Reuters - Stock futures rose on Thursday, boosted by falling oil prices and strength in corporate earnings as diversified manufacturer Tyco International Ltd. reported higher-than-expected profit.

Reuters - Stock futures fell on Wednesday after software maker Adobe Inc. gave a lower-than-expected forecast and oil prices headed toward $75 a barrel.

Reuters - Design software maker Adobe Systems Inc. said on Tuesday it sees second- quarter profit and revenue at the low end of its previous targets due to weaker-than-expected demand during the spring holiday periods in Europe and North America.

After a recent victory in a patent lawsuit, wireless e-mail software provider Visto Corp. said Monday it is suing Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry mobile devices, over similar claims. Earlier, RIM agreed to pay NTP Inc....

AFP - Indian share prices closed up 1.61 percent at a new record, led by strong retail buying in index-linked software and automobile stocks in a special session to test software, dealers said.

Reuters - U.S. stock futures slipped on Friday, with Microsoft Corp. expected to weigh on technology shares after the software maker posted disappointing results.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. , the world's largest software maker, reported a higher quarterly net profit on Thursday, boosted in part by strong sales of its business management and its database software.

Reuters - European Union judges have another chance on Thursday to probe Microsoft's challenge to a landmark decision that the software giant illegally muscled out rivals, in a week-long hearing that has become increasingly heated.

Jacob Cherian - AHN Contributor Bangalore, India (AHN)-- The Indian telecom software product company, Subex Systems acquire­d British fraud management firm Azure Solutions in a $140 million deal. This is the single largest overseas acquisition by an Indian software firm. According to The...

Reuters - Microsoft opens a second front in its challenge to a landmark European Commission antitrust decision on Wednesday.

Reuters - Business software maker CA Inc. on Tuesday said fourth-quarter earnings missed its forecasts, based on a preliminary review of the results.

Reuters - Sanjay Kumar, the former chief executive of CA Inc. , pleaded guilty on Monday to securities fraud and obstruction of justice charges related to a $2.2 billion accounting fraud at the software company.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s antitrust battle in Europe threatens to snarl the release of the next version of Windows and has turned into a big distraction for executives that could spur more lawsuits, analysts and investors say.

Reuters - Microsoft and its critics agree that the future of innovation is at stake when the U.S. software giant challenges a landmark 2004 antitrust ruling next week before the European Union's second highest court.

Reuters - Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK) and Microsoft Corp. on Monday inked an expanded global strategic alliance to promote the use of validly licensed Microsoft software products in China and elsewhere.

Reuters - Electronics manufacturer Flextronics International Ltd. said on Sunday it agreed to sell its software development unit to an affiliate of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. as its divests non-core businesses.

Reuters - Winternals Software on Wednesday said a federal judge has ordered electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. and its Geek Squad computer support service to stop using unlicensed versions of Winternals' copyrighted software.

Winternals Software LP, a Texas based software company sued Best Buy Co. Inc. in federal court alleging that the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer was using unlicensed versions of its diagnostic equipment. In response, a...

Internet giant Google Inc. expects substantial revenue growth in China and will eventually have thousands of software engineers working there. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt told Reuters Google would have 100 software engineers in...

Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc. expects substantial revenue growth in China and will eventually have thousands of software engineers working there, Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday.