Insider Software launches WEBSIWYG (Macworld)
Macworld - Insider Software, the maker of FontAgent Pro font management software, has announced the debut of WEBSIWYG, a Web-based font-catalog service that lets users view and request fonts on networked FontAgent Pro Servers.
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Google Copied Java in Android, Expert Says (PC World)
PC World - An intellectual property expert has uncovered 43 instances where it appears that Google copied Java code without permission in the most recent versions of the Android operating system.
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Twitter Targeted With Fake Antivirus Software Scam (PC World)
PC World - Twitter has been resetting passwords for accounts that started distributing links promoting fake antivirus software in an attack that used Google's Web address shortening service to conceal the links' destination.
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Working in Google Docs Keeps Getting Better (PC World)
PC World - Google has been quietly adding a raft of new features to its Google Docs online office suite over the last few months, and there are rumors even more significant features are due very soon.
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iOS 4.3 Beta Hints at a Social Network for Apple Devices (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Can the second-most-profitable company in America leverage its popularity with hundreds of millions of consumers into a successful new social network? A beta of the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 4.3, suggests that's what the computer giant plans.
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Is Sony Planning to Thwart PS3 Pirates with Blu-ray Serial Keys? (PC World)
PC World - What if Sony took a page from Microsoft and required you activate games on your PlayStation 3 before playing? Or not just games, how about Blu-ray discs--movies, games, software, whatever--in general?
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Intel seen winning EU approval for McAfee deal: sources (Reuters)
Reuters - Intel Corp is set to win EU approval next week for its $7.68 billion purchase of security software maker McAfee Inc after offering more concessions to ease antitrust concerns, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.Read More ...
OSI, FSF Want Inquiry of Microsoft Consortium Deal on Novell (PC World)
PC World - Protesting the secrecy of the deal, the Open Source Initiative and the Free Software Foundation have jointly asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the purchase of more than 800 patents by a Microsoft-led consortium, CTPN Holdings.
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Soundminer Android Malware Listens, Then Steals, Phone Data (PC World)
PC World - Researchers have developed a low-profile Trojan horse program for Google's Android mobile OS that steals data in a way that is unlikely to be detected by either a user or antivirus software.
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T-Mobile: Vibrant Upgrade Coming Soon, but Not iPhone 3G (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - T-Mobile executives at a press breakfast on Thursday said that a software upgrade for the Samsung Vibrant is coming "very soon," but that the Apple iPhone's hardware prevents T-Mobile USA from selling that popular smartphone.
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Review: Library e-books easier, but still hassle (AP)
AP - Libraries have been lending e-books for longer than there's been a Kindle, but until recently only a few devices worked with them. That's changed in the past few months with the arrival of software for reading library e-books on some popular devices: iPhones, iPads and Android-powered smart phones.Read More ...
Gingerbread Updates for Android Phones: What's the Holdup? (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - PCMag chose 15 of the most popular Android devices and asked carriers, manufacturers, Google, even retailers to find out when you can expect a mobile software upgrade.
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SAP sets ambitious goals, faces restructuring: report (Reuters)
Reuters - German software maker SAP is preparing to restructure and has hiked sales and margin targets to prop up its sagging shares amid litigation woes, weekly Manager Magazin reported.Read More ...
Android device updates lag behind Apple, intensifying OS wars (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Android is pretty distinct from Apple (AAPL), on multiple levels. The operating system, though, is at the center of their differences, with large-scale maintenance becoming an issue for Google (GOOG). Just do a news scan for Android—you’ll find countless articles announcing upcoming, delayed or problematic handset updates, with someone always feeling left out.
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Angry Birds developer sets sights on animated series (AFP)
AFP - Rovio Mobile, the Finnish software developer that brought the world the popular mobile game Angry Birds, said Wednesday it wanted to develop an animated series based on the game.Read More ...
Google software for the masses lands in Iran (AFP)
AFP - Google has made mapping, photo-sharing, and Web browsing software available for the first time to people in Iran but blocked access by government computers there.Read More ...
Sony Ericsson Sues Clearwire Over Logo (PC World)
PC World - Amid intense competition among handset vendors, carriers and software providers in the fast-growing mobile market, a new battle is brewing between two green swirls.
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Apple releases MacBook Air, iDVD updates (Macworld)
Macworld - Apple sure has a funny way of celebrating record-setting holiday quarters. Before the company ended its 2011 kick-off earnings call on Monday, Apple released a pair of software updates for owners of the latest-generation MacBook Air and iLife ’11.
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IBM Q4 Net Income Rises 9 Percent (PC World)
PC World - IBM said Tuesday that net income for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 9 percent to $5.3 billion year-over-year, helped by strong performance in growth markets as well as software sales. Revenues for the quarter were $29 billion, a 7 percent increase.
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News of 'Natty Narwhal' Preview What's Next For Ubuntu (PC World)
PC World - Ubuntu 11.04 may just be one of the most widely--and sometimes even anxiously--anticipated releases yet of Canonical's popular open source operating system.
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