IN THE PAPERS
In The Papers 23 September
23-09-2009
by Deirdre McArdle
McAfee to create 120 Cork jobs | iPhone gets green light in South Korea
The Irish Times reports a free iPhone application, which allowed users of Dublin's bicycle rental scheme to find their nearest bike station, has been withdrawn after the software firm which developed it was threatened with legal action by the advertising agency backing the new initiative. Fusio, the company behind the application, was sent a cease and desist letter from JC Decaux earlier this week in which it was told that legal action would be considered if it continued to offer the mobile application for download.
The paper also reports that security software firm McAfee is set to create 120 new jobs in the Republic in an expansion that will be announced Wednesday. The company is to establish a sales operation for its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) division in Cork, where it already employs 170 people. State development agency IDA Ireland is supporting the project.
According to the same paper an adviser to the European Union's top court has backed Google in a row with luxury goods maker LVMH over internet advertising, as noted by ENN.
The Irish Examiner reports that medical devices firm Vasorum presented findings from its Astra Plug clinical study in San Francisco on Tuesday night. Read more on ENN.
According to the Wall Street Journal, South Korea's communications regulator decided Wednesday to allow the sale of Apple's iPhone, lifting a technical requirement that had blocked the product. The Korea Communications Commission made an exception to a rule that requires mobile phones sold in the country to use domestic technology for location-based services such as GPS. The commission's action comes after months of consumer pressure.
The same paper writes that just four days after the Justice Department raised some objections to Google's book settlement the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild have requested to delay a key October hearing to gain time to amend the deal. In a filing with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the two groups asked the court to schedule a conference on 6 November, or at its convenience, to discuss any progress made during continuing negotiations. Amazon.com, other Google competitors, several state attorneys general and the Justice Department have raised a number of concerns with the court, which must still approve the settlement.
The Financial Times reports that Intel told its annual developer forum in San Francisco on Tuesday that it was creating a platform based on an App Store framework for devices running on its Atom low-power microprocessor. In a keynote speech, Paul Otellini, Intel chief executive, announced support from Acer, Asus and Dell, which are launching their own App Stores based on Intel’s framework. He said he expected consumers to buy apps to personalise their netbooks and said the concept would be extended to desktop PCs and to smaller devices.
Caped Koala Studios has built a virtual world for kids, combining education and social networking 