AP - In just five hours, the new version of the Firefox Web browser had as many downloads as its predecessor got during its entire first day, the software's developers say. -- read full article
InfoWorld - Incorporating Web 2.0 social networking concepts into enterprises offers great benefits but also challenges, implementers of these technologies, including Best Buy, Serena Software, and Oracle, said Tuesday evening during an industry event in Silicon Valley. -- read full article
PC World - Security researchers with Finjan Software are seeing a growing thirst from cybercriminals for data other than credit-card... -- read full article
AP - An engineer who admitted he tried to sell fighter-pilot training software to the Chinese Navy has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison. -- read full article
PC World - Skype has released version 4.0 of its Net telephony and IM software, its biggest redesign yet, according to the eBay unit. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - While less than one in 10 developers polled in the spring by Evans Data analysts are building for Windows Vista, half of them are developing software for Windows XP. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The online video platform update will deliver long-form, broadcast-quality content without proprietary software plug-ins. -- read full article
AP - Electronic design software maker Cadence Design Systems Inc. disclosed Tuesday it has offered $16 a share for smaller rival Mentor Graphics Corp., after failing to agree on deal privately for nearly two months. -- read full article
PC World - After years of despair, developers celebrated the release of the open-source Wine 1.0 software by uncorking wine bottles. -- read full article
AFP - A software-developer dad eager to share the fun of online video with his young children has single-handedly created a tot-friendly version of YouTube.
Reuters - Web communications leader Skype
begins public testing on Wednesday of a new version of its
software for making free or low-cost phone calls that aims to
make casual video chatting more common.
AFP - China has begun an anti-monopoly investigation into US software giant Microsoft and lawsuits by local companies could follow, state media reported on Wednesday.
