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AP – Sonus Networks Inc., which makes Internet network hardware and software, said Tuesday it narrowed its loss in the first quarter as revenue increased.

InfoWorld – WSO2, builder of open source software for SOA deployments, on Tuesday is launching version 3.0 of Carbon, its componentized middleware platform based on OSGi technology.

AP – Federal regulators plan to examine whether Apple Inc. is violating antitrust rules by requiring software developers to use Apple programming tools to create applications for the iPhone and iPad.

PC World – Central Desktop’s hosted collaboration suite will gain a new component next month designed to let multiple users simultaneously work on the same Microsoft Office documents.

InfoWorld – Software asset management vendor Flexera Software, which has focused on data center systems, will add on Tuesday desktop software management to its portfolio through the acquisition of ManageSoft.

InfoWorld – The Apache Software Foundation, developer of open source software, on Tuesday is announcing the creation of six Top-Level Projects, including the Apache Traffic Server for caching and Apache Mahout, implementing machine-learning algorithms atop the Apache Hadoop distributed computing platform.

PC World – Three Web sites belonging to the U.S. Department of the Treasury have been hacked to attack visitors with malicious software, security vendor AVG says.

PC World – Microsoft has released a new version of its Producer software, fixing a critical security problem that plagued the product for several months.

AP – Synchronoss Technologies Inc., which provides transaction management software for communication companies, said Monday that its first-quarter profit rose 30 percent. The results were ahead of analyst expectations.

PC World – Google’s Android operating system already comes in plenty of flavors. Now, a brand new kind of Android may be on the way — and this one could end up changing the way we think about television.

PC World – Google just landed some impressive 3D desktop software in its purchase of Bump Technologies, but a looming patent battle with Apple suggests that Google also had BumpTop’s multi-touch technology on the brain when it gobbled up the company.

PC World – IBM bolstered its data-integration portfolio Monday, announcing the acquisition of Cast Iron Systems, which focuses on connecting on-premise systems with cloud-based software.

Reuters – IBM said it bought privately held software company Cast Iron Systems to bolster its expertise in cloud computing, an increasingly popular technology that helps companies cut costs by enabling access to software online.

PC World – The rancorous lawsuit between SAP and Waste Management has been settled, with the software vendor making an undisclosed, one-time cash payment to the trash hauler, according to court documents and a regulatory filing.

AFP – Bump Technologies told fans of its 3D desktop computer software on Monday that it has been bought by Google.

NewsFactor – In its latest acquisition, Google has scooped up Bump Technologies. The company is widely known as the developer of BumpTop, a free app that makes a traditional computer desktop look like a real-world desk with stylus interaction.

Reuters – Apple Inc has sold 1 million iPads since their April 3 launch, as the company passed that sales milestone faster than many analysts had expected.