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Microsoft's Mac unit is set to announce the new version of Office is selling three times as many copies as its predecessor.

Google shows developers a demo of Friend Connect at its Campfire One event. Next up: navigating the choppy social networking interoperability waters.

A MARRIAGE between Hewlett-Packard and EDS would create the largest IT and services company in Australia, at the expense of IBM.

TECH providers have been put on notice following St George's green light to merge with Westpac.

Hewlett-Packard has confirmed it is in talks to acquire IT services company Electronic Data Systems in a deal that would give it more competitive muscle against worldwide services market leader IBM.The price tag for EDS could be around $13 billion, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal published on Monday.Both companies issued statements Monday confirming that they are in "advanced discussions" about a merger. They said they would not comment further until a deal is reached or the discussions end, and they each cautioned that there is no guarantee that they will come to an agreement.The deal would strengthen HP's competitive position against IBM, whose Global Technology Services division has long been a strong profit generator for the company."I see it as an attempt by HP to really go head to head with IBM in a much more meaningful way, especially in technology services and IT outsourcing," said Dana Stiffler, research director with AMR Research.Even afte

Matching up critical components in the SOA space, SOA Software, which provides SOA governance automation, said Monday it has acquired SOA repository and governance vendor LogicLibrary.The combination creates an integrated SOA automation solution, SOA Software said. Enterprises can accelerate adoption of SOA with rapid delivery of services for distributed and mainframe environments, the company said.The addition of LogicLibrary technology extends SOA Software integration capabilities across governed deployment platforms, such as IBM, JBoss, Microsoft, and SAP, SOA Software said."Basically, what LogicLibrary brings to us is SOA asset lifecycle management as well as SOA development governance and SOA repository," said Roberto Medrano, executive vice president at SOA Software. "Those are important to complete our integrated SOA governance [portfolio].""From our standpoint, this provides complementary technology so we can provide [an] end-to-end integrated governance solution," added Brent

HEWLETT-Packard is in talks to buy technology outsourcing company Electronic Data Systems to better compete with IBM.

Microsoft is aiming to capture 40 percent of the smartphone market with Windows Mobile by the year 2012, an executive said Tuesday.

Microsoft's reluctance to make its Office suite interoperable with competing products has prompted a British government agency to complain to the European Commission, which is already investigating the company's conduct in this area.

Nigeria is offering incentives to encourage foreign direct investment in the country, especially in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).