AP - Electronic design software maker Cadence Design Systems Inc. disclosed Tuesday it has offered $16 a share for smaller rival Mentor Graphics Corp., after failing to agree on deal privately for nearly two months. -- read full article
Reuters - Video game publisher Electronic Arts
Inc on Tuesday again extended its $2 billion takeover
offer Take-Two Interactive Software Inc but the
smaller rival rejected anew the bid as too low.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The community outreach shouldn't be perceived as foreshadowing that Microsoft will soon open source much of its own software. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Also designed for Apple's upcoming iPhone 3G, the handset's GPS software essentially creates a mobile social network that helps post and share geo-tagged photos. -- read full article
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. reported Monday its profit rose 41 percent in the second quarter because of strong sales and booming demand in international markets. -- read full article
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems on Tuesday plans to announce an upgrade to its process automation software, Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES) Update 1, featuring an open-source content repository and capabilities to convert data to Adobe's PDF format. -- read full article
Reuters - U.S. design software maker Adobe Systems
Inc issued a revenue outlook that disappointed some
investors on Monday, sending its shares down 2.6 percent.
Reuters - The European Commission, a thorn in
Microsoft's side for its antitrust campaigns against
the software giant, is falling short in its own internal
attempt to promote more competition in the technology sector.
Reuters - EBay Inc on Monday unveiled plans to
let outside software programs work inside the world's largest
e-commerce site, joining a trend toward openness that fueled
the popularity of the social network website Facebook.
InfoWorld - Replay Solutions is set to ship Monday a version of its software recording and replay technology for Java applications, helping users to find execution errors. -- read full article
PC World - Trend Micro may have received more than it bargained for in its software patent dispute with rival Barracuda Networks. In the... -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Video game software sales were up 45% in the first five months of the year, while video game hardware sales were up 17%, says The NPD Group. -- read full article
