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Analysts Work on Improved Antivirus Software Test (PC World via Yahoo! News) - Antivirus vendors are closer to agreeing on a new way to test their software after widespread agreement that older antivirus tests can be misleading.

Electronic Arts buys game software company (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Electronic Arts Inc. bought Super Computer International, which makes software used in online video games.

Austin-area kid checks software for chipmaker (CNET) - The third-grader, who started tinkering with tech at age 2, already knows more about software than probably 99.99 percent adults on the planet.

The Four Freedoms Applied to Software as a Service (Linux Today) - "The Free Software Foundation has defined Four Freedoms related to software. These freedoms apply to users of software, not necessarily developers. In the view of the FSF, these freedoms are ethical in nature, so much so that they argue that software which violates these freedoms is unethical.

Constellation Software acquires Varsity Logistics, a U.S. software company (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) - TORONTO - Constellation Software Inc. (TSX:CSU) said Friday it has completed the acquisition of Varsity Logistics Inc. a privately held software company based in San Francisco, Calif.

Hook them with flash, keep them with software (ZDNet) - Phones may sell because they are pink or thin, but software is what creates the user experience on a mobile computer. SANTA CLARA, Calif.--A cool design might get people to notice your computer, but the software will decide if they come back for more. As smart phones...

Wizzard Software Juggles Board (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Wizzard Software juggled its board of directors in an effort to get listed on the American Stock Exchange. The board on Thursday accepted the resignations of members Armen Geronian and Gordon Berry.

Hook them with flash, keep them with software (CNET) - Phones may sell because they are pink or thin, but software is what creates the user experience on a mobile computer.

eBay Buys Auction Management Software, Site (WebProNews) - “German engineering” is often a selling point in and of itself.  And so I have to wonder how many times that phrase came up while eBay was in the process of acquiring ViA-Online GmbH, a German auction management software company. ViA-Online GmbH probably wasn’t the main point of the buy, however; instead, the site and services known as “ Afterbuy ” are believed to have been the target.  ...

More Services, Software On the Web (eWeek) - Microsoft ratchets up its software-plus-services initiative with Office Live Workspace while AT&T buys Internet conferencing company Interwise.