Reuters - In the month since Apple Inc opened
the App Store, an online software clearinghouse, users have
downloaded more than 60 million programs for the iPhone, Chief
Executive Steve Jobs told The Wall Street Journal in an
interview.
NewsFactor - IBM announced new software and services for mobile workers Friday, including applications for the iPhone and Blackberry devices. The Armonk, N.Y.-based company cited a surge in mobile devices as an important new market for traditional desktop, storage and server vendors. -- read full article
AFP - A US military computer science professor has warned that a trend to push software into the "clouds" exacerbates privacy risks as people trust information to the Internet.
PC Magazine - Microsoft has inked a long-term deal with Havok, allowing all of their internal and affiliated studios full access to the company's entire library of physics tools. -- read full article
AFP - Typos can bedevil online political campaigns by letting evil software wizards or crafty king-makers turn misspellings into opportunities for sabotage or theft, a security specialist has warned.
PC Magazine - PC OEMs offered a halfhearted endorsement of the Linux desktop on Wednesday, claiming that the operating system was mainly suited for low-cost appliances and PCs designed for education. -- read full article
PC Magazine - Building on the success of its PC power management tool, Verdiem has announced the consumer release of its Edison software - a free energy monitoring application built exclusively for the Windows operating system. -- read full article
Reuters - Intricate spy software has helped
France's handballers improve their game and head coach Philippe
Bana was hoping to see the dividends at the upcoming Olympics.
NewsFactor - Years ago, the Linux open-source operating system seemed ready to offer a nonproprietary alternative to Microsoft Windows. But "Linux on the desktop" never took off. -- read full article
AP - Caliper Life Sciences Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter loss widened on lower licensing revenue from its drug-development software programs. -- read full article
AP - Educational software company Blackboard Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit declined even as sales grew, as expenses increased. -- read full article
AP - Educational software company Blackboard Inc. said Wednesday it expects third-quarter results in the range of a loss of 2 cents per share to a profit of 2 cents per share. -- read full article
Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to
buy back as much as $20 billion of its stock to boost its
flagging share price, Bloomberg News quoted a top-rated
software analyst as saying.
PC Magazine - Microsoft has confirmed that the "Midori" operating system is an "incubation project," without confirming whether it actually will be a commercial product or part of the Windows family. -- read full article
