Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/technology/software technology Software News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:26:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/technology/software http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100210/tc_pcworld/indefenseofmicrosoft pcworld/20100210/indefenseofmicrosoft PC World technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:26:00 GMT PC World - I know, I know. You hate Microsoft for its bloated, buggy software, its slowness to innovate, and its government-certified, monopolistic bullying. I won't argue with any of those points, or those made last week in the NY Times by former Microsoft VP Dick Brass, who called his former employer "a clumsy, uncompetitive innovator." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_ultimate_software ap/20100209/us_earns_ultimate_software AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:02:38 GMT AP - Ultimate Software Inc., which makes human resources software, said Tuesday its profit was nearly wiped out in the fourth quarter as stock-based compensation offset higher revenue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/hpapppreservessharepointfortheages pcworld/20100209/hpapppreservessharepointfortheages PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:10:14 GMT PC World - Hewlett-Packard has updated its records management software so it can now capture for legal posterity Microsoft SharePoint files and even entire SharePoint workspaces, the company announced. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_ikanos_communications ap/20100209/us_earns_ikanos_communications AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:51:10 GMT AP - Shares of Ikanos Communications Inc. jumped Tuesday after the provider of broadband semiconductors and software posted sharply higher revenue for the fourth quarter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/virginiafirmfilesencryptionlawsuitagainsttechgiants pcworld/20100209/virginiafirmfilesencryptionlawsuitagainsttechgiants PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:30:20 GMT PC World - TecSec, an encryption vendor based in McLean, Virginia, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against several large tech vendors, including IBM, Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, eBay, Oracle and Adobe Systems. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100209/tc_nf/71545 nf/20100209/71545 NewsFactor technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:09 GMT NewsFactor - Battery problems on Windows 7 machines are not caused by the operating system. That's the position of Stephen Sinofsky, head of the Windows division, in a long posting Monday on the Windows engineering blog. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/tc_afp/indiaeconomyitoutsourcing afp/20100209/indiaeconomyitoutsourcing AFP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:43:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/tc_afp/indiaeconomyitoutsourcing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265728397856-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=pj_bb7KZ_vx5kkdv3ESRzA--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="National Association for Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) Chairman Pramod Bhasin delivers the inaugural address of the India Leadership Forum 2010 summit in Mumbai. India's flagship software and services exports industry is facing rising protectionist sentiment in key markets, officials of a trade body warned Tuesday.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0" /></a>AFP - India's flagship software and services exports industry is facing rising protectionist sentiment in key markets, officials of a trade body warned Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/tc_afp/indiaeconomyitoutsourcing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265728397856-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=pj_bb7KZ_vx5kkdv3ESRzA--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="National Association for Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) Chairman Pramod Bhasin delivers the inaugural address of the India Leadership Forum 2010 summit in Mumbai. India's flagship software and services exports industry is facing rising protectionist sentiment in key markets, officials of a trade body warned Tuesday.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/motoroladroidgoesandroid21thisweek pcworld/20100209/motoroladroidgoesandroid21thisweek PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:54:00 GMT PC World - The Motorola Droid will be upgraded to the Google Android 2.1 software this week, the company announced on its official Facebook page. The over-the-air software update will bring the Droid software on the par with the Google Nexus One, albeit with some features missing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/protectionismworriesindianoutsourcers pcworld/20100209/protectionismworriesindianoutsourcers PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:30:26 GMT PC World - India's leading software trade body said on Tuesday that protectionism in key markets could affect the growth prospects of the country's outsourcing industry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100209/tc_zd/248253 zd/20100209/248253 PC Magazine technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:12:17 GMT PC Magazine - Though it's not an official participant in this week's Macworld convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Apple has issued a new release of its professional photo organizing and editing software, Aperture 3.0. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100209/tc_zd/248250 zd/20100209/248250 PC Magazine technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:45:03 GMT PC Magazine - Apple and Google's Android operating system slightly gained market share during the last quarter of 2009, according to a market study released Tuesday by comScore, a portion of which tracked the growth of the various mobile OS platforms. