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Tech investors bullish on software, storage; bearish on chips (Market Watch) - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Around late July and early August, when the average stock valuations within technology sectors such as hardware, chips and software were hitting five-year lows, investors rushed in to buy a broad range of tech stocks.

Handshaw launches software product (BizJournals) - Local software developer Handshaw Inc. has begun marketing a new version of its online-training technology, saying the upgrade will make it easier for users to customize courses and track results.

ELynx buys Portland, Ore., software company SwiftView (BizJournals) - Locally based ELynx has purchased SwiftView, a Portland, Ore., software company selling a similar type of software.

Survey - Quality of Open Source Software Development Tools (LinuxElectrons) - For many participants, there is no difference in perceived quality between open source and commercial tools for software development. For 22% of the participants, it was difficult to give a precise answer.

ARM, SPIRIT DSP ink audio and voice software partnership (Electronic Engineering Times Asia) - ARM has selected SPIRIT DSP to deliver highly optimized software audio and voice engines with low power consumption at a small core size and footprint.

Design software vendors see big market in India (The Hindu) - Design software vendors see a big market emerging in India as outsourcing of engineering services gains momentum.

IBM Delivers New Software and Services to Help Banks Renovate Payments Systems (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - IBM today announced a new software solution and professional services to help banks progressively renovate existing payments systems and rapidly deploy new, reusable payments capabilities using Service Oriented Architecture to deliver new payments products, drive organic growth and reduce payments infrastructure costs.

Canadian education software firm out to get RP call centers (Manila Bulletin) - Lured by the flourishing call center industry in the Philippines, a Canada-based education software company is bent on signing up local call center to adopt its "English content delivery" tool in their organizations.

UN software for tracking rehabilitation of TN Tsunami victims (Outlook India) - Chennai, