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Q&A: id Software shakes QuakeCom (USA Today) - The Mesquite, Texas game developer id Software has always conducted business its own way. Rather than announce release dates for upcoming games, the maker of classics such as the Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein series have held the company line that a game will be released "when it's done."

Dell announces deal to buy software co. (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Dell Inc. announced Friday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire ASAP Software, a leading software solutions and licensing services provider and a subsidiary of Corporate Express.

Parallels Offers Beta Of Virtualization Software For The Mac (InformationWeek) - Version 3.0 of the free software improves the look and feel of Windows programs in Coherence, and has a new image tool for converting the virtual hard drive format.

Animation Software To Focus On Bubble Technology (InformationWeek) - New special effects software for animating fluids on display at SIGGRAPH is expected to take less computing power and deliver more realistic results.

Dell to buy suburban software firm (Chicago Tribune) - Dell Inc., the second-largest personal-computer maker, agreed to buy ASAP Software from Corporate Express for $340 million, acquiring products that help companies manage their computer systems.

Software company claims contract shenanigans (Lexington Herald-Leader) - An education software firm claimed in a lawsuit that "a secret unlawful deal" involving the Kentucky Department of Education and Jefferson County schools improperly blocked the company from having its contract renewed. Alabama-based Software Technology Inc., also called STI, filed court documents in Franklin County Circuit Court this week claiming the education department got help from the ...

U.S. arms software export guilty plea marks first (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - A California man has pleaded guilty to providing restricted software products to China, marking the first successful U.S. prosecution for illegal exports of military-related software code, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.

SAN JOSE / Software spy suspect enters guilty plea (San Francisco Chronicle) - A Cupertino man and former Chinese national has pleaded guilty to economic espionage for stealing software from a Silicon Valley defense contractor and trying to sell it to military buyers in China, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Xiaodong Sheldon...

Red Hat delays release of Linux software (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Software maker Red Hat Inc said on Thursday it delayed its August release of a version of its Linux software for personal computers that would compete with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.

UM system offers security software (Maneater) - Experian Consumer Direct will sell the software to students at a discount.