Reuters - Shares Rosetta Stone Inc surged as much as 32 percent Friday, a day after the language-training software maker posted a strong quarterly profit, as investors cheered the solid growth in its international business and the push toward a recurring-revenue model.

PC World - Skype's VoIP apps for the Windows Mobile operating system, Skype Lite and Skype for Windows Phones, are no longer available for download, the company announced, claiming the apps didn't offer a good enough experience.

AP - Shares of Rosetta Stone Inc. jumped Friday morning as a Jefferies analyst upgraded the maker of language-learning software after it reported a strong fourth quarter profit and announced new products that he said should improve future profit margins.

PC World - New low-cost smartphones running Google's Android software have been launched in Taiwan recently and the good news is they should start showing up just about everywhere soon.

PC World - Canonical's Ubuntu has become third Linux operating system approved by the General Services Administration for use by federal purchasers. It joins Linux distributions from Red Hat and Novell, already available through the GSA Advantage purchasing program.

AP - Shares of Rosetta Stone Inc. surged in late trading Thursday after the maker of language-learning software reported its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled on strong demand from consumers and institutional customers.

AP - Clinical software maker athenaHealth Inc. said Thursday it will delay its fourth-quarter report so it can complete its year-end audit and review the way it records implementation fees.

PC World - Virtualization software company VMware will be taking over a line of data-center management software from parent company EMC, the companies announced Thursday.

AP - ACI Worldwide Inc., which makes software for electronic payment systems, said Thursday that cost controls and higher revenue from software license and maintenance fees helped lift its fourth-quarter profit by 51 percent.

AP - Shares of Smith Micro Software Inc. surged Thursday after the company posted fourth-quarter earnings above Wall Street's expectations.

PC World - A Syracuse, New York, man has pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement for selling more than US$270,000 worth of pirated copies of business, engineering and graphic design software online, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

PC World - Intel faces challenges in migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, including application incompatibility and system readiness, the company said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Palm Inc slashed its revenue targets on weak demand for its smartphones, renewing concerns about its ability to compete against rivals like Apple Inc and sending shares down 16 percent.

NewsFactor - Microsoft is cracking down on botnets through the legal system -- and winning. The software giant launched a legal assault this week against networks of compromised computers controlled by hackers, and a federal judge in Alexandria, Va., agreed to its request to deactivate 277 infringing domain names.

PC World - Four days ago, top-notch computer security researchers launched an assault on Waledac, a highly sophisticated botnet responsible for spreading spam and malicious software.

PC World - Looks like there won't be any 'Explicit' category for apps in Apple's App Store after all, as the Cupertino company reportedly removed the option from the App Store submission software.

PC Magazine - In the coming months Microsoft will be ending support—including security updates—for a number of important products. If you've avoided updating so far, you might want to get moving. Windows 2000 and Windows XP users, this applies to you.

Reuters - Norwegian browser company Opera Software said it would reveal a version of its Mini browser for Apple Inc's iPhone next week, offering faster download speeds.

PC World - Security vendor HBGary has released a free software tool that can remove "Aurora" malware, linked to corporate espionage at more than 30 companies.