KKR buys Norway's Visma from HgCapital (Reuters)
Reuters - Buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has bought Norway software company Visma for an enterprise value of 1.2 billion pounds ($1.88 billion) from private equity firm HgCapital, the companies said on Sunday.
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Top tech firms settle employment probe (Reuters)
Reuters - Google, Apple, Adobe Systems, Intel, Intuit and Disney's Pixar reached a settlement with the Justice Department that bars the companies from agreeing to not poach each other's top employees, the department said on Friday.
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SciQuest shares soar after IPO (AP)
AP - Shares of SciQuest Inc. soared on the business software maker's first day of trading after its initial public offering.
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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Won't Support Tethering (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft on Friday denied that its upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system will support tethering.
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Software smart bomb fired at Iranian nuclear plant: experts (AFP)
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Microsoft Expands, Updates Office Web Apps (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Just three months after its release, Microsoft Office Web Apps is getting a facelift and expanding into seven more countries.
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Oracle's Ellison says microchip firms could be good fit (Reuters)
Reuters - Software giant Oracle Corp is keen to make more acquisitions to bolster its technology and a microchip company could be a good fit, CEO Larry Ellison said on Thursday.Read More ...
New Kindle App for Android Adds Voice Search and Word Look-ups (PC World)
PC World - Amazon today released a new version of its Kindle e-book reader app for smartphones running the Android operating system.
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Microsoft Says Windows 7 SP1 Needed for IE9 Beta (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - It seems Microsoft may have gotten ahead of itself with the release of its Internet Explorer 9 beta. In a FAQ on the company's web site, Microsoft is urging companies to deploy Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 8 and wait for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 before deploying IE9. For Windows Vista users, SP2 is needed for IE9.
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OpenIndiana Gives Solaris Users a Free, Open Alternative (PC World)
PC World - Oracle may have dealt a blow last month to businesses relying on the free OpenSolaris operating system, but a new contender has recently emerged that's designed to be a fully compatible drop-in alternative.
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Microsoft Offers Web Embeddable PowerPoint, Excel (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has added new capabilities to its online Microsoft Office companion service that allow users to embed PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets on their own websites.
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Dell Evaluating Internet TV Devices and Google TV Software (PC World)
PC World - Dell on Thursday said it is considering the development of devices beyond PCs that would stream Internet content to regular television sets.
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Dell CEO flashes 7-inch Android tablet computer (AP)
AP - Dell is working on a 7-inch tablet that runs Google's Inc.'s Android operating software.
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Microsoft sells debt at record U.S. low rate (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp on Wednesday sold $4.75 billion in new debt, some of it at the lowest U.S. corporate borrowing rate on record, as the world's largest software company takes advantage of low interest rates to raise cash.Read More ...
iWork for iPad adds file transfer, better Office support (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Apple on Wednesday released updates to its three iWork apps for the iPad. Version 1.2 of Numbers, Keynote, and Pages feature improvements to file-format support and file transferring, adding the ability to transfer files to and from remote servers and enhancing support for exporting files in Microsoft Office-compatible file formats.
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Apple releases 27-inch LED Display, Magic Trackpad updates (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Apple on Wednesday released a couple of minor software updates to support its new 27-inch LED Cinema Display on both Mac OS X and Windows. The Windows update also includes support for the Magic Trackpad input device.
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HP completes deal for Fortify Software (AP)
AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. has completed its deal to buy Fortify Software.
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Intuit sees growth opportunities in weak economy (AP)
AP - Financial software company Intuit Inc. on Wednesday said it continues to expect revenue to grow between 8 percent and 11 percent this fiscal year.
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SAP Rolls out Wave of 'rapid Deployment' Apps (PC World)
PC World - SAP is unleashing a set of "Rapid Deployment" software applications that can be rolled out in as little as 12 weeks, the company announced Wednesday.
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Chatter 2 from Salesforce.com Uses Social Networking (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Salesforce.com on Thursday rolled out Chatter 2, the second iteration of its enterprise social-collaboration software. Chatter 2 taps into social-networking features a la Facebook, Google and Twitter to drive productivity.
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