Software

Microsoft has released an update giving Windows an interface in the Quechua language, descended from the tongue of South America's ancient Incas.

Google Inc. has signed a deal to become the exclusive provider of text-based advertising for eBay Inc.'s Web sites outside of the U.S.

MTV Networks will be unveiling a new broadband service that appears part MTV, part YouTube and part MySpace. Built around a Web site called Flux, the service will be targeted at young people who are increasingly tuning out television and tuning into online video and chat.

Oracle Corp. continued to release pieces of its PeopleSoft Enterprise 9 applications suite, turning its attentions to performance management. The move is part of Oracle's most substantial revamp of the suite since acquiring PeopleSoft in January 2005.

Lenovo Group Ltd. plans to unite its customer service operations under a new group to be based in Singapore and led by an executive poached from Dell Inc.

Online retailers are doing a better job communicating with their customers, but they still gather and re-use personal information without permission, according to the Third Quarter 2006 Online Customer Respect Study of Retailers.

Rival hosted application providers NetSuite Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. compete tooth and nail, so it's no surprise that both of them have announced tools to track and manage search engine marketing campaigns almost simultaneously.

What if the Google Maps app on your mobile phone could flag the location of restaurants, provide special offers on food or goods, or offer real-time information on gas station prices? A new Google maps overlay may make all that possible.