Compuware sells application testing software line to Britain’s Micro Focus for $80M

October 7th, 2009 Compuware to buy Gomez Inc. for $295 million cashDETROIT — Compuware Corp., whose software improves the performance of computer programs used by companies to run their operations, said Wednesday it is acquiring Gomez Inc.

June 5th, 2009 AP: Compuware CEO Karmanos compensation dips NEW YORK — Mainframe software maker Compuware Corp.'s chief executive, Peter Karmanos Jr., was awarded compensation for fiscal 2009 valued at $4.2 million, down 29 percent from a year earlier, according to an Association Press calculation. Karmanos, 66, received a salary of $1.2 million, up from $1.05 million a year earlier.

April 3rd, 2005 Indian Outsourcing industry is increasingly turning towards software testing. In fact we have started providing software testing services to customers from 2005.

May 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - Global software major Wipro Technologies has set up a virtual innovation centre for testing services on Second Life, the popular virtual world, the IT bellwether said Thursday. The innovation centre, a replica of the original lab at our campus in the electronics city will provide a one-stop virtual view of our Internet Protocol (IP)-powered solutions, the company said in a statement.

June 4th, 2009 Intel to buy Wind River Systems for $884MSANTA CLARA, Calif. — Chip maker Intel plans to buy testing and development software maker Wind River Systems for $884 million.

July 10th, 2009 British royal family joins TwitterLONDON — Britain's royal family has extended its kingdom further into cyberspace and joined Twitter — but don't expect Her Majesty to tweet. Buckingham Palace, which already has a significant online presence, said Friday that it has set up a Twitter account to alert royal watchers to what's happening with the family.

July 7th, 2009 Sony belatedly to join 'netbook' market in AugustTOKYO — Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will launch a tiny new laptop starting in August, the company's belated entry into the growing but cutthroat "netbook" PC market.

July 21st, 2005 When Java software developers consider portable devices as platforms for their applications, they often see cell phones as the only real option. Cell phone only focus is now changing.

June 28th, 2006 Q: What is Google Payment System, or GBuy? A. Press has nick-named it GBuy; We have not announced a payment system name yet.

May 23rd, 2005 Oracle integrates PHP scripting engine (dubbed "Zend Core for Oracle") with its 10g database and application server for building apps based on the open source development language. What remains to be seen is whether Oracle is shifting focus away from Java or just encompassing additional languages.

July 13th, 2009 Microsoft opens early testing on Office 2010SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. is giving a select group of technology-savvy testers an early peek at Office 2010, but it's still keeping Web-based versions of Word, Excel and its other go-to programs under wraps.

December 13th, 2006 Angsuman's Translator Plugin Pro now supports 14 languages (English, ) as base language of the blog in version 4.0 (currently in testing). Previously it supported only English as the base language of the blog.

October 6th, 2009 Epicor Software amends deal for line of creditIRVINE, Calif. — Epicor Software Corp.

August 12th, 2009 Computer Sciences receives $50M Air Force contractFALLS CHURCH, Va. — Information technology company Computer Sciences Corp.

June 25th, 2009 Facebook testing new control for shielding updates PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook is testing new privacy controls that will allow the online hangout's roughly 200 million users to decide who should see each of their personal updates.