The News Review:
- Teledyne acquires maker of aircraft-data software
- Microsoft Apple Google sued over icon software patent
- BlackBerry Storm impressive but wait for fixes to frustrating …
- Software co. relocation a boost to jobs in Warren
- New statement from UB regarding latest ‘software glitch’
- Microsoft kicks fake security software off 400000 PCs
- Avon Park police get grant for new voice software
Teledyne acquires maker of aircraft-data software
Forbes NY
said Friday it acquired the assets of Demo Systems LLC which makes aircraft-data software. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Microsoft Apple Google sued over icon software patent
Ars Technica MA
Products like Microsoft's Vista Apple's Cover Flow feature and Google's Chrome browser are cited for infringement. Cygnus is seeking the typical damages and permanent injunction that prevents further infringement but is also stating that these big three may not be the only companies it goes after. The patent in question is US 7346850 called "System and method for iconic software environment management. " Its abstract describes "a method and system for storing navigating and accessing files within an operating system through the use of a graphical thumbnail representing the video display of the active document within the active application. " In other words Cygnus' patent describes features similar to those of Windows Explorer and Apple's Finder—these applications use scaled-down previews to represent the actual documents being browsed by users. The patent could also include things like file icons that dynamically update to reflect changes to the contents of their respective documents as well as pera's "Speed Dial" feature which offers a visual dashboard of easy-access websites. Cygnus' complaint even cites the iPhone's "accompanying iconic file preview and access functionality" and the Safari browser's tab thumbnails.
BlackBerry Storm impressive but wait for fixes to frustrating …
Dallas Morning News TX
Static mars the sound on Bluetooth headsets. And everything feels slow. All these terrible-sounding problems can and will be fixed however with software updates. The real question is whether RIM will go beyond bug fixes and make much-needed improvements to fundamental features such as the Storm’s touch screen. Every other touch-screen phone allows users to type simply by touching the screen. The Storm makes users push the screen down much as they’d push a physical button. The idea is to make it impossible for users to inadvertently click on links or type letters.
Software co. relocation a boost to jobs in Warren
New England Business Bulletin MA
— Economic officials in Warren are excited about the recent decision by high-tech firm AVTECH Software to relocate its corporate headquarters to Cutler Mill an 1868 structure located at the intersection of Child and Cutler streets in the heart of Warren. A private manufacturer of environment monitoring equipment for computer rooms and data centers AVTECH is expected to make the move from Newport early in 2009. riginally used to manufacture textiles Cutler Mill currently houses several small businesses who lease space in the 48960 square foot building which sits on 2. New owner Michael Sigourney AVTECH’s founder and president plans to keep several existing tenants in the mill building including Basically British Tea room and East Bay Chamber of Commerce.
New statement from UB regarding latest ‘software glitch’
PartTimePoker News IL
Tokwiro C Paul Leggett posted a lengthy entry on the UltimateBet blog that you can read below in its entirety. But if you don’t want to read it here’s what it says in a nutshell:As originally stated UB says it was a software malfunction and that one of its pros was involved in the hand was simply an unfortunate coincidence. The player who actually won the hand but was not awarded the pot was disconnected when it went to showdown and that is what caused the problem. UB did research to see if this problem had occurred in the recent past and the site could not find any such instances in the last two months; the site will continue looking back in time for instances like this and will attempt to rectify any other errors. Leggett says UltimateBet moved quickly to fix the software glitch. But when they tried to fix this problem it created errors in how pots were awarded in 36 other hands this week.
Microsoft kicks fake security software off 400000 PCs
Computerworld MA
has booted the rogue application “Antivirus 2009″ from almost 400000 PCs the company recently claimed. December’s version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) a free utility that Microsoft pushes to Windows users as part of Patch Tuesday targeted one of the most popular phony security app Antivirus 2009. According to Microsoft the MSRT erased the fake from over 394000 PCs in the first nine days after it released this month’s edition on Dec.
Avon Park police get grant for new voice software
News-Sun FL
baldridge@newssun.comAVN PARK — Avon Park Police Chief Matt Doughney informed city council last Monday night at its regular meeting of a free grant the city would receive from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The grant is for the use of software for one year for computerized voice stress analysis software. The software allows the police department to administer electronic or polygraph truth verification tests. According to Doughney all the city would have to contribute would be the gas and meals for an officer to travel to rlando for the free training in the use of the software. “This is just one more tool we can use for catching bad guys” said Doughney. “I think it is good software; I have used it myself in Daytona and it works well.
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