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• Hit game Minecraft to stay private

  *Sales of Sweden's Minecraft game hit 20 million. STOCKHOLM, Feb 4- A pool table, a pinball machine, board games and Lego dot the offices of Mojang, the small Swedish company behind the wildly popular Minecraft video game, and one of its founders is wearing a tuxedo and purple tie on a recent "formal Friday".

• F.T.C. Suggests New Policy Guidelines for Mobile Apps

  

  In a strong move to protect the privacy of Americans as they use the Internet on their smartphones and tablets, the FTC said the mobile industry should include a do-not-track feature in software and apps and take other steps to safeguard personal information.

• Symantec to NYT: Chinese Hack Not Our Fault

  

  Symantec begs to differ with The New York Times' suggestion that it might be partially to blame for a security lapse that missed most of the intrusions from China.

• Bank-fraud software takes aim at government secrets

  SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1- The world of criminal computer hacking has traditionally been far removed from the cyber-spying efforts of governments, but security experts say several recent cases suggest the lines are starting to blur.

• NetSuite 4Q profit, revenue top expectations

  SAN MATEO, Calif.-- Cloud-computing and enterprise software provider NetSuite Inc. said Thursday that its loss widened in the final quarter of the year as revenue grew strongly but costs rose more quickly. The net loss in the quarter that ended Dec. 31 came to $9.6 million, or 13 cents per share, worse than the loss of $7.6 million, or 11 cents per share, a year ago.

• US tablet shipments soar during holidays, threaten to surpass PCs

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 31- Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook's prediction that tablets would one day outsell personal computers appears to be coming true.

• Hhgregg fiscal 3Q drops 23 percent

  INDIANAPOLIS-- Regional consumer electronics chain Hhgregg said Thursday that net income fell 23 percent in the key holiday quarter, hurt by weak video game sales. Hhgregg has been expanding beyond consumer electronics into other categories. Net income for the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31 fell 23 percent to $17.4 million, or 51 cents per share.

• UPDATE 1-Citrix forecasts revenue above estimates, shares rise

  Jan 30- Business software maker Citrix Systems Inc reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results, helped by strong growth in the Asia-Pacific region, and forecast current-quarter revenue largely above analyst estimates.

• UPDATE 1-Electronic Arts revenue dropped in 3rd quarter

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 30- Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc reported lower revenue for the third quarter. It reported a net loss of $45 million, or 15 cents per share, compared with $205 million, or 62 cents per share a year ago. Shares of Electronic Arts were down slightly at $14.90 in after-hours trading after losing $15.08 on Wednesday.

• Citrix Systems revenue rises 19 pct

  Jan 30- Business software maker Citrix Systems Inc reported a 19 percent rise in quarterly revenue on higher product and license revenue. Citrix's net income rose to $114 million, or 60 cents per share in the quarter ended Dec. 31, from $109 million, or 58 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose to $740 million.

• TIMELINE-From RIM to BlackBerry, a company in transition

  Jan 30- Research In Motion Ltd has launched its new line of re-engineered BlackBerry smartphones, taking the wraps off the long-delayed devices at a series of events around the world on Wednesday.

• Sector Snap: Tough day for VMware, Citrix, BMC

  SAN FRANCISCO-- The stocks of business software makers VMware Inc., Citrix Systems Inc. and BMC Software Inc. dropped Tuesday amid concerns about how their products will fare this year. VMware absorbed the worst beating as its stock plummeted $21.18, or 21.5 percent, to close at $77.14.

• UPDATE 1-Microsoft launches new Office for consumers

  SEATTLE, Jan 29- Microsoft Corp launched new Office software for home users on Tuesday, featuring constantly updated, online access to documents from all kinds of devices as the world's largest software company attempts to tailor its most profitable product to a mobile generation.

• UPDATE 3-EMC's sees better IT spend but 2013 EPS outlook misses Street

  Jan 29- Data storage equipment maker EMC Corp expects IT spending to improve slightly this year on the back of demand for cloud computing and data analytics but offered a 2013 earnings outlook that missed estimates.

• EXCLUSIVE-Researchers warn of widespread networking gear bugs

  BOSTON, Jan 29- Bugs in widely used networking technology expose tens of millions of personal computers, printers and storage drives to attack by hackers over the regular Internet, researchers with a security software maker said.

• UPDATE 2-VMware disappoints with 2013 outlook, to cut jobs

  Jan 28- Software maker VMware Inc said on Monday it was cutting 900 jobs as part of a restructuring plan, and it gave a disappointing outlook for 2013. Its shares fell 13 percent in after-hours trade.

• Sink or Swim for RIM Ahead of BlackBerry 10 Launch

  

  Research In Motion is back on the map just as it prepares to launch a new BlackBerry. Yet the question most observers appear to be asking is: is it too little, too late?

• Sundararajan: More Problems Ahead for Apple

  

  There are more stormy waters ahead for Apple and the company will have to make some sacrifices to stay on top, writes this expert.

• Informatica shares soar after beating estimates

  REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-- Software company Informatica Corp. soared more than 10 percent in after-hours trading Thursday, after reporting results that beat analysts' expectations. Profit was $31.1 million, or 28 cents per share, for the fourth quarter, down 27 percent from $42.4 million a year ago.

• UPDATE 2-Amazon buys text-to-speech software company Ivona

  *Ivona deal may help Amazon expand Kindle reader base- analyst. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it acquired text-to-speech technology company Ivona Software, a sign that the world's largest Internet retailer may be looking to develop more services similar to Apple Inc's Siri voice-based search product.