video software company, on Thursday announced that its chief operating officer and a top sales executive have resigned.
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McAfee: System Security Is Weak Despite Locked Doors (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Evidence from the recent Aurora hack attacks on major American corporations suggest that many may have tightly locked virtual front doors, but no cybersecurity inside their systems, a McAfee expert warned on Wednesday. In a Security Insights blog post, Paul Kurtz, McAfee's chief technology officer, discussed his study of the December-through-February attacks on Google, Intel, Adobe Systems, and other large firms.
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Microsoft CEO Ballmer Bets the Farm on the Cloud (PC World)
PC World - Seventy percent of the 40,000 people who work on software at Microsoft are in some way working in the cloud, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday at the University of Washington.
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Nero SecurDisc 2.0: Improved Security For Optical Storage Media (PC World)
PC World - Nero, makers of optical media-burning software, has announced a new version of its SecurDisc data- protection technology, which should increase your chances of recovering content from damaged CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
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Microsoft COO sees gradual recovery (Reuters)
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Opera Says Browser Downloads Have Tripled (PC World)
PC World - Computerworld - Opera Software says that it has seen a three-fold increase in downloads of its browser since Microsoft started pushing a ballot screen to Europeans who run Windows.
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Hollywood Wins as Real Drops DVD-Copying Software (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Score one for Hollywood. RealNetworks agreed this week to settle lawsuits with major movie and TV studios for its RealDVD product, which allows users to copy DVDs onto hard drives.
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Microsoft: Windows 7 Fastest-Selling OS Ever (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has sold 90 million copies of Windows 7 to date, making it the fastest-selling operating system in history, according to Peter Klein, Microsoft's chief financial officer.
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Gesture Search Finds Info By Drawing Letters on a Screen (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As the smartphone world waits to see how the patent battle between Apple and HTC plays out, Google continues to forge ahead with mobile innovations. On Wednesday Google announced yet another application for its Android mobile operating system that adds a new twist to smartphone searches.
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RealNetworks Surrenders, Hollywood Loses (PC World)
PC World - RealNetworks has decided to resolve the legal challenges brought against it by Hollywood, and permanently discontinue its RealDVD software. As part of the settlement, RealNetworks will also pay $4.5 million in legal fees to the parties that brought the lawsuit against the company including six Hollywood studios, Viacom and the DVD Copy control association.
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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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