NewsFactor - What's behind Google's release of its new Chrome browser? While the software boasts some impressive technology, does Google seriously mean to reopen the browser wars, even against its open-source partner Mozilla? -- read full article
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems in October plans to launch a private pilot program for its "Genesis" mashup technology, which provides a desktop client uniting multiple tasks in a single workspace. -- read full article
Reuters - Video game publisher Take Two
Interactive Software made a higher-than-expected
quarterly profit on strong "Grand Theft Auto 4" sales, but cut
its current-quarter outlook due to the delayed release of a new
game.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp kicked off a
$300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving
the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back
at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads.
PC Magazine - Intuit's customers have taken to its message boards to voice their anger about an upgrade to its Quicken software, which produced downloading issues and incorrect stock quotations in customer portfolios. Intuit, meanwhile, now says an updated quotes server is in place as of Wednesday. -- read full article
Reuters - A federal judge has ruled that Oracle
Corp destroyed or failed to preserve Chief Executive
Larry Ellison's e-mail files sought as evidence in a
class-action lawsuit filed in 2001 against the software maker.
AFP - Google's chief executive admitted Thursday there was a "defensive component" to the Web search giant's launch of its own Internet browser, thereby pitting it against Microsoft's dominant software.
InfoWorld - Microsoft is boosting integration of functional programming with its Visual Studio 2008 software development platform. -- read full article
Reuters - Google Inc is
challenging Microsoft Corp with its own Web browser that lets
users run many applications that once worked only when
installed on local PCs, executives said on Tuesday.
Reuters - Nokia said on Tuesday Samsung
Electronics (005930.KS) had accepted Nokia's (NOK1V.HE) offer
to buy out its stake in software firm Symbian, and Nokia now
has acceptances from all Symbian shareholders to sell their
shares. -- read full article
InfoWorld - With an upgrade to its software development framework for PHP scheduled for release today, Zend Technologies is mixing in client-side AJAX capabilities with server-side PHP functionality. -- read full article
AP - Software company VMware Inc. said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development, Richard Sarwal, has resigned. -- read full article
Reuters - Google Inc's new
browser software is designed to work "invisibly" and will run
any application that runs on Apple Inc's Safari Web browser,
company officials said on Tuesday.
Reuters - Struggling Sony Ericsson
(6758.T)(ERICb.ST) ditched on Monday rumors that its first
cellphone powered by Microsoft's operating system
would miss the key Christmas sales period. -- read full article
