Software that uses brain scans to determine what items people are thinking about was among the technological innovations showcased Wednesday by Intel Corp., which drew back the curtain on a number of projects that are still under development.
The software analyzes functional MRI scans to determine what parts of a persons brain is being activated as [...]

The foundation was set up in 2008 after Nokia Corp., the biggest maker of Symbian phones, bought out the consortium that made the software. Nokia decided to give the software away starting Thursday to make it more popular with other manufacturers, a move not uncommon in the technology world.
Lee Williams, executive director of the London-based [...]

The hacking that angered Google Inc. and hit dozens of other businesses adds to growing concern that China is a center for a global explosion of Internet crimes, part of a rash of attacks aimed at a wide array of targets, from a British military contractor to banks and chemical companies to a California software [...]

The worlds biggest business software companys new product, that allows customers to subscribe and pay on a monthly basis, will begin being sold by July, about three years late. At about 40,000 euros ($55,800) a year for a 25-user outfit, compared with large SAP contracts that go into millions of euros, it may be a [...]

Cybersitter LLC, whose software is designed to help parents filter content seen by children, seeks $2.2 billion in damages in the federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles.
The company alleges that the Chinese copied its codes and incorporated them into software used to block Chinese citizens access to sites deemed politically undesirable by the government. [...]

Cybersitter LLC, a closely held company, seeks $2.2 billion in damages in a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Los Angeles. The company accuses China and computer makers, including Lenovo Group Ltd. and Acer Inc. whose products include the Green Dam program, of stealing its trade secrets, unfair competition, copyright infringement and civil conspiracy. [...]

“We are definitely seeing customers back buying,” Oracle President Safra Catz said on a conference call. “No giant deals of any sort, but lots of very nice-size transactions for every size of company. We are really seeing a recovery.”
Second-quarter net income [...]

The recession has dampened demand for Creative Suite 4, the latest version of the software package targeting professional designers and developers that brings in the bulk of Adobes revenue. It happened to launch in the fall of 2008, right as the financial meltdown hit.
But the company said Tuesday it saw demand pick up in the [...]

Now, the company is fighting to keep those programmers working with its tools as technology undergoes a massive shift.
On Tuesday, Microsofts Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie told a gathering of software developers in Los Angeles that Windows Azure, its system for building software that runs over the Internet, will come out of test mode in [...]

A ruling that sides with the Patent Office could bar patents on processes and methods of doing business, such as online shopping techniques, medical diagnostic tests and procedures for executing trades on Wall Street. And it might even undercut patents on software.
In a worst-case scenario for the high-tech industry, the ruling could invalidate many existing [...]