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Medidata Solutions Inc., a maker of software and services for clinical development of drugs and medical devices, said Friday it plans a public offering of 4.5 million shares of its common stock.

Franchise Services, parent company of Sir Speedy, PIP and Signal Graphics, announces that its brands are part of the QuarkPromote.com Neighborhood Print Partner program.

NEW YORKa ' U.S. digital media company RealNetworks Inc is in talks with partner MTV Networks to restructure the ownership of their two-year old Rhapsody America joint venture, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday.

Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force.

Google wants to catalyze the era of Web applications with its Chrome OS project, but Mozilla has no plans for its own browser-based operating system, at least for now.

Autodesk shares are headed lower today after the design software firm missed Wall Street estimates for fourth quarter forecasts last night.

Microsoft's Windows 7 is its fastest-selling OS ever, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said today at the company's annual shareholder meeting.

Updated 12:54 p.m.: Added information and screenshots after an interview with Takeshi Numoto, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Office marketing.

A hearing has resumed about former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's personal finances and a request to cut his $6,000 monthly restitution in half.

The modest drop came a day after major stock indicators closed at 13-month highs, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which has risen 9 of the past 10 days.

We're here at Dreamforce, Salesforce.com's annual cloud computing event in San Francisco.

The video game 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' is blasting its way into entertainment history.

A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier.

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Bentley Systems develops and provides software for infrastructural projects such as roads, hospitals, apartments and public buildings.

Design and engineering software maker Autodesk Inc. said Tuesday its business looks "increasingly stable" despite posting a sharp drop in third-quarter profit.

Mahindra Satyam said legal notices claiming a refund of 12.3 billion rupees by 37 companies are legally untenable.

Concur Technologies Inc., which makes corporate expense-management software, said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose as revenue got a boost from a 13 percent increase in subscription revenue.

Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system.

Mobile USA resumed selling Sidekick phones Tuesday, more than a month after a server meltdown at Microsoft Corp.