Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1209 technology Software News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:21:38 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1209 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090703/tc_nf/67532 nf/20090703/67532 NewsFactor technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:21:38 GMT NewsFactor - Despite the delay in China's requirement to install Green Dam Web-filtering software on all new PCs, the controversy is not dead. PC makers are including the software with new PCs even though the July 1 deadline has been postponed indefinitely. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/chinaitcomputerinternetcensor afp/20090703/chinaitcomputerinternetcensor AFP technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/chinaitcomputerinternetcensor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246615629520-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=3SXtfwk0nsYnURZCwFitWg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Chinese workers use their computers in a coffee shop in Chengdu, 2008. Several PC makers said they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Several PC makers said Friday they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/chinaitcomputerinternetcensor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246615629520-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=3SXtfwk0nsYnURZCwFitWg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chinese workers use their computers in a coffee shop in Chengdu, 2008. Several PC makers said they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090703/tc_infoworld/82050 infoworld/20090703/82050 InfoWorld technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - You win some; you lose some. This week China decided its Web censorship filtering software was not quite ready for prime time, while U.S. courts sentenced phone hackers and file swappers to some crime time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090703/tc_pcworld/suitoverchinaswebfiltertotargetlenovoacersony pcworld/20090703/suitoverchinaswebfiltertotargetlenovoacersony PC World technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:40:15 GMT PC World - A U.S. company will seek legal action against Lenovo, Acer and Sony next week over their shipment in China of controversial software that the company says stole its programming code. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090703/tc_pcworld/wallstreetbeatafterastrongq2whatsnextfortech pcworld/20090703/wallstreetbeatafterastrongq2whatsnextfortech PC World technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:20:11 GMT PC World - The second quarter officially ended on June 30 with technology stocks leading all others. The question is, after a strong second quarter run, where do they go from here? Some analysts predict a dip in coming months as people avoid buying new PCs, opting instead to wait until late October when they can buy computers with Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/tc_nm/us_oracle_jobs nm/20090702/us_oracle_jobs Reuters technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:28:20 GMT Reuters - Oracle Corp plans to lay off up to 1,000 workers in Europe, or about 1 percent of its global staff, as the recession erodes the giant software company's earnings, French news agency AFP reported on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/bs_afp/europesoftwarecompanycutsoracle afp/20090702/europesoftwarecompanycutsoracle AFP business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:16:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/bs_afp/europesoftwarecompanycutsoracle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246547770917-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=67&q=85&sig=h5x_vc6kCC.ZXDayep_31w--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="US software giant Oracle has unveiled plans to cut 850 to 1,000 jobs in Europe in light of weaker than expected growth projections, trade unions said.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US software giant Oracle has unveiled plans to cut 850 to 1,000 jobs in Europe in light of weaker than expected growth projections, trade unions said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/bs_afp/europesoftwarecompanycutsoracle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246547770917-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=67&q=85&sig=h5x_vc6kCC.ZXDayep_31w--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="photo" title="US software giant Oracle has unveiled plans to cut 850 to 1,000 jobs in Europe in light of weaker than expected growth projections, trade unions said.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_china_internet ap/20090702/as_tec_china_internet AP technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:08:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_china_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.d0dfbf9e1435499a90cc15ac88e80b8d.china_internet_bej802.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=yhr_973e_b7INqiBSf3Wqg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Children use computers in a library in Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday July 1, 2009. In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software. Just hours before the rule was to have taken effect Wednesday, the government said it would postpone the requirement for the 'Green Dam' software. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_china_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.d0dfbf9e1435499a90cc15ac88e80b8d.china_internet_bej802.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=yhr_973e_b7INqiBSf3Wqg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Children use computers in a library in Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday July 1, 2009. In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software. Just hours before the rule was to have taken effect Wednesday, the government said it would postpone the requirement for the 'Green Dam' software. