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• Microsoft Announces General Availability Plans for Microsoft Forecaster 7.0 (March 06, 2007) Microsoft Microsoft Corp. subsidiary FRx Software Corp. today announced that Microsoft(R) Forecaster 7.0, the latest release of the company¿s budgeting and planning software, will be released to manufacturing on March 28, 2007.

• Software Provider Liable for Unauthorized Practice of Law in Ninth Circuit (February 28, 2007)

  Kevin Fayle of FindLaw

  "Legal software vendors beware! The Ninth Circuit recently held that a seller of web-based bankruptcy software qualified as a bankruptcy petition preparer and, as such, engaged in fraud and the unauthorized practice of the law. Any provider of software that claims to ""know the law"" and offers automated form selection should examine this decision closely to make sure their activities are within legal boundaries."

• HP Reduces Customer Administrative Costs and Wait Time with Blade Network Virtualization Technologies (February 27, 2007) HP On the heels of taking the No. 1 position in factory revenues and units shipped for blade servers,(1) HP today introduced virtualization technologies that simplify the connectivity and management of its HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture, the company¿s core solution for the next-generation data center.

• Microsoft Delivers Final Versions of Free Deployment Tools for Windows Vista (February 20, 2007) Microsoft Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of six new deployment tools that will help expedite businesses¿ migration to Windows Vista(TM).

• Sun Extends Leadership in Identity Management with Three New Professional Services (February 20, 2007) Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), today introduced three new offerings to its portfolio of Identity Management Professional Services, designed to help speed customer time to value with less implementation risk and cost and providing project predictability and faster return on investment (ROI) for identity management projects.

• HP Eases Deployment of UNIX Virtualization with Newest HP-UX Operating System, HP Integrity Servers (February 15, 2007) HP HP today introduced a new version of the HP-UX 11i operating system and new HP Integrity servers to help make mission-critical virtualization practical for businesses of all sizes.

• Microsoft and Plaintiffs Resolve Iowa Class Action Lawsuit (February 14, 2007) Microsoft Class counsel and Microsoft jointly announced that a settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit that alleged violations of the Iowa Competition Law.

• Sun Releases Optimized AMP Stack for Solaris 10 Along With New OpenSolaris Distribution For Developers (February 13, 2007) Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc., (NASDAQ: SUNW) the creator of Java technology, the Solaris Operating System (OS) and the world's leading contributor of open source code, today announced a new set of products and services that will help make it easier for developers, start-ups and Internet companies to build and deploy their Web infrastructure on the free and open source-based Solaris 10 OS.

• Microsoft and Novell Announce Collaboration for Customers (February 12, 2007) Microsoft Microsoft Corp. and Novell today unveiled more details about their joint technical road map and the benefits customers can expect from the collaboration.

• Skype and Symantec Sign Agreement to Offer Small Office and Home Office Customers PC Security Solutions (February 07, 2007) Symantec Skype, the global Internet communications company, and Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), today announced a relationship to deliver PC security solutions to small office and home office Skype(TM) users for a secure PC environment.