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Blogging Software Firm SixApart Buys Social Media Agency Apperceptive (CBS News) - SixApart, the blogging software firm wth products like MovableType, Typepad and Vox, is now moving up the value chain into offering advertising and consulting services, and has bought New York City-based social media creative agency, Apperceptive. The financial details were not disclosed. Apperceptive has worked with Six Apart for the past two years, and its clients include Huffington Post, ...

Local software-as-a-service providers take stock hits (BizJournals) - The economy's recent downturn has spelled trouble for a trio of local software-as-a-service providers that went public in 2007, as investors have hammered each company's stock over concerns that a prolonged downturn will severely crimp their finances.

YuuZoo Corporation Streamlines IT Infrastructure with Virtual Iron Software (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Virtual Iron Software (www.virtualiron.com), a provider of server virtualization software, today announced that YuuZoo, one of the world's premier, mobile content aggregators, is deploying Virtual Iron's solution across its content management system and mobile content distribution platforms in Singapore and the United States.

Apple tweaks Software Update for Safari (ZDNet Australia) - Following a storm of criticism, Apple has changed its Software Update software to mark a distinction between new programs, such as its Safari on Windows browser, and updates to existing ones.

Software gets more from less (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - A Plymouth company sells software that lets one computer server do the work of 20. It can be a tough trick to pull off.

AuthenTec gains software assets of EzValidation (Electronic Engineering Times Asia) - Fingerprint sensor and solutions provider AuthenTec has acquired the software assets of EzValidation, a provider of fingerprint sensor authentication and user interface software.

Government plans to increase software exports up to $5 billion by end of 2010 (Business Recorder) - KARACHI (April 21 2008): The Federal government has planned to increase software exports up to $5 billion by the end of 2010. Sources told Business Recorder on Saturday that the current level of software export was about $50 million per annum, sector needs more support from government to increase its exports.

AT&T Announces BlackBerry Professional Software for Small Business (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Small business owners and office managers can now get big-business advantages in a BlackBerry® solution. AT&T Inc. and Research in Motion announced today the availability of BlackBerry® Professional Software for AT&T's small business customers, which provides a wireless communications and collaboration solution with advanced security features designed specifically for small and midsize companies.

Software firms cash in on social networking sites (Daily Dispatch) - COMPUTER software development companies are cashing in on the rapid boom of social networking sites. With more than 200 million users on MySpace alone, and 60 million worldwide on Facebook, software developers are taking advantage of the exploding market.

Microsoft-Novell take open-source software alliance to China (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Microsoft and Novell have announced they were expanding their alliance in making patent-protected and open-source programs interoperable into the hot China market.