Nortel is attempting to revamp its image with a move into software.
PC maker Dell will spend around US$340 million, on a software asset-management company, in a bid to simplify dealings with its customers.
Microsoft, the world's leading software supplier, has led an eight-month crackdown on Internet software pirates accused of using illegal software to fund drug-running and terrorism.
Rumour-mongers have marked January 15 as the day Microsoft could carve up to 17 percent from its workforce, but US financial analysts are doubtful the software giant is in any financial trouble.
Australian staff at software company Citrix will be subject to a global restructure which aims to slash headcount by 10 per cent and cut expenses by US$50 million.
In October, Yahoo ran an Open Hack Day event in Bangalore, hosted by one of the company's co-founders, David Filo. Two hundred local developers were invited to a 24-hour code-a-thon to combine their own ideas with mashed-up services from Yahoo's own library of APIs.
Board directors at 50 top financial institutions displayed worrying levels of ignorance when polled about their compliance with Basel II regulations.
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Next year's priorities should be continued cost-cutting and championing of Web services and instant messaging, according to research.
The software giant ventured into hostile territory on Wednesday to argue its case during a live debate over the future of the Linux desktop.
Despite a much-hyped launch and an influx of new vendors, tablet PCs are not exactly flying off the shelves, according to new figures from Canalys, which says Microsoft is to blame.
Customers and analysts say Microsoft is forcing its most important partners to use competing browsers by its move to integrate IE with Windows.
The new version of Microsoft's Windows CE code-sharing agreement must be popular because vendors have signed up to it, says the software giant.
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