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Software Firm to Pay $30 Million in AOL Case (Washington Post) - Veritas Software agreed to pay $30 million to resolve civil fraud charges connected to an improper advertising deal it signed with AOL during the Internet boom's waning days.

Google goes after Microsoft with software suite (USA Today) - Google is getting serious about taking on Microsoft. Thursday, it introduces Google Apps Premium Edition, a software suite for companies that provides e-mail, instant messaging, calendar, word processing and spreadsheets. The cost is $50 per worker per year vs. about $500-$600 for Microsoft Office.

Microsoft patent case stirs software export fears (USA Today) - It's not every day that both the U.S. government and advocates of free and open-source software align themselves with Microsoft. But a high-stakes patent case, set to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court , has attracted a slew of briefs supporting the Windows maker's stance in a complex battle with AT&T.

Software AG goes SOA all the way (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - As part of a new market strategy aimed at growth markets, business software vendor Software AG will focus on SOA (service-oriented architecture) products and services, and plans acquisitions to broaden its product portfolio and market share, company executives announced at a news conference Wednesday.

Software AG Expects To Double SOA Revenue (ChannelWeb) - The German software maker will have to move fast to launch products and acquire technologies to compete with SOA heavies such as IBM, BEA, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and SAP, Forrester Research says.

Raytheon Delivers Software Build For DDG 1000 by Staff Writers Tewksbury MA (SPX) Feb 21, 2007 (Space War) - Raytheon has delivered the software build for the Total Ship Computing Environment Infrastructure Release 4.0, the new open architecture baseline software application for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt class destroyer.

Google's corporate software suite hits market with a rumble (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. will begin selling corporate America an online suite of software that includes e-mail, word processing, spreadsheets and calendar management, escalating the Internet search leader's invasion into technological turf traditionally dominated by Microsoft and IBM.

High court wrestles with software patent questions (CNET) - Justices quiz attorneys of foes Microsoft and AT&T on whether U.S. software makers are liable for code used abroad.

Software Snap: RealNetworks Falls (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Shares of RealNetworks Inc. and Symantec Corp. fell in Wednesday afternoon trading, in a software sector that was mostly mixed.

Roush Fenway Races into Daytona with TransMarkets’ Show Car Scheduling Software and In-Cab Mobile Communication System (The Auto Channel) - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--TransMarkets, LLC, a GPS-enabled transportation software provider, announced today an innovative partnership with Roush Fenway Racing.