NewsFactor - IBM is getting in the cloud. After a string of announcements over the past few weeks from Citrix, Red Hat, VMware, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard, Big Blue is launching an initiative to extend its traditional software delivery model toward a mix of on-premise and cloud-computing applications with new software, services and technical resources for clients and independent software vendors (ISVs).

AP - The Supreme Court refused Monday to disturb a$74 million judgment against Dish Network Corp. for violating a patent held by TiVo Inc. involving digital video recorders.

CNET - Microsoft wants SQL Server to scale new heights, and it is hoping an add-on code-named Kilimanjaro will help.

AP - Assuming your company's name isn't a verb synonymous with looking things up online, how do you get Web surfers to not just try your search engine, but also frequent it?

CNET - A judge has ordered RealNetworks to suspend the sale of RealDVD, the controversial software that hands users the ability to copy and store films to a hard drive, according to a report published by NewTeeVee.com, a technology-news blog.