SOFTWARE

Oracle Corp. announced that it has agreed to acquire Irvine-based Relsys International Inc., a developer of drug safety and risk management software for the health care industry, which will become part of its Health Sciences Global Business Unit.

The videogame sector is looking for a resurgence this year through casual users and programs for mobile phones, themes that will be underscored this week at one of the industry's most closely watched events.

EBay unit Skype on Monday plans to announce a version of its Internet calling software that connects to corporate phone systems, the Wall Street Journal said.

The iTunes store has begun selling HD movies for the first time, Apple said Thursday.

The U.S. software industry is pushing for a greater role as government officials develop a policy to ward off attacks on the nation's communications infrastructure, a trade group said on Friday.

Hardware makers Advanced Micro Devices Nvidia have released graphics software that supports both current-generation Microsoft Windows Vista and XP operating systems as well as next-generation Windows 7.

Microsoft Corp. has released its latest edition of its Internet Explorer Web browser touting its new security features on Thursday, after almost a year of public beta testing.

Microsoft Corp is set to publicly launch Internet Explorer 8 early on Thursday, the latest version of its market-dominating Web browser.

Microsoft Corp is set to publicly launch Internet Explorer 8 early on Thursday, the latest version of its market-dominating web browser.

On Wednesday, Oracle released an adjusted profit report of 35 cents on revenue of $5.5 billion in its fiscal third-quarter beating the Wall Street's expectations.

Business software maker Oracle Corp reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results and said it would pay its first dividend to shareholders,

Apple announced the availability a new iPhone OS yesterday at its headquarters to registered developers.

Apple Inc unveiled new software for the iPhone that will support some long-anticipated features, such as copy-and-paste of text and picture messaging, as the company pushes to stay competitive in the phone market.

Google Inc released a new version of its Chrome Web browser on Tuesday, as the search giant continues its efforts to get a foothold in a market dominated by Microsoft Corp.

At a special media event on Tuesday, Apple previewed a string of new and impressive iPhone OS features, including Cut and Paste, MMS, voice memos and support for turn by turn directions.

Apple Inc unveiled an iPhone software upgrade with new features ranging from copy-and-paste and message notifications to picture messaging, as the company pursued further growth in a hotly contested cellphone market.

Oracle’s said on Monday that its virtualization software racked up the world’s fastest performance on an industry standard benchmark.

Cisco Systems Inc said on Monday it will sell computer servers targeted at data centers, a move that pits it against partners such as IBM and Hewlett-Packard Co.

Shabana Ahmadzai, 19, and Sara Bahmanpour, 20, like to hang out on a social network a fraction the size of Facebook. Their portraits enhanced by makeup or anime images, the women are logging on at Muxlim, a lifestyle community for Muslims.

Facebook has announced Facebook Connect for the iPhone, which allows users to take their Facebook friends, identity and privacy with them on Apple's mobile phones wherever they go.

On Thursday Apple announced that new iPhone software will be available for preview next week.