NewsFactor - Is the hoopla around Microsoft Windows 7 much ado about nothing? We won't really know until the operating system is released in 2010. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Given that there's no established Guinness World Record for software downloads, Mozilla is destined for the record book no matter what happens. -- read full article
PC World - Malicious software makers are using social networks, video sites, and blogs to peddle their wares to other online criminals. -- read full article
PC World - Some videos offered by advertising software maker Zango are likely distributed without permission by the copyright holders... -- read full article
NewsFactor - Apple's Leopard has some new spots, in the form of the latest version of the Mac OS X Leopard operating system, as well as a security update. -- read full article
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.
