TechWeb - InformationWeek - Multi-touch capabilities are expected to be part of the next Windows operating system when it is released in late 2009 or early 2010. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The open source operating system is said to be vulnerable to hacks that could leave users' personal data exposed to identity thieves. -- read full article
AP - South Africa is appealing a decision to make Microsoft Corp.'s Office Open XML format an internationally recognized standard for electronic documents, officials said Wednesday. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Its new era of software development includes Google Gears, Android, Google App Engine, Google Web Toolkit, and OpenSocial API, the company revealed at its I/O conference. -- read full article
AP - Google Inc. showed off its nearly completed mobile software system to about 3,000 computer programmers Wednesday, hoping to cultivate more services and advertising for people on the go. -- read full article
Reuters - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive
Jerry Yang said on Wednesday a potential deal with Microsoft
has tremendous power, but the software giant appears no longer
interested in a full merger.
PC Magazine - Microsoft is finally opening up about when Windows 7 will ship, but the company continues to share just a few, yet tantalizing details of what the eagerly anticipated OS update will be all about. The first? Multitouch support. -- read full article
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - The future of magazine publishing increasingly is appearing on a digital display - not just a newsstand. Advancements in software and hardware are making it easier for a growing faction of consumers - including coveted younger readers called screen-agers - to read their favorite publications on the Internet or download and read them later offline. -- read full article
AP - Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc.
AP - South Africa is appealing a decision to make Microsoft Corp.'s Office Open XML format an internationally recognized standard for electronic documents, officials said Wednesday. -- read full article
Reuters - Google Inc is
supplying software technology that will let users of News
Corp's (NWSa.N) popular social network site MySpace more
quickly search their e-mail, the companies said on Wednesday.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's attempt to strike a
deal with Yahoo Inc is an "accelerator" of its online strategy,
but not the entire vision, the company's top software executive
said on Wednesday.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Are all those Windows Vista User Account Control warnings driving you nuts? Here are seven ways to make Vista's UAC less intrusive, while keeping legitimate security threats at bay. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - For now, security on mobile devices is seen as an extra feature on programs designed to fight malicious software on personal computers and laptops. -- read full article
