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Schmidt's Google Buys 3-D Tool Maker @Last Software (Forbes) - @Last Software's Schell as surprised by buy as anyone.

Carnegie Mellon to use 'Sims' in educational software (USA Today) - Carnegie Mellon University plans to incorporate characters and animation from the popular video game The Sims in its free educational software that strives to make computer programming more appealing to students.

Sony opens up software meeting, PS3 details sought (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on Tuesday it will allow the media and analysts to attend an annual meeting for third-party software developers of its PlayStation video game, prompting questions on whether it will give details on the launch of its next-generation console.

Timken Software Helps Lufkin with Bearing Selection (The Auto Channel) - CANTON, Ohio, March 14 -- The Timken Company today announced that Lufkin Industries, a leading supplier of oilfield pumping units, industrial gears, foundry castings and truck trailers, has achieved improvements in engineering design time with Timken's bearing selection software.

New Software Assurance Enhancements Go Live (Microsoft Watch) - Redmond's Software Assurance program is focused on luring customers with a couple exclusive-to-the-program benefits. Will customers take to the latest crop, including two operating system exclusives?

CAST Improves Software That Understands Software (TechWeb) - CAST Software has unveiled a new version of CAST Application Intelligence Platform that includes new languages, architectural governance rules and the AD Governance Dashboard.

Google Buys 3-D Modeling Software Maker (ChannelWeb) - Google on Tuesday said it is acquiring @Last Software, a maker of 3-D design software. The deal comes less than a week after Google's acquisition of the Writely online word processing service.

Sacramento software maker to be sold for $21 million (The Sacramento Bee) - An East Coast holding company has agreed to acquire struggling Sacramento software maker Unify Corp. for about $21 million in stock, the latest in a recent string of acquisitions of regional tech firms.

Google buys Boulder map software maker (Rocky Mountain News) - 1:31 p.m. Google Inc. bought @Last Software Inc., maker of the SketchUp design software, to help improve its satellite mapping program. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Google Buys Maker Of 3D Modeling Software (TechWeb) - Google acquires @Last Software, a company that makes modeling software tools for a general audience, not just design professionals. The acquisition was the second for Google this month.