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Software for Rent (New York Times) - Salesforce.com wants to become a platform like Microsoft?s Windows operating system, a product so popular that it is the foundation for a veritable ecosystem of software developers.

I.B.M. Acquires Cognos, Maker of Business Software, for $4.9 Billion (New York Times) - The move comes as many analysts anticipate that the business intelligence software market is about to enter a period of significant demand.

Dubai arm buys software group (FT.com via Yahoo! News) - SmartStream Technologies has been sold to an investment agency of the Dubai government for almost half the amount the UK-based software licensing and professional services business was originally expected to achieve from a pulled flotation.

Google offers $10M in software prizes (AP via Yahoo! News) - Google Inc. is offering $10 million in prizes for people who build the best software to enhance the company's upcoming cell phone operating system.

IBM To Buy BI Software Maker Cognos In $4.9 Bil Deal (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - IBM stole some thunder from Oracle's San Francisco user conference Monday, saying it will pay about $5 billion for Cognos, a Canadian company whose software helps customers analyze business operations.

Oracle offers free virtualization software (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Oracle Corp unveiled virtualization software that it says is up to three times as efficient as competing products, and will be available for free starting on Wednesday.

IBM buying software firm Cognos for 5 bln dollars (AFP via Yahoo! News) - US computer giant IBM announced a deal Monday to buy Canadian business-intelligence software firm Cognos for five billion US dollars in cash.

Google seeks phone software ideas (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is offering $10 million in prizes for people who build the best software to enhance the company's upcoming cell phone operating system. The company is developing a free cell phone software package that it says will make it easier to surf the Web over mobile devices. It also will give Google more opportunities to sell ads and services. The operating system will be ...

IBM to Buy Cognos for $4.9 Billion to Gain Software (Update6) (Bloomberg.com) - Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- International Business Machines Corp. agreed to buy Cognos Inc. for $4.9 billion, its largest acquisition, to compete with Oracle Corp. and SAP AG in providing software that tracks corporate performance.

Google offers $10M in prizes for new cell phone software (San Francisco Chronicle) - Google Inc. is offering $10 million in prizes for people who build the best software to enhance the company's upcoming cell phone operating system. The Mountain View-based company is developing a free cell phone software package that it says will make...