Siemens AG has signed a licensing agreement with Airbiquity Inc, a supplier of software solutions that utilize wireless data communications, under which Siemens will purchase its aqLink software technology.
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Kaiser Permanente, an Oakland-based health-care provider, has received a non-exclusive license to operate patented technology for ordering pharmaceutical products using an automated telephone system.
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Exalead, a business and web search software company with a flexible OEM licensing and support model, has signed a deal with cross-platform data protection and archiving solutions provider, Atempo.
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Does anyone understand what Steve Jobs is doing?
To celebrate the launch of the 3.1 version of Safari, Apple?¢?‚¬?„¢s web browser, the company has been offering it to Windows users via the software update tool that accompanies iTunes and Quicktime. However, a close look at the license agreement shows that users are only allowed to install the browser on a ?¢?‚¬?“single Apple labeled computer at a time.?¢?‚¬? The contract clause clearly makes no sense.
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An undisclosed big European bank wrestled with Oracle during negotiations over a new contract to purchase enterprise-class database technology from the software vendor. The bang insisted on receiving the kind of warranties that Oracle usually never provides its clients.

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Microsoft is now enabling Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium to work in the virtual machine environments. The changes will be reflected in Microsoft’s end-user agreement, and in addition, two new SKUs will be offered by the company.

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Mindjet, a global leader in software for visualizing and using information, accelerates software licensing and protection for MindManager with Microsoft’s service platform.
Bill Gates lauds Mindjet’s use of the Microsoft fluent user interface and MindManager’s ease-of-use at Office Developer Conference.
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Microsoft has purchased Danger, the maker of the T-Mobile Sidekick. Microsoft will probably use the existing revenue model of monthly subscription as they already do with the Software Assurance Licensing Program.?‚? ?‚? 
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Microsoft is cutting licensing costs for small business. The result, according to InfoWorld, is that the license-only cost of software should fall by two-thirds.
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I read about Microsoft’s Partners in Learning program?‚? and felt that it is important to mention it here.
Microsoft is committed to creating opportunities for our next generation of workforce with a program called Partners in Learning. Through Partners in Learning, Microsoft is leveraging the transformative power of software to create innovative educational experiences that remove limitations, create opportunities, and bring students and teachers closer. Since its launch in 2003, Partners in Learning has touched the lives of more than 90 million students, teachers and education policymakers in 101 countries. ?¢?‚¬?“Microsoft has always believed that education is the cornerstone of opportunity, and that investing in education is the best way to help young people achieve their potential,?¢?‚¬? said Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft.
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