| Yahoo! News: Software News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:22:51 GMT |
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US suing Oracle over software contracts
(AP)
AP - The U.S. Justice Department says it is suing Oracle for fraud over software contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. |
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Quest Software Q2 beats estimates, shares jump
(Reuters)
Reuters - Quest Software Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by a 25 percent jump in license revenue, sending its shares up 6 percent in extended trade. |
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iPhone iOS 4 Complaints Could Be Apple's 'Vistagate'
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your iPhone ... Antennagate may be over, but complaints are now rolling in from iPhone 3G users who downloaded the latest Apple mobile operating system. |
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U.S. sues Oracle, alleges software contract fraud
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Justice Department said on Thursday it sued Oracle Corp, alleging it defrauded the federal government on a software contract in effect from 1998 to 2006 that involved hundreds of millions of dollars in sales. |
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Mac Family Tree 6 gains new interface, tools
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Assembling your family tree has never been easier, thanks to genealogy software like Synium Softwareâ??s Mac Family Tree. The latest update to the application, version 6, adds several new features and a revamped interface to make it simpler than ever to trace your roots. |
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Video game group spent $1.1M lobbying in 2Q
(AP)
AP - The Entertainment Software Association, a trade group for video game companies, spent $1.1 million during the second quarter to lobby on the regulation of video game content, First Amendment protection, parental control technology and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report. |
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Microsoft to Push Harder for Cloud
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft is shifting its strategy away from pitching itself as a company that can offer companies a choice of software or hosted services, toward pushing the cloud, an executive said on Thursday at the software giant's annual financial analyst meeting. |
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Microsoft COO Admits Mistake, Pledges to 'Lead with the Cloud'
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft executives pledged to "lead with the cloud" on Thursday, acknowledging that offering business customers a choice between packaged software and cloud-based services had been a mistake. |
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Verizon: Data Breaches Often Caused by Configuration Errors
(PC World)
PC World - Hackers appear to be increasingly counting on configuration problems and programming errors rather than software vulnerabilities in order to steal information from computer systems, according to a new study from Verizon. |
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Microsoft hosts annual financial analyst meeting
(AP)
AP - Analysts will be looking for clues about the future of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile and online businesses and its strategy for Windows-based tablet computers at an annual meeting with the software maker on Thursday. |
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LG Says Android Tablet Due out in Q4
(PC World)
PC World - LG Electronics plans to launch its first tablet device in the fourth quarter, running Google's Android mobile software, it said Thursday. |
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Symantec fiscal 2Q outlook misses expectations
(AP)
AP - Security software maker Symantec Corp. on Wednesday issued fiscal second-quarter guidance below Wall Street estimates. |
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Report: Apple Investigating iOS 4 Problems on iPhone 3G
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Apple is investigating claims that its latest iOS 4 mobile operating system is causing problems for users with the iPhone 3G, according to The Wall Street Journal. |
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Software rivals turning to allies to battle cyber crime
(AFP)
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Cyber mastermind arrested, questioned in Slovenia
(AP)
AP - A cyber mastermind from Slovenia who is suspected of creating a malicious software code that infected 12 million computers worldwide and orchestrating other huge cyberscams has been arrested and questioned, police said Wednesday. |
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Fix your bike on the go with Bike Repair
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - One of the big strengths of the App Store is its ability to provide users with concise and simple information from the Web in a neat iOS package. The latest is from Quebec-based Atomic Software, which wants to help you repair your bike while on the road. |
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What's Missing From StarCraft II's Launch? Pirate Copies
(PC World)
PC World - StarCraft II has been circulating in beta since February 2010. A preload version's been downloadable for the past week. Boxed copies of the game went on sale last night at midnight. The game code's been hypothetically available, more or less in full, to software pirates for some time now. |
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Blackberry 6 and Bold 9800 May Debut Next Week
(PC World)
PC World - Next week may see the debut of the Blackberry 6 operating system running on a brand new slider phone, suggested by an upcoming press announcement. Many sites and blogs are getting excited about invitations from Research In Motion and AT&T for an event in New York City on August 3. The event invitation doesn't say much, but its timing lines up with previous rumors that the Blackberry Bold 9800 would debut this summer. |
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Adobe buys Swiss software maker for $240M
(AP)
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. will begin a public tender offer to buy Swiss software maker Day Software Holding AG in a deal the two valued at $240 million, the companies announced Wednesday. |
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LG Expects to Launch a Few Windows Phone 7 Mobiles This Year
(PC World)
PC World - South Korea's LG Electronics will launch its first smartphone designed around Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software by the end of September and will follow with more by the end of the year, a company representative said Wednesday. |
