New Readers, Software Heat Up E-Book Market (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The battle over e-readers is heating up rapidly, thanks to new hardware entries from the world's two leading e-book manufacturers and the surprising popularity of e-book software on Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. Although the total number of e-books is still well short of a single Steven King press run, the next-generation devices point to a steadily maturing market for digital literature. Publ.Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:01:24 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Chinese snoop on Skype, but are they alone? (AP) AP - A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of eBay Inc.'s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including "democracy." Publ.Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:54:22 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Judge orders RealNetworks to pull copying software (AP) AP - RealNetworks Inc. said Monday it had temporarily stopped distributing its DVD copying software, RealDVD, at a federal judge's request in a copyright case brought by Hollywood studios. Publ.Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:59:32 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Computer can replace 2nd mammogram reader (Reuters) Reuters - Computer software designed to look for breast tumors can read mammograms nearly as well as an extra pair of human eyes, according to a study published on Wednesday that could change the way the X-rays are read. Publ.Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:02:50 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Microsoft steps up Web search R&D in Europe (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp is opening three research centers in Europe as it steps up efforts to catch market leader Google Inc in the field of Internet searching, the U.S. software group said on Thursday. Publ.Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:10:57 GMT Source: Yahoo.com