Current Buy-Software News and Article Results

IT Microsoft Announces Free Antivirus Software for H2 2009 - DailyTech
Microsoft looks to take the fight to malware makers with its own free product Microsoft has long annoyed security software makers over the last decade as it has rolled out free products which often offer a competitive alternative to competitor's ...

The Open Road - CNET News
The bad news is that in its November report on IT spending, Goldman Sachs is projecting a 5 percent decline in 2009 in developed economies (the United States, Western Europe, and Japan), or 65 percent of IT spending, compared with 4 percent expected ...

The PC who cried wolf - Globe and Mail
A message appears on your PC, warning that a virus has been detected. It asks you to "click here for more information," then takes you to a website where you can download — for a fee — software to fix the problem. Thankful, you do so. You've just ...

Credit crunch: Crisis spills over to software companies - Sophia Echo
The Bulgarian software sector was the next to catch the global financial bug, as companies axed workforce, bonuses, business trips and Christmas holidays. So far, however, none of the market players has owned up, with some managers even optimistic ...

District court halts keylogger spyware sales - CNET News
A U.S. District Court has temporarily halted the sale of RemoteSpy keylogger spyware at the request of the Federal Trade Commission, which claims the software violates the FTC Act. The FTC filed a complaint (PDF) against Florida-based CyberSpy ...

Microsoft looks to take the fight to malware makers with its own free ... - DailyTech
Microsoft has long annoyed security software makers over the last decade as it has rolled out free products which often offer a competitive alternative to competitor's packaged software free-of-charge. Microsoft merely offered a decently competitive ...

BBC One and BBC Two to stream live online from next week - Times Online
The BBC is to begin showing all its programmes live over the internet from next week, raising questions about the long-term viability of the licence fee. Critics said that although viewers would still need to buy a licence to watch programmes on ...

Why Apple Won't Allow Adobe Flash on iPhone - Wired
Don't hold your breath waiting for the iPhone to support Adobe's Flash software: Apple's terms-of-service agreement prohibits it. Although Adobe says it is working on a version of its popular Flash player for the iPhone, Apple is unlikely ever to ...

Report highlights states' practice of paying retailers to turn in ... - Austin American-Statesman
The sales taxes that Texans pay on everything from shoes to new sedans don't all go to help pay for government services. Texas is among 26 states that let retailers keep part of the money to compensate them for turning in sales taxes on time ...

If you're borrowing from your vendor, you can't afford it - CNET News
TechDirt tries to put a pretty face on vendor-financed software/hardware deals, but let's be clear: if you have to borrow from the vendor that is overpricing its software (or hardware) in the first place , you can't afford to buy it . If you can't ...