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100209/tc_zd/248247 zd/20100209/248247 PC Magazine technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:07:48 GMT PC Magazine - Toyota has announced a voluntary but expected safety recall on 133,000 2010 Toyota Prius vehicles and 14,500 2010 Lexus HS 250h vehicles to correct a defect in the software controlling the anti-lock brake system (ABS). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100209/tc_infoworld/112608 infoworld/20100209/112608 InfoWorld technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - It's almost a pathetic assertion: This year, the Mac will break out of its ghetto and become a mainstream computer for individuals and businesses alike. That unfulfilled desire is foretold every year and has been since the mid-1980s, when Apple's then-groundbreaking computer was quickly sidelined by the IBM PC and, later, Microsoft Windows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/toyotatorecallpriushybridsoverabssoftware pcworld/20100209/toyotatorecallpriushybridsoverabssoftware PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:20:12 GMT PC World - Toyota plans to recall around 400,000 of its Prius hybrid cars to replace software that controls the antilock braking system (ABS), the auto maker said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_toyota_europe_recall ap/20100209/eu_toyota_europe_recall AP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:20:56 GMT AP - Toyota in Europe is no where near the hot-selling carmaker it is in the United States. But the troubled auto maker's miseries have hit home there with the recall of the Prius, which has become something of an icon in environment-conscious Europe. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/apfn_us_earns_nuance_communications ap/20100209/apfn_us_earns_nuance_communications AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:10:47 GMT AP - Speech-recognition software maker Nuance Communications Inc. said Monday it narrowed its loss in the fiscal first quarter as revenue in the company's two largest divisions, health care and dictation, and mobile and enterprise, increased. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/windows7justbeinghonestaboutbatterylife pcworld/20100209/windows7justbeinghonestaboutbatterylife PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:07:00 GMT PC World - Last week I wrote about reports that some Windows 7 users are experiencing anomalies with battery life, or at least how Windows 7 reports remaining battery life. The issue seemed worthy of exploring, but not big enough to cause any significant damage to Microsoft's flagship desktop operating system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100208/tc_nf/71539 nf/20100208/71539 NewsFactor technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:26:14 GMT NewsFactor - Leading business-software maker SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) on Monday announced a strategic shift in the corporate suite. Léo Apotheker has resigned as CEO and member of the SAP executive board, effective immediately. The abrupt decision came as part of a "mutual agreement" with the company's supervisory board not to extend Apotheker's contract as a member of the executive board. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/tc_afp/usitinternetsecurityvitamind afp/20100208/usitinternetsecurityvitamind AFP technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:38:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/tc_afp/usitinternetsecurityvitamind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265661503797-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=RppLcExdW6aBVQOW7y83MA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Vitamin D Video on Monday released a finished version of software that detects people in surveillance footage recorded by common Web cameras.(Vitamin d)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Vitamin D Video on Monday released a finished version of software that detects people in surveillance footage recorded by common Web cameras.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/tc_afp/usitinternetsecurityvitamind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265661503797-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=RppLcExdW6aBVQOW7y83MA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Vitamin D Video on Monday released a finished version of software that detects people in surveillance footage recorded by common Web cameras.(Vitamin d)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_sap ap/20100208/eu_germany_sap AP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:21:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_sap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.cfbc4ecd7d4f4c788392a6be5541ac35.germany_sap_ceo_fra101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=gcgFebZMMa7AcmKNPDCmYA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - Leo Apotheker, CEO of German software company SAP, is seen during the annual financial statement in Frankfurt, Germany, in a Jan. 27, 2010. Apotheker has resigned after his contract was not renewed and will be succeeded by two co-CEOs, the company said Sunday, Jan 7, 2010. (AP Photo/dapd, Daniel Roland, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - German software maker SAP AG's stock slid 2.5 percent Monday, the day after CEO Leo Apotheker unexpectedly resigned and was replaced with a pair of co-chief executives.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_sap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.cfbc4ecd7d4f4c788392a6be5541ac35.germany_sap_ceo_fra101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=gcgFebZMMa7AcmKNPDCmYA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - Leo Apotheker, CEO of German software company SAP, is seen during the annual financial statement in Frankfurt, Germany, in a Jan. 27, 2010. Apotheker has resigned after his contract was not renewed and will be succeeded by two co-CEOs, the company said Sunday, Jan 7, 2010. (AP Photo/dapd, Daniel Roland, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)