The News Review:
- Use of Cell Phone Spy Software Could Be Illegal
- Teledyne acquires maker of aircraft-data software
- Microsoft Apple Google sued over icon software patent
- Let Your Genealogy Software Do Much f The Work For You
- Computer startup is brimming with confidence
- BlackBerry Storm impressive but wait for fixes to frustrating …
- Microsoft kicks fake security software off 400000 PCs
Use of Cell Phone Spy Software Could Be Illegal
33 KDAF-TV TX
However an iPhone can become a Spyphone allowing others to secretly monitor the user’s calling web browsing and texting. Mobile Spy is iPhone monitoring software that can now be downloaded. Sixteen-year-old Marissa Tavares says she wouldn’t want her parents putting that feature on her phone. Tavares said ” I wouldn’t like respect them for that. Even if they were doing it for your safety? Cause they know that I’ll just tell them. ” Suzana Gordon is a parent and she says unless she thought her son was doing something really bad like drugs she wouldn’t install Mobile Spy on son’s cell phone.
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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.
Let Your Genealogy Software Do Much f The Work For You
Tampa Tribune FL
Explore your “Facts” or “Events” options. All software programs come with default categories that include such topics as birth death and marriage. Most allow you to create other categories.
Computer startup is brimming with confidence
Boston Globe United States
Perhaps that stems from dumb luck but it’s more likely due to the ongoing demand for his software engineering skills. This current economic crisis hasn’t spared Fatykhov from a layoff but three days after losing his job Virtual Computer added him to its team of 30 employees. Fatykhov 35 could have held out for a more established company than the fledgling startup. But the Russian native did his homework and decided the company is at the helm of a software revolution. “I think the company really will succeed and become something major” said Fatykhov a principal software engineer at Virtual.
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.
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.