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Nokia to use Microsoft's PlayReady DRM software (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - Nokia has agreed to license Microsoft's new PlayReady DRM technology, giving the service providers it works with a greater choice of copy protection software.

Autodesk to buy maker of Mudbox software (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Design software maker, Autodesk Inc. said it has agreed to acquire substantially all the assets of Skymatter Ltd., a New Zealand-based privately held company that develops Mudbox 3D brush-based modeling software.

IBM Discontinuing BlackIce Security Software (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News) - IBM's Internet Security Systems (ISS) next month will discontinue the sale and support of BlackIce PC and server protection software, a year after BlackIce came under the IBM umbrella after the $1.3 billion IBM acquisition of ISS.

BMC Software 1Q Profit Jumps (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - BMC Software Inc., a maker of software used to manage information technology systems, said Monday its fiscal first-quarter profit surged from the year-ago period, which, excluding certain expenses, exceeded Wall Street estimates.

Sybase unit acquires Japanese mapping software partner (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Sybase iAnywhere, an author of software for handheld computer and phones, said Monday it entered an agreement to buy Coboplan, a Japanese company that makes mapping software for applications like sales force automation, road and city planning, waterworks and civil engineering projects.

BMC Software first-quarter profit nearly doubles (Market Watch) - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- BMC Software Inc. said Monday its first-quarter profit nearly doubled compared to the same period a year earlier, while its profit outlook for the full fiscal year has been raised to a higher-than-anticipated level.

Jade Software profit increases (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News) - Christchurch-based technology services company Jade Software Corporation is reporting a 17 percent half-year increase in after tax profit, excluding the impact of divestments.

Autodesk to buy New Zealand software company (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Autodesk Inc. agreed to buy Skymatter Ltd., a New Zealand company that makes modeling software.

Dell's Recent Acquisition: ASAP Software (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance) - Larry Dignan submits: Dell said Thursday that it has acquired ASAP Software, which provides applications to manage software licenses and renewals, for $340 million. ASAP is currently a subsidiary of Corporate Express, an office supplies vendor.

Dell's Buying ASAP Software for $340m (SYS-CON Media) - Dell, which is not much given to buying other companies but figures it has to to survive, is buying ASAP Software, an Illinois-based subsidiary of Corporate Express, the publicly owned Amsterdam office supply company, for about $340 million. The acquisition, which Dell intends to merge with its software business, such as it is, will give it an operation to account for licenses, compliance, ...