Email scam targets Facebook users: Web security firm (AFP) Software News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:45:26 GMT Computer hackers are targeting Facebook users with an email scam that attempts to steal their passwords, Web security firm McAfee warns.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)

Diebold names Pavithran as development group head (AP) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:32:53 GMT AP - Diebold Inc., a maker of ATMs and security systems, said Wednesday that Kumar Pavithran will lead its integrated services, global software development and global professional services teams.

Nexus One Rival Droid Gets Android 2.1 Update (NewsFactor) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:42 GMT NewsFactor - After rolling out its latest operating system on its exclusive Nexus One smartphone in January, Google will now release Android 2.1 for a top competitor: the Motorola Droid, which is distributed by Verizon Wireless.

IBM Offers Software Development in the Cloud (NewsFactor) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:14 GMT NewsFactor - 1000 IBM is going deeper into the cloud. On Tuesday, the Armonk, N.Y.-based company announced beta versions of an expanded commercial cloud-based service for software development and testing, on both public and private clouds.

Verizon to Finally Update Droid to Latest Android 2.1 OS (PC World) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:55:00 GMT PC World - Verizon says on Thursday it will update its Motorola Droid phone to the latest Android 2.1 software juicing the handset with multitouch pinch-to-zoom capabilities and adding live wallpaper. Verizon customers have been eagerly awaiting the update ever since Motorola said the upgrade would occur in early February in "one week" -- but it never happened.

Microsoft: IE9 Won't Support Windows XP, Period (PC Magazine) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:37:49 GMT PC Magazine - Windows XP users will not be able to run the final version of Internet Explorer 9, according to Microsoft executives, cutting out a decade-old, yet still popular operating system.

Motorola Droid Finally Gets Android 2.1 Upgrade (PC Magazine) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:45:52 GMT PC Magazine - Verizon Wireless has finally unveiled an Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid, which will finally give the handset feature parity (at least from a software perspective) with the Google Nexus One.

Mobile 'apps' a $17.5 bln market by 2012: study (AFP) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:36:29 GMT A screen shot shows the Google Earth application. Downloads of mobile applications to handsets will leap from slightly more than seven billion in 2009 to nearly 50 billion in 2012, according to the independent study commissioned by GetJar, the world's second largest app store.(AFP/Pool/File/Robert Galbraith)

Microsoft Loses $106 Million Patent Verdict to VirnetX (PC World) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:13 GMT PC World - A court in Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay communications software maker VirnetX US$105.75 million after a jury found it guilty of willful infringement of two patents belonging to the company.

Summary Box: Boeing 777 software fix (AP) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:43:37 GMT AP - THE PROBLEM: An issue involving 5a8 the Boeing 777 can result in a high-speed aborted takeoff and increase the chance of a runway overrun.