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    Court says copyrights apply even for free software (AP)
    AP - In a crucial win for the free software movement, a federal appeals court has ruled that even software developers who give away the programming code for their works can sue for copyright infringement if someone misappropriates that material. -- read full article
    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:36:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    First Android Smartphone May Come From T-Mobile (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - T-Mobile will release this fall the first device using Google's Android software platform, according to a new report. -- read full article
    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:03:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Court Ruling Upholds Open-Source Copyrights (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Commercial software developers, listen up: If you think open source is a free toolkit from which you can borrow at will, look a good look at Wednesday's legal ruling. A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in New York City, where many intellectual-property cases are heard, overturned a Northern California court decision in Jacobsen v. Katzer, a pivotal case in open-source and Creative Commons law. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:56:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Autodesk beats Wall Street estimates for fiscal 2Q (AP)

    Using Immersion's MicroScribe(R) system, Autodesk Maya users can quickly and accurately digitize physical objects while controlling point density so that the result is a 'lightweight' polygon model optimized for Maya workflows. Using the MicroScribe stylus as a 3D cursor, users can save significant time by easily manipulating virtual objects and quickly setting camera paths and light positions. (Photo: Business Wire)AP - Autodesk Inc., a maker of computer-aided design software, posted fiscal second-quarter results late Thursday that handily beat Wall Street's expectations.


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    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:25:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Court says copyrights apply even for free software (AP)
    AP - In a crucial win for the free software movement, a federal appeals court has ruled that even software developers who give away the programming code for their works can sue for copyright infringement if someone misappropriates that material. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:27:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Video game sales rise 28 percent in July (Reuters)
    Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware, software and accessories rose 28 percent in July from a year earlier, boosted by continued strong demand for Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii console, according to data from research firm NPD on Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:51:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    July video game sales jump 28 percent (AP)
    AP - Even in a seasonally slow month and with the economy in the doldrums, U.S. sales of video game hardware and software soared 28 percent in July, hitting $1.19 billion. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:46:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    T-Mobile to offer first Android smartphone (Reuters)

    A prototype of the Google Android mobile by Qualcomm is on display at the Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM World Congress) in Barcelona, February 11, 2008. (Albert Gea/Reuters)Reuters - Deutsche Telekom's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone based on Google Inc's Android software, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the company's plans.


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    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:00:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Apple's Crap Store (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - If this is the state of software development today, we should all worry. -- read full article
    Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:50:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Video-editing software gets put to the test (USATODAY.com)
    USATODAY.com - Many cameras record video in a format that has become the new high-def standard, AVCHD, but it's not yet compatible with popular video-editing programs such as Adobe Premiere Elements, Windows Movie Maker or Roxio's Easy Media Creator 10. You probably can't even get the clips to play on your computer because Windows Media Player and QuickTime Player can't handle it, either. What to do? -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:17:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    EA sees 20 percent 2008 Europe software sales growth (Reuters)
    Reuters - Electronic Arts, one of the world's top two video game publishers, expects industry revenue to grow by at least 20 percent this year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a top executive told Reuters. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:32:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Open-source pact subject to copyrights law: court (Reuters)
    Reuters - A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that the holder of a copyright to a computer programming code made available for free public download can enforce an "open-source" copyright license to control future use of the work. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:39:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    iPhone to shake-up Japan's cellphone industry: Softbank official (AFP)

    A person displays an Apple iPhone 3G mobile phone. The arrival of Apple's iPhone 3G will force Japanese cellphone makers to revamp their handsets to allow increasingly sophisticated software, a senior official at Softbank Mobile said Wednesday.(AFP/LEHTIKUVA/File/Roni Rekomaa)AFP - The arrival of Apple's iPhone 3G will force Japanese cellphone makers to revamp their handsets to allow increasingly sophisticated software, a senior official at Softbank Mobile said Wednesday.


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    Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:53:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Loss narrows at hospital software maker MedAssets (AP)
    AP - Hospital software provider MedAssets Inc. said Wednesday that it lessened its second-quarter loss as an acquisition of a privately held software company helped boost sales. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:31:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Insight Enterprises: SEC closes options probe (AP)
    AP - Computer hardware and software distributor Insight Enterprises Inc. said Wednesday the Securities and Exchange Commission has completed an investigation into its stock options granting practices and does not recommend any enforcement action. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:36:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
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