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Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) and BEA Systems (Nasdaq: BEAS) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire all outstanding shares of BEA for $19.375 per share in cash. The offer is valued at approximately $8.5 billion, or $7.2 billion net of BEA's cash on hand of $1.3 billion.

IBM Corp. announced Monday that it planned to buy Cognos Inc. for $5 billion (EUR3.41 billion) in cash in an evident attempt to keep pace with rivals in the field of "business intelligence" software.

Mention software design and most people probably think of Microsoft and the high-tech industrial hub that has developed in California's Silicon Valley. The Sydney area of Frenchs Forest is unlikely to be front of mind.

US software giant Microsoft has agreed to make "substantial changes" to comply with an EU ruling that it was abusing its dominant market position, the European Commission said.

While storing users’ search data, search engines need to protect users’ privacy. This is why software giants do their best to upgrade search tools.

Google has asked the U.S. judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to extend requirements of Microsoft’s antitrust case, but the judge declined the request.

Microsoft agrees to upgrade its operating system Windows Vista, so that users can have a choice to use any other companies' search tool. This agreement comes after Google's antitrust complaint.

Google files an antitrust complaint against Microsoft for causing difficulties to rival software companies to run their applications on its Windows Vista operating system and for limiting users in choosing software.