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Software-As-A-Service Firm Now Also Platform-As-A-Service (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - Salesforce.com, the leader in software-as-a-service, is expanding into platform-as-a-service.

Intel to buy digital-media software maker Havok (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - Intel will buy Havok, a provider of software and services used by videogame creators and movie special-effects teams, the company said Friday.

Executive shuffle at blog software maker Six Apart (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Blogging software maker Six Apart said on Friday Chairman and Chief Executive Barak Berkowitz was stepping aside and would be replaced by Chris Alden, who had run the company's professional software unit.

Microsoft to battle Google with software delivered through the Internet (International Herald Tribune) - In a strategy shift, Microsoft this week will this week make available free software that connects its Windows operating system to software delivered through the Internet.

Software piracy charges said to be used against Kremlin critics (International Herald Tribune) - The Russian police are raiding offices of dissident groups and publications, as well as businesses, accusing them of using pirated computer software.

Software Maker Varolii Plans IPO (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Varolii Corp., which makes on-demand customer service software, plans an initial public offering of its common stock, according to a regulatory filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOFTWARE TOOLS: Tool analyzes source code for embedded applications (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine) - Green Hills Software, Inc. has announced that Swell Software has adopted the Green Hills Software DoubleCheck™ source code analysis tool suite. Swell Software is using DoubleCheck to help ensure the quality of graphics software under development, including new versions of its latest PEG Pro™ suite, used to power high-color depth embedded graphics applications.

Intel to buy digital-media software maker Havok (InfoWorld) - ( InfoWorld ) - Intel will buy Havok, a provider of software and services used by videogame creators and movie special-effects teams, the company said Friday. Havok will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel but keep operating its business as usual, according to an Intel press release. It will add to Intel's visual computing and graphics efforts, while continuing to develop products ...

SWsoft Acquires Positive Software Division of Comodo (TopHosts.com) - Sept. 14, 2007 - (TopHosts News Brief) - SWsoft has acquired the assets of the Positive Software (PSOFT) automation division of Comodo. The purchase includes its H-Sphere control panel software with 2 million end users worldwide.

Hong Kong software Company Heading Anti-Piracy Alliance (GigaLaw.com) - CDC Corp., a Hong Kong software and online-game company, announced that it is heading up an alliance of game developers against online-games piracy in China.