Industry News
IBM said on this week it has started selling software that lets customers access its Cognos business intelligence software via BlackBerry mobile devices. -- Reuters
Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google. – Associated Press
NEC Corp.'s profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled from the previous year as the Japanese electronics maker's mobile phone and computer-chip businesses swung to profit. – Associated Press
U.S. television network CBS said this week it would buy Web media company CNET Networks, for about $1.8 billion. -- Reuters