Oracle says Justice Dept allows $7.4B Sun deal (AP)
AP - Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Chinese 'Tomato Garden' Software Pirates Get Jail Terms (PC World)
PC World - A Chinese court has sentenced four people to jail for pirating Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, China's state-owned media reported on Friday.
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China Jails Four for Microsoft XP Piracy (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A Chinese court has jailed four people for spreading their bootleg "Tomato Garden" version of Microsoft's Windows XP program, in what the Xinhua news agency called the nation's biggest software piracy case.
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China jails Windows software pirates (AFP)
AFP - A court in eastern China has sentenced four people to up to three-and-a-half years in prison for selling bootleg versions of Microsoft's Windows XP software, court officials said Friday.
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China jails four for "Tomato Garden" Microsoft piracy (Reuters)
Reuters - A Chinese court has jailed four people for spreading their bootleg "Tomato Garden" version of Microsoft's Windows XP program, in what the Xinhua news agency called the nation's biggest software piracy case.
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Salesforce.com 2Q profit soars, sales climb (AP)
AP - Sales management software maker Salesforce.com Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit more than doubled as the company added thousands of new customers and grew its revenue.
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Open Text reports decline in 4Q profit (AP)
AP - Business software provider Open Text Corp. said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 40 percent as higher costs and expenses offset a small gain in revenue, but adjusted results beat Wall Street expectations.
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Mentor Graphics issues strong 3Q outlook (AP)
AP - Software company Mentor Graphics Corp. said Thursday it expects revenue and adjusted income in the third quarter to top Wall Street expectations.
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Mentor Graphics 2Q results top estimates (AP)
AP - Mentor Graphics Corp., which makes electronics-testing software, on Thursday reported a wider second-quarter loss but adjusted results and sales topped Wall Street expectations by a wide margin.
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Intuit posts wider 4Q loss as sales slow, costs up (AP)
AP - Personal finance and business software maker Intuit Inc. on Thursday posted a wider loss for its fiscal fourth quarter as revenue slipped while expenses rose.
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Justice Department approves Oracle purchase of Sun (AFP)
AFP - Business software giant Oracle said Thursday that the US Justice Department has given the green light to its 7.4-billion-dollar purchase of Sun Microsystems.
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Intuit 1Q loss forecast wider than Street view (AP)
AP - Personal finance and business software maker Intuit Inc. on Thursday said it expects a wider fiscal first-quarter loss than Wall Street analysts forecast.
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Unify names shareholder representative to board (AP)
AP - Unify Corp., a provider of data management and e-mail archiving software, said Thursday it named Tim Bacci to its board of directors.
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Microsoft Visual Studio upgrade holds dynamic language capabilities (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is busy factoring in the growing use of dynamic languages in its planned upgrade to the Visual Studio software development platform.
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Windows 7: Want the Release Candidate? You're Too Late (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has, as planned, removed the download for the release candidate of Windows 7, the next major update to Microsoft Windows.
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Forrester: SAP, Others Will Make Analytics Acquisitions (PC World)
PC World - IBM's recently announced plans to buy SPSS, maker of specialized analytics software, will result in a wave of further consolidation in the space, according to a new Forrester Research report.
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GameStop posts disappointing profit, cuts outlook (AP)
AP - GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game and entertainments software retailer, posted disappointing fiscal second-quarter results on Thursday and lowered its full-year earnings forecast, citing fewer hit video games and cautious consumers. Shares tumbled in morning trading.
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Synopsys posts better-than-expected 3Q results (AP)
AP - Synopsys Inc., which makes software to develop and test chips, said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter profit declined 18 percent from a year-ago period helped by an income tax gain, but the results still beat Wall Street expectations.
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NuGrowth buying subsidiary of State Auto Financial (AP)
AP - Software sales and development company NuGrowth Solutions has inked a deal a buy a subsidiary of State Auto Financial Corp., a property and casualty insurance holding company.
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Apple Online Offer Glitch Hints at Early Snow Leopard Launch (PC World)
PC World - A mistaken offer in Apple's online store on Wednesday could signal that the company's latest Mac operating system, code-named Snow Leopard, is primed for launch as early as next week.
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