Nexus One Rival Droid Gets Android 2.1 Update (NewsFactor) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:42 GMT NewsFactor - 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.

IBM Offers Software Development in the Cloud (NewsFactor) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:14 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.

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 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.

Microsoft: IE9 Won't Support Windows XP, Period (PC Magazine) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:37:49 GMT PC Magazine - Verizon Wireless has finally unveil 1000 ed 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.

Motorola Droid Finally Gets Android 2.1 Upgrade (PC Magazine) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:45:52 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)

Mobile 'apps' a $17.5 bln market by 2012: study (AFP) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:36:29 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.

Microsoft Loses $106 Million Patent Verdict to VirnetX (PC World) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:13 GMT AP - THE PROBLEM: An issue involving the Boeing 777 can result in a high-speed aborted takeoff and increase the chance of a runway overrun.

Summary Box: Boeing 777 software fix (AP) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:43:37 GMT US aviation watchdog, the Federal Aviation Administration, ordered Boeing to fix a software problem in hundreds of 777 aircraft (pictured) that could cause them to overrun the runway. The FAA said on Tuesday 818 planes would be affected by the order to fix a software malfunction that has caused two airliners to abort takeoff in January this year alone.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Brashear)

US watchdog orders Boeing to fix 777 (AFP) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:39:52 GMT PC World - Microsoft's next-generation Internet Explorer 9 browser may not be anywhere close to competition, but you can test drive a "platform preview" of the software that provides a taste of IE9's capabilities. So what's the deal with Redmond's upcoming browser, and how does it differ from IE8 and worthy competitors such as Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox, Opera Software's Opera, and Apple's Safari? Here's a quick primer.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Browser: FAQ (PC World) Software News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:29:00 GMT