Sun absorbs $147M loss as Oracle deal looms (AP)
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. recorded a $147 million loss while sales eroded 31 percent in the April-June period, likely the server and software maker's last full quarter as an independent company.
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SPSS sets date for vote on sale to IBM (AP)
AP - Business software provider SPSS Inc. said Friday it will hold a special meeting of shareholders Oct. 2 to vote on selling the company to IBM Corp.
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Rally links Oracle Java tool to agile ALM (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Rally Software Development, which offers a hosted service and onsite software for application lifecycle management for agile programming teams, is connecting its platform to Oracle's JDeveloper IDE for Java development.
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Microsoft Misses Target Date for Office Web Apps Preview (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft will miss its target date for releasing a technical preview of Office Web Apps, the Web-based versions of software in its Office productivity suite.
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Hurco reports loss in fiscal third quarter (AP)
AP - Hurco Companies Inc. a computer control and software maker, reported a loss in its fiscal third quarter on lower sales volumes.
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Microsoft Names Top Ten Windows Malware (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A new list of malware just came out from Microsoft based on their MSRT, or Malicious Software Removal Tool.
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Perfection, refined (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - New releases of Apple's Mac OS X operating system are highly anticipated because each one upgrades the Mac platform in the best way. That is, for Mac users, a new Mac OS X release is always like getting a new computer. Apple generally brags of hundreds of new features folded into each release, and post-upgrade exploration is an enjoyable exercise that marks cultural and design differences between the Mac and the PC.
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Solera Holdings declares 6.25-cent dividend (AP)
AP - Solera Holdings Inc., which provides software and services for the auto insurance claims industry, said Thursday its board has approved its first quarterly cash dividend of 6.25 cents.
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Solera sees fiscal 2010 earnings, revenue gains (AP)
AP - Solera Holdings Inc., which provides software and services for the auto insurance claims industry, said Thursday it expects to earn an adjusted profit of between $1.76 per share and $1.83 per share for the fiscal year 2010.
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Solera Holdings posts fiscal 4Q profit (AP)
AP - Solera Holdings Inc., which provides software and services for the auto insurance claims industry, said Thursday it posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit as revenue gains in the company's automotive recycling unit offset declines in other areas.
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Microsoft offers Bing SDK for iPhone, Mac (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is offering an open source software development kit linking the company's Bing search engine to Apple's iPhone and Mac systems, according to a Bing community blog post on Thursday.
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Novell posts 3Q profit as it cut costs (AP)
AP - Novell Inc., which sells computer-networking software and technology services, said Thursday it swung to a third-quarter profit from a year earlier as it cut operating expenses by 20 percent.
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Magma 1Q loss shrinks to $4.3 million (AP)
AP - Chip design software maker Magma Design Automation Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter net loss shrank to $4.3 million as costs dropped faster than revenue fell.
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Linux-Based Nokia N900 Includes PC Features (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Nokia took the wraps off its next-generation N900 smartphone on Thursday. Though the majority of the company's mobile handsets are based on the Symbian platform, the Nokia N900 will use Maemo 5 -- the latest version of the Linux-based operating system that the company initially developed for its mobile Web tablets.
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Mac OS X Tiger Can Jump To Snow Leopard for $29 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - With its release scheduled for Friday, Snow Leopard's spots are beginning to come into focus. The newest update to the Mac OS X operating system is getting reactions across the Web -- including a tip on how to save money if you want to upgrade from the older Tiger version.
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Versata Wins $139M Damages in SAP Patent Lawsuit (PC World)
PC World - Versata Software has won a patent lawsuit it brought against ERP software vendor SAP. The jury awarded Versata US$138.64 million in damages on Wednesday after finding that SAP had infringed five of the company's patents.
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Tiger Users Can Get a Cheap Upgrade to Snow Leopard (PC World)
PC World - Still using Tiger, the older version of Mac OSX? You may be able to cheat Apple and pay only $29 to upgrade to the latest Snow Leopard operating system, says Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal.
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Nokia unveils its first Linux phone (Reuters)
Reuters - The world's largest handset maker, Nokia (NOK1V.HE) unveiled on Thursday its first phone running on Linux software, aiming at improving its offering at the top end of the market.
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FIRST LOOK: New Mac software not a dramatic change (AP)
AP - While Microsoft Corp. prepares to release the next incarnation of Windows on Oct. 22, Apple Inc. is cutting ahead, launching a new version of its operating system for Mac computers on Friday.
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Sirius hooks up iPhone to premium satellite radio (Reuters)
Reuters - Sirius XM Radio unveiled a dock on Wednesday that lets iPhone users listen to premium satellite radio programing, including shock jock Howard Stern, a feature missing from previous iPhone software.
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