Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday will release a beta version of Windows Media Player 11, a more stylish version of its media software that mimics the sleekness of its main competitor, Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes.

Sony Corp. plans to unveil new client software next week that will extend its LocationFree TV platform to Macintosh computers and a wider range of mobile devices.

A Borland Software szerdán jelentette be, hogy megválik 300 alkalmazottjától, ez a teljes munkaidőben foglalkoztatott dolgozói létszámának a 20 százaléka.

A Google kiadott egy ingyenes verziót SketchUp nevű alkalmazásából, amellyel háromdimenziós képeket lehet készíteni, szerkeszteni és módosítani. Mindezt a márciusban felvásárolt @Last Software fejlesztőcég tette lehetővé.

Google Inc. has released a free version of the SketchUp application for creating, viewing and modifying 3D images it acquired when it bought @Last Software Inc. in March.

A Szellemi Tulajdon Világnapja, április 26. alkalmából három jogvédő szervezet, az ASVA (Audiovizuális Művek Szerzői Jogait Védő Közcélú Alapítvány), a BSA (Business Software Alliance) és a ProArt (Szövetség a Szerzői Jogokért) a szerzői jogok védelmének fontosságára hívta fel a figyelmet.

A software player for Sony Corp.'s LocationFree system that is compatible with Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X is under development by Tokyo-based Kaga Electronics Co. Ltd. and should be available soon, Kaga Electronics said Tuesday.

A focus on higher-margin products and strong sales in middleware and microelectronics helped fuel IBM Corp. first quarter profit, the company said Tuesday.

As part of Microsoft Corp.'s continued efforts to promote its antipiracy campaign in China, Microsoft and Lenovo Group Ltd. executives formally plan to sign a US$1.2 billion deal Monday to cement a joint effort by the companies to provide genuine Windows software to Chinese customers.

Microsoft Corp. faces more problems in South Korea after a company sued the U.S. software giant over its bundling of Windows Media Player with the Windows operating system.

Microsoft Corp. Friday asked three U.S. courts to force Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp. and Novell Inc. to produce documents pertaining to the European Union's (EU's) antitrust case against the software vendor.

McAfee Inc.'s auditor, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, may be thinking of buying some security software itself, after a Deloitte employee left an unencrypted CD containing sensitive information on thousands of McAfee employees in the back of an airline seat last December.

Sales and profits at Trend Micro Inc. reached record levels in 2005 despite the company incurring millions of dollars in costs after releasing a faulty update to its antivirus software early in the year.

As earnings season wound down this week an upbeat forecast from Cisco Systems Inc. sparked a jump in trading in IT, while news of shakeups at Borland Software Corp. and Gateway Inc. caused concern for technology investors.

DataViz Inc. planned to release a new version of its RoadSync 2 software on Monday that will let users of certain Symbian smart phones receive push e-email from corporate Microsoft Outlook accounts.

Opera Software ASA will include support for "widgets," or small programs that run on a user's desktop, with a technical preview of its Opera 9 Web browser due to be released Tuesday, a company spokesman said.

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates is planning this week to unveil the company's strategy for the government IT market, an intensely competitive area that has seen open-source software gain a strong foothold.

Oracle Corp. and a security researcher are trading heated barbs over a vulnerability in the company's software that has gone unpatched since it was discovered in October.

Computer Associates International Inc. on Monday will announce a suite of software tools for merging IT asset management functions ranging from hardware inventory to contract management.

Az Opera Software a mai napon indítja el hivatalosan is Opera Mini elnevezésű, mobiltelefonokra optimalizált webes böngészőjét és az azokhoz tartozó szolgáltatásokat, melyet már jelenleg is nagyjából egymillió előfizető használ.