Sun Microsystems Inc. announced plans on Wednesday to buy MySQL, an open-source database software company for a proposed $1 billion.
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac has launched at this year's Macworld Expo, four years after the last edition. The new suite of productivity applications for the Macintosh operating system is built specifically for the Mac and is tailored to feel like a native application. The software was created by Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit, which is dedicated to products on that operating system.
After three months of courtship, database software firm Oracle Corp. finally got a 'yes' from BEA Systems, accepting a takeover offer of $8.5 billion. Oracle will pay BEA shareholders $19.375 for each of their shares, up from an offer of $17 in October. BEA had initially rejected Oracle's initial offer, asking for $21 per share.
Gone are the days of leaving the comfort of your home to rent a DVD.
Apple Inc. unveiled the world's thinnest laptop on Tuesday, as well as new software upgrades to its iPhone and iPod Touch, and buffed up its iTunes software with online movie rentals.
Macworld Expo in San Francisco will be a time for the whole world to see new releases from different companies supporting Apple's Mac, including announcements from Apple itself.
British music fans will pay less for downloads from Apple's online iTunes store after Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs reached a deal with the European Commission.
Apple will soon announce steps to resolve European Commission charges that its iTunes stores broke EU rules by setting prices country by country in Europe, people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The announcement may come later on Tuesday or at the latest by Thursday, the sources said.
Microsoft Corp sought to bolster its enterprise search efforts and increase its European presence as it announced Tuesday that it will offer to acquire Norwegian search firm Fast Search & Transfer ASA for about $1.2 billion.
Worried about people accessing your private information whenever you use a public computer? There is a way to protect yourself: Devices as small as a keychain allow you to use any computer without leaving a trail of evidence. A new computer program known as MojoPac can turn most flash memory sticks, hard drives or iPods into virtual PCs that can run most programs that work on Windows XP.
There is a reason people still buy CDs more than they do digital albums. Actually there are several, but viruses that come along with music via peer-to-peer sites (P2P) and a concern over digital rights management (DRM) aren't the only culprits.
Anyone with dreams of being a talk radio star -- ranting about sports and politics, chatting with callers, sharing recipes or car-buying tips -- can play host on their own show, right on the Web.
Apple Inc and News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox are set to announce a deal that will allow consumers to rent movies through Apple's digital iTunes Store, media reports said on Thursday.
The software company co-founded by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates nearly two years ago is seeing the benefits of more stringent intellectual property policies in China, with a decline in piracy rates and improved results at its mainstay Windows division.
Microsoft has signed a deal to share detailed information about its Windows software with a free software group, marking one of the first concrete results of the European Commission's anti-trust sanctions meted against the software giant.
A Microsoft General Manager broke Microsoft's silence regarding Internet Explorer 8 by sharing details on a blog post of about its new web browser that will launch in the first half of 2008.
Internet company Yahoo and Latin America's top mobile phone company America Movil said on Thursday they have struck a deal to provide mobile Web services to 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Oracle Corp posted a 35 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong new software sales, beating expectations at a time when investors are wary that growth in technology spending may be slowing.
Mozilla on Wednesday unveiled the second beta version of Firefox 3.0 with enhanced security features and performance capabilities.
Viacom announced a 5 year alliance with the world's largest software company on Wednesday, giving the content created significant online reach.
Advertisements placed by Google in Web pages are being hijacked by so-called trojan software that replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider, Romanian antivirus company BitDefender says.
Closely following Microsoft with it's year-end security roll out, Apple Inc. followed suit on late Monday afternoon by issuing a bunch of fixes for its Mac OS X operating system and the test version of its Safari browser.
