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Reuters - Research in Motion said the software upgrade for its PlayBook tablet has been delayed to February next year.
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RIM delays PlayBook update (Reuters)
Exclusive: Medtronic probes insulin pump risks (Reuters)
Reuters - Medtronic Inc has asked software security experts to investigate the safety of its insulin pumps, as a new claim surfaced that at least one of its devices could be hacked to dose diabetes patients with potentially lethal amounts of insulin.
Happy 10th Birthday, Windows XP! And Goodbye (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Suppose on your birthday, your parents were firm in saying that, within a few years, they didn't want anything to do with you. Now you know how Windows XP feels.
Android Rules Report On Ad Impressions (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Adding to a fusillade of good news for Google as it pushes its Android operating system, a mobile-advertising company said Android devices accounted for more than half its traffic in the third quarter.
Ad impressions jump 456 percent for iPads, 60 percent for iOS in total (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Advertising is a big part of the app industry, and among the advertising networks that keep track of just how effective those ads are is mobile ad company Millennial Media. The network’s most recent numbers show Google’s Android pulling down the most impressions of any mobile operating system, but also shows advertising impressions skyrocketing on Apple’s iPad.
Oracle to buy RightNow for $1.5 billion (AP)
AP - Software company Oracle Corp. said Monday that it is buying RightNow Technologies Inc. for about $1.5 billion so it can offer a broader range of software and services that help businesses manage customer service.
Oracle to beef up cloud offer with RightNow buy (Reuters)
Reuters - Oracle Corp struck a deal to buy online customer service company RightNow Technologies Inc for about $1.5 billion, sparking speculation of bids for other so-called cloud technology companies that deliver software, data and computing power over the Internet.
Microsoft inks tenth Android licensing deal (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Microsoft continues to leverage its technology patents by looking to companies that make smartphones and tablets using Google’s Android operating system, landing its tenth licensing deal last week.
D&B360 Works with Microsoft and SAP (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Dunn & Bradstreet just rolled out D&B360. The software is part of the firm's Data-as-a-Service, or DaaS, strategy to make data available on demand.
Red Hat Gluster, the cloud storage monster (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Earlier this month, Red Hat announced it had acquired Gluster, developer of the GlusterFS open source file system and the Gluster Storage Platform software stack.
Feeble Windows holds back Microsoft profit (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's flagship operating system made only slight gains last quarter, largely due to business and emerging market spending, holding back profit growth for the world's largest software company.
Microsoft's fiscal 1Q earnings hit analyst target (AP)
AP - Microsoft's Windows franchise regained some of its vigor during the company's latest quarter, but that might not be enough to overcome the perception that the world's largest software maker is being outmaneuvered by nimble rivals whose fortunes aren't tied to the personal computer.
BlackBerry maker accused of infringing BBX trademark (Reuters)
Reuters - BBX, the operating system that Research In Motion is counting on to revive its floundering BlackBerry franchise, has run into trouble even before the company could install the system in its smartphone line.
Asia emerges as battlefield for growth-hungry tech firms (Reuters)
Reuters - When Google Inc unveiled its latest version of Android, the operating platform powering 50 percent of the global smartphone market, it picked Hong Kong as the destination to show off the new software on Wednesday.
Google: Android tablets haven’t ‘completely flopped’ (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Tablets computers running on Google’s Android operating system aren’t doing too well, but they’re not a complete disaster ether.
Ballmer bashes Android as Ice Cream Sandwich arrives (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Google set out to one-up Apple’s iPhone 4S launch, providing a revamped software and hardware solution that integrates deeply with Google’s own ecosystem. Microsoft has been after Android from a legal standpoint as it builds its strategy for a new device-OS combo. Already, CEO Steve Ballmer is bashing Android’s latest release. He calls it cheap and complex, comparing Windows phones as the more user-friendly devices: “You don't need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows phone. And I think you do to use an Android phone!”
Google rolls out Ice Cream Sandwich and Samsung Galaxy Nexus to take on iOS 5 (Appolicious)
Appolicious - A week after iOS 5 released for Apple users, Google has fired back with a mobile operating system update of its own with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and its chock full of new features and revamps.
Samsung, Google unveil phone for revamped Android (Reuters)
Reuters - Samsung Electronics unveiled the first smartphone running on Google's latest version of the Android operating system, which combines software used in tablets and smartphones, as they step up competition against Apple.
Samsung and Google unveil Galaxy Nexus smartphone (AP)
AP - Samsung Electronics unveiled its newest Galaxy Nexus smartphone Wednesday, the first to use the latest version of Google's Android operating system.
Venture investments grow in 3Q from last year (AP)
AP - Venture capitalists invested more money in more U.S. startups in the third quarter than they did a year earlier — especially in the software industry.
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