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ArcSight fiscal 3Q profit falls 57 percent 4 Mar 10, 20:56 ET AP - ArcSight, a provider of network security software and services, said Thursday that its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 57 percent as higher operating expenses overshadowed growth in product and maintenance sales. more BigBand Networks changes executive lineup 4 Mar 10, 18:45 ET AP - BigBand Networks Inc., a digital video software company, on Thursday announced that its chief operating officer and a top sales executive have resigned. more McAfee: System Security Is Weak Despite Locked Doors 4 Mar 10, 18:42 ET NewsFactor - Evidence from the recent Aurora hack attacks on major American corporations suggest that many may have tightly locked virtual front doors, but no cybersecurity inside their systems, a McAfee expert warned on Wednesday. In a Security Insights blog post, Paul Kurtz, McAfee's chief technology officer, discussed his study of the December-through-February attacks on Google, Intel, Adobe Systems, and other large firms. more Microsoft CEO Ballmer Bets the Farm on the Cloud 4 Mar 10, 18:05 ET PC World - Seventy percent of the 40,000 people who work on software at Microsoft are in some way working in the cloud, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday at the University of Washington. more Nero SecurDisc 2.0: Improved Security For Optical Storage Media 4 Mar 10, 16:10 ET PC World - Nero, makers of optical media-burning software, has announced a new version of its SecurDisc data- protection technology, which should increase your chances of recovering content from damaged CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. more Microsoft COO sees gradual recovery 4 Mar 10, 14:43 ET Reuters - Microsoft is still seeing a lot of interest in its Windows 7 computer software launched last year and a new budget cycle will help a gradual recovery in business spending, its chief operating officer said. more Opera Says Browser Downloads Have Tripled 4 Mar 10, 13:44 ET PC World - Computerworld - Opera Software says that it has seen a three-fold increase in downloads of its browser since Microsoft started pushing a ballot screen to Europeans who run Windows. more Hollywood Wins as Real Drops DVD-Copying Software 4 Mar 10, 13:18 ET NewsFactor - Score one for Hollywood. RealNetworks agreed this week to settle lawsuits with major movie and TV studios for its RealDVD product, which allows users to copy DVDs onto hard drives. more Microsoft: Windows 7 Fastest-Selling OS Ever 4 Mar 10, 12:15 ET PC World - Microsoft has sold 90 million copies of Windows 7 to date, making it the fastest-selling operating system in history, according to Peter Klein, Microsoft's chief financial officer. more Gesture Search Finds Info By Drawing Letters on a Screen 4 Mar 10, 12:13 ET NewsFactor - As the smartphone world waits to see how the patent battle between Apple and HTC plays out, Google continues to forge ahead with mobile innovations. On Wednesday Google announced yet another application for its Android mobile operating system that adds a new twist to smartphone searches. more RealNetworks Surrenders, Hollywood Loses 4 Mar 10, 10:51 ET PC World - RealNetworks has decided to resolve the legal challenges brought against it by Hollywood, and permanently discontinue its RealDVD software. As part of the settlement, RealNetworks will also pay $4.5 million in legal fees to the parties that brought the lawsuit against the company including six Hollywood studios, Viacom and the DVD Copy control association. more Foxit Software's Pocket-sized E-book Reader Due Soon 4 Mar 10, 09:10 ET PC World - Foxit Software will soon release a new version of its eSlick e-book reader, which has been redesigned to better fit into a pocket. more Google Android Phones Can Now Search With Written Gestures 4 Mar 10, 09:10 ET PC World - Google announced an experimental application for its Android mobile operating system, which allows you to search your phone using written gestures. Instead of bringing up the keyboard, users of the newer Android phones can just draw letters on the screen to search through contacts, music or apps. more Report: North Korea Develops Own Linux Distribution 4 Mar 10, 03:00 ET PC World - North Korea has reportedly developed its own version of the Linux operating with a graphical user interface that closely resembles Microsoft Windows. more Company Puts Android on Laptop With China-backed Chips 4 Mar 10, 00:50 ET PC World - A Chinese company is tweaking Google's Android operating system to run on a laptop using homegrown Chinese microprocessors, which are backed by the government. more

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