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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1209 technology Software News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:46:36 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/ap/20091107/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_supreme_court_software_patents ap/20091107/us_tec_supreme_court_software_patents AP technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:46:36 GMT AP - With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/windows7puttingearlysalesfiguresinperspective pcworld/20091106/windows7puttingearlysalesfiguresinperspective PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:07:00 GMT PC World - Initial sales numbers for Windows 7 are in and it seems that the operating system is delivering the redemption for Windows Vista that Microsoft was hoping for. Lower revenue and lower PC hardware sales figures related to Windows 7 hint at issues, but those figures have to be put in perspective. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/googlestrivestobalancecommercialcommunitywithandroid pcworld/20091106/googlestrivestobalancecommercialcommunitywithandroid PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:20:13 GMT PC World - Onlookers say that Google is in charge of Android development, despite pitching the software as a community project. But experts say that could be the only way Google can ensure that the software is actually released. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wr_nm/us_france_apple_louvre nm/20091106/us_france_apple_louvre Reuters technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:42:05 GMT Reuters - Computer giant Apple Inc will open its first French store beneath the Louvre museum on Saturday just two weeks after Microsoft opened a theme cafe to promote its Windows 7 software. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/microsoftbattlesoninmobilesearchandthecloud pcworld/20091106/microsoftbattlesoninmobilesearchandthecloud PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:44 GMT PC World - As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/hasmicrosoftplaceditslastmobilebet pcworld/20091106/hasmicrosoftplaceditslastmobilebet PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:41 GMT PC World - When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some companies had already spent decades developing their mobile platforms. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/bestbuywillhelpyougogooglemobile pcworld/20091106/bestbuywillhelpyougogooglemobile PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:04:00 GMT PC World - It appears Best Buy will take sides again in the software wars, this time partnering with Google to help install the Google Mobile app on new phones. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091106/tc_nf/69910 nf/20091106/69910 NewsFactor technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:59:02 GMT NewsFactor - Score one for Windows 7. The initial sales of the latest version of Microsoft's flagship operating system surpassed Vista's performance during its first few days on the U.S. market, according to the NPD Group. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola afp/20091106/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola AFP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:01:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473444176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=2OeEWe0P_rGvf6FrEskyEw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store November 5 in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473444176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=2OeEWe0P_rGvf6FrEskyEw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store November 5 in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/usitcompanycomputersoftwareinternetmicrosoft afp/20091106/usitcompanycomputersoftwareinternetmicrosoft AFP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:43:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/usitcompanycomputersoftwareinternetmicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257471590178-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LR42Io1wFjGHV4W3wv87GA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group. Sales of Windows 7 in the days following its October 22 release were reportedly 234% higher than those posted by Vista when it was released into the market.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/usitcompanycomputersoftwareinternetmicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257471590178-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LR42Io1wFjGHV4W3wv87GA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group. Sales of Windows 7 in the days following its October 22 release were reportedly 234% higher than those posted by Vista when it was released into the market.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/areheavydiscountsbehindwindow7ssuccess pcworld/20091105/areheavydiscountsbehindwindow7ssuccess PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:34:00 GMT PC World - The early sales numbers for Windows 7 are indeed impressive. According to market researcher NPD Group, U.S. sales of Windows 7 boxed software were a whopping 234 percent higher than Vista's first several days of sales. And as my colleague Brennon Slattery pointed out earlier today, a mixture of media hype and mostly upbeat Windows 7 reviews are working in Microsoft's favor. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091105/tc_nf/69905 nf/20091105/69905 NewsFactor technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:53:45 GMT NewsFactor - Software giant Microsoft said Thursday it will cut 800 positions worldwide. The latest round is part of Microsoft's previously announced move to eliminate 5,000 jobs or five percent of its workforce. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/ibmannouncescloudsoftwaredevelopmentbetas pcworld/20091105/ibmannouncescloudsoftwaredevelopmentbetas PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:10:20 GMT PC World - IBM on Thursday announced beta versions of new services aimed at developers who want to create and deploy applications on public and private clouds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwaremicrosoft afp/20091105/usitinternetsoftwaremicrosoft AFP technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:58:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwaremicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257432072494-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=nwcafd79G2le.AqTwT3_lA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. The US packaged software powerhouse on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Packaged software powerhouse Microsoft on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwaremicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257432072494-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=nwcafd79G2le.AqTwT3_lA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. The US packaged software powerhouse on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/microsoftrivalstradegroupswantbrowserofferchanged pcworld/20091105/microsoftrivalstradegroupswantbrowserofferchanged PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:30:23 GMT PC World - Microsoft's antitrust settlement offer to the European Commission needs minor, often cosmetic changes in order to restore fair competition to the market for Internet browsers, said some of the software giant's main rivals Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_jda_software_acquisition ap/20091105/us_jda_software_acquisition AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:16:38 GMT AP - JDA Software Group Inc., which makes inventory management software for retailers, said Thursday it has agreed to buy rival i2 Technologies Inc. for about $434 million. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091105/tc_zd/245759 zd/20091105/245759 PC Magazine technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:35:10 GMT PC Magazine - Microsoft managed to move more standalone Windows 7 software units in its first week of sales than it did with Vista, but Windows 7-based PC sales were not as high as they were with Vista, according to Thursday data from the NPD Group. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_microsoft ap/20091105/as_japan_microsoft AP technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:08:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.96f66204be9c4f04a217f4e6d28f60f5.japan_microsoft_tok105.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=7Kp_rgerNQyr9cyKh.LiAA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Ballmer said sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been 'fantastic' in Japan since its launch last month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been "fantastic" in Japan since its launch last month, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.96f66204be9c4f04a217f4e6d28f60f5.japan_microsoft_tok105.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=7Kp_rgerNQyr9cyKh.LiAA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Ballmer said sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been 'fantastic' in Japan since its launch last month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/vendorsscramblingtofixbuginnetssecurity pcworld/20091105/vendorsscramblingtofixbuginnetssecurity PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:10:16 GMT PC World - Software makers around the world are scrambling to fix a serious bug in the technology used to transfer information securely on the Internet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/microsoftyahoopartnershipcouldreachbeyondtheus pcworld/20091105/microsoftyahoopartnershipcouldreachbeyondtheus PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:40:12 GMT PC World - Microsoft's deal with Yahoo under which the software maker's new Bing search engine will be used to power Yahoo searches and Yahoo will sell premium advertising for both companies could be expanded overseas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.