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| Autodesk shares jump after 2Q results |
| Shares of Autodesk Inc., an engineering software maker, rose Friday after the company reported a surge in second-quarter earnings. |
| View Source | August 13, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Benchmarking-software industry remains profitable |
| Despite the fact the economy remains teetered on the edge of oblivion, software companies have increased their profitability dramatically over the last year, according to a recently concluded annual benchmarking study of the small and mid-sized software industry conducted by information services provider OPEXEngine. |
| View Source | September 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Facebook revenue $800m in 2009 |
| Social networking site Facebook generated significant revenue and profits in 2009, according to sources who spoke to the Reuters news agency. |
| View Source | June 18, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Google acquires BumpTop, is Chrome OS going 3D? |
| BumpTop is a company that started getting noticed when founder Anand Agarawala appeared as a speaker at TED. His company’s software replaced the standard 2D desktop on Windows and Mac with a 3D environment. The video below offers a good demonstration as to what BumpTop can do. |
| View Source | May 3, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| HP Appoints Bill Veghte to Lead HP Software and Solutions Business |
| HP today announced that Bill Veghte has been appointed executive vice president of the company’s Software and Solutions business, effective May 17. |
| View Source | May 5, 2010 | Provides Information |
| HP to Buy Slim Linux OS From Phoenix |
| Hewlett-Packard will buy Linux-based quick-boot OS and client virtualization assets from Phoenix Technologies for US$12 million, Phoenix said on Thursday. |
| View Source | June 10, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Intel Secures $7.68 Deal to Take Over McAfee |
| intel snatched up McAfee for $7.68 billion in cash on Thursday in a surprise deal that placed a 60% premium on the world’s largest security technology company. |
| View Source | August 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Intel’s boss explains Infineon and McAfee acquisitions |
| According to Intel’s head honcho, Apple is cool with the Infineon deal and their McAfee acquisition will drive new solutions to keep viruses and malware off your smartphone and PC. |
| View Source | August 31, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Microsoft Hit With Windows 7 Patent Suit |
| The software giant has to fend off another claim of infringement. |
| View Source | March 22, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft, HTC Sign Patent Licensing Agreement |
| Yeah, we're continuing with the mobile news for now. As it turns out, there are two ways to deal with ever increasing competition. Where Apple sued HTC, Microsoft has decided to do what it does best: they're trying to extract some form of profit out of the rising popularity of Android phones. This morning, the Redmond giant announced it signed a patent licensing agreement with HTC. |
| View Source | April 28, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft Office 2010 sales on the slow side |
| Did you even know? The Windows version of Microsoft Office 2010 has been out for a few weeks now. Perhaps this never registered with you since you’re happy with whatever version of Office you already have on your computer. Or maybe you don’t use Office at all anymore, preferring to write documents and edit spreadsheets online. |
| View Source | July 14, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft plants break labor rules, group says |
| Chinese factories cited for use of overtime, teen workers |
| View Source | April 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| NetApp 1Q Net Surges On Higher Revenue, Margins; Stock Down |
| NetApp Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter profit surged on higher revenue and improved margins as the company benefited from an ongoing trend by information technology organizations to transform their data centers. |
| View Source | August 18, 2010 | Provides Information |
| NetApp comes up trumps with fat annual profit |
| NetApp vindicated its middle-of-the-road virtualisation and cloud service provider stance with a sixfold increase in annual profits. |
| View Source | May 27, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Novell 3Q misses expectations as revenue dips |
| Networking software maker Novell Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter net income fell as revenue dropped amid customer uncertainty over the company's possible sale. |
| View Source | August 26, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Novell, Red Hat prevail in user-interface patent case |
| A federal jury found that Novell and Red Hat were innocent of infringing on user interface patents held by IP Innovation LLC. |
| View Source | May 3, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Oracle Buying Drug Trials Software Maker for $685 Million |
| Oracle on Friday announced plans to buy Phase Forward, which develops software for drug manufacturers, for about US $685 million. The deal is expected to close mid-year. |
| View Source | April 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| SAP Reports Revenue up 12 Percent, Earnings up 15 Percent |
| SAP reported a 15 percent year-on-year rise in earnings for the second quarter, on revenue up 12 percent. It forecast that underlying revenue growth in its core business of software and software-related services will accelerate following completion of its acquisition of Sybase. |
| View Source | July 27, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Symantec Shares Rally 9% After McAfee Deal |
| Shares of Symantec Corp. jumped 9% Thursday on the back of merger speculation after a rival security software company McAfee Inc was purchased by Intel Corp. for $7.7 billion. Intel said the acquisition would help boost the security of its mobile-wireless chip products. Shares of Symantec last traded at $13.21, up 5%. Earlier the stock traded as high as $13.97. |
| View Source | August 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Uncertain future hits Novell's Q3 |
| What a surprise. A company rejects an unsolicited takeover bid and its board of directors announces that the struggling company is looking at all alternatives, including selling itself or breaking itself up. And then sales unexpectedly go south. |
| View Source | August 10, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| VirnetX files second lawsuit against Microsoft |
| VirnetX announced on Thursday that it has launched another lawsuit against Microsoft, this time claiming that the same patent violations found in Windows XP and Vista from the first suit also exist in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. |
| View Source | March 19, 2010 | Provides Information |