NewsFactor - At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston this month, attendees received new details about the software giant's push into the realm of SaaS (software as a service). -- read full article
Reuters - Nine more firms, including telecom
operators "3" and TIM, have lined up to support the new open
mobile software alliance Symbian Foundation, the world's top
cellphone maker, Nokia, said on Thursday. -- read full article
Reuters - Microsoft Corp introduced on
Wednesday pricing for its suite of online services targeted at
corporate customers and a revenue-sharing plan to encourage
other companies to sell the software company's products.
PC World - Some Microsoft partners are less than thrilled by the company's push into a software-plus-services model, which will compete... -- read full article
AP - VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's shares to their lowest depths since the company's lucrative public offering 11 months ago. -- read full article
InfoWorld - Real Software and Veryant are upgrading development tools this week, with Real Software focused on its RealBasic platform and Veryant on Cobol. -- read full article
Reuters - Video game publisher Electronic
Arts Inc said on Tuesday it complied with a
regulator's request for more information on its Take-Two
Interactive Software Inc bid, moving a step closer to
buying its rival.
AFP - Google has rolled out a challenge to virtual world giant Second Life with free software that lets people create their own online 3D worlds that can be embedded on websites and melded with other online functions.
PC World - IBM launched on Tuesday an application that seeks to harness the time of Internet users to make the Web more accessible to the... -- read full article
Reuters - Microsoft Corp introduced on
Wednesday pricing for its suite of online services targeted at
corporate customers and a revenue-sharing plan to encourage
other companies to sell the software company's products.
AP - Microsoft Corp. is strengthening its early-stage push to fend off competition by offering more Internet-based software, a change from its traditional method of selling programs that run on individual desktops or corporate servers. -- read full article
USATODAY.com - Microsoft threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo's board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another deal. -- read full article
Reuters - Business software maker VMware Inc
warned on Tuesday that 2008 revenue growth will fall short of
expectations and said it has replaced its chief executive,
sending its shares tumbling 30 percent. -- read full article
PC World - An irrigation automation system, developed by a team of Australian students, won Microsoft's Imagine Cup programming contest. -- read full article
