PC Magazine – The latest app from Comex combines two of Apple’s least favorite terms—”Flash” and „Jailbreaking”—into one iPhone-friendly package. Frash, the new app from the folks behind JailbreakMe brings Adobe’s embattled Web publishing software jailbroken iPads, iPhone 4s, and third-generation iPod touches. Comex’s aforementioned JailbreakMe tool will let you do that via your device’s [...]

PC Magazine – One of the architects of the DNS, the naming system for the Internet, is building into the server software for the Internet a system to allow cooperating servers to share reputation data in order to block malicious domains.

Macworld.com – Taking text notes or recording the audio of a lecture or meeting is old news. Pear Note from Useful Fruit Software unites both tasks in a single document that pairs the audio and text, and a major 2.0 upgrade to the previously reviewed version brings new sharing and playback features, topped off with [...]

Macworld.com – There’s yet another contender if you’re looking for an online backup solution. Haystack Software has released Arq, a backup application that uses Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Arq offers encrypted backups, flexible scheduling, and the ability to select and exclude files as you see fit.

Macworld.com – Apple Developer Connection members have long had access to the company’s compatibility labs, which allow them to test their software on a variety of Apple hardware configurations. But on Monday, Apple added a new option: a $99 Single Lab Day Pass for members of its Mac Developer Program.

Macworld.com – One of the long-time limitations of Apple’s iOS devices has been their inability to deal with media files in formats beyond those few that Apple prescribes. But a new app, NXP Software’s CineXPlayer, now lets iPad users play video files encoded in the popular Xvid format.

AP – Networking software maker Novell Inc. on Monday cut its fiscal third-quarter revenue outlook, saying customer jitters over the company’s possible sale are hurting sales.

PC World – Defects in Amdocs software code will push back the introduction of a new customer care and billing system at Clearwire until next year, the wireless broadband provider said in a regulatory filing.

Reuters – McAfee Inc, the No. 2 security software maker, said production of software code known as malware, which can harm computers and steal user passwords, reached a new high in the first six months of 2010.

PC Magazine – On Tuesday, Verizon Wireless and Motorola today announced the long-awaited Droid 2, a new version of the company’s popular Motorola Droid cell phone with a better keyboard, faster processor and updated software.