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/tc_nm/us_china_internet nm/20090702/us_china_internet Reuters technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:40:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/tc_nm/us_china_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r3632211291.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=iJCRk8LZQIPOWkp6ZkBdwg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Hefei, Anhui province July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jianan Yu" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It is only a matter of time before a controversial scheme to install Internet filtering software on all computers begins in China, a state newspaper said on Thursday, after the plan was abruptly delayed this week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/tc_nm/us_china_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r3632211291.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=iJCRk8LZQIPOWkp6ZkBdwg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Hefei, Anhui province July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jianan Yu" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090702/tc_pcworld/windows7maygetfamilypackdiscount pcworld/20090702/windows7maygetfamilypackdiscount PC World technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:40:00 GMT PC World - Microsoft may be introducing a Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium, with a shared license for three computers in the same household. The license details in the latest build of Windows 7 have the following clause under ‘Installation and Use Rights': "If you are a ‘Qualified Family Pack User,' you may install one copy of the software marked as ‘Family Pack' on three computers in your household for use by people who reside there," according to ZDNet's Ed Bott. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090702/tc_pcworld/moblinafirstlookatintelsopensourceos pcworld/20090702/moblinafirstlookatintelsopensourceos PC World technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:35:00 GMT PC World - Moblin is an Intel-created open-source operating system for netbooks and, specifically, the kind of people who use them. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090702/tc_pcworld/applepatchingserioussmsvulnerabilityoniphone pcworld/20090702/applepatchingserioussmsvulnerabilityoniphone PC World technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:10 GMT PC World - Apple is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090702/tc_pcworld/ciscotoexpandmobilecollaborationfeatures pcworld/20090702/ciscotoexpandmobilecollaborationfeatures PC World technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:50:10 GMT PC World - Cisco will tackle the mobile world over the next year with a series of new features to bring smartphones into business communications, the head of the company's software group said at the Cisco Live conference on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_demandtec ap/20090701/us_earns_demandtec AP business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:16:55 GMT AP - Price-management software company DemandTec Inc. posted a wider net loss Wednesday for its fiscal first quarter, hurt by charges and higher costs even as revenue inched higher. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090701/tc_pcworld/redhatprogramcertifiespartnerstoputlinuxoncloud pcworld/20090701/redhatprogramcertifiespartnerstoputlinuxoncloud PC World technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:30:17 GMT PC World - Red Hat has launched a new partner program to make sure its enterprise Linux and JBoss software are core components of a cloud-computing infrastructure, and to guarantee that Red Hat-based applications will run reliably and safely in the cloud. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090701/tc_nf/67501 nf/20090701/67501 NewsFactor technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:10:19 GMT NewsFactor - Internet users in China celebrated the government's about-face on the Green Dam Web-filtering software with a party Wednesday in a Beijing café. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090701/tc_pcworld/mysterybidderforcesmicrofocustoraiseofferforborland pcworld/20090701/mysterybidderforcesmicrofocustoraiseofferforborland PC World technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:10:16 GMT PC World - Micro Focus International raised its offer for Borland Software to US$1.50 per share on Tuesday, up from $1 in early May, to counter a rival offer from a mystery bidder. It's the second time Micro Focus has had to raise its offer. Another bidder dropped out of the running last month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090701/tc_nf/67481 nf/20090701/67481 NewsFactor technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:04:36 GMT NewsFactor - Cisco Systems on Tuesday discussed its Web-based software strategy at a press conference that outlined new features and functions for its WebEx conferencing service. By adding more software, including voice integration, into WebEx, Cisco is moving into Microsoft's territory. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090701/tc_pcworld/newtrojanputssneakytwistonclickfraud pcworld/20090701/newtrojanputssneakytwistonclickfraud PC World technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:20:13 GMT PC World - A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/wr_nm/us_china_internet_celebration nm/20090701/us_china_internet_celebration Reuters technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:46:37 GMT Reuters - Chinese Web users flooded to a trendy art zone cafe on Wednesday to celebrate a last-minute halt to a rollout of government-sponsored filtering software, and make a stand for freedom of expression in the Communist-run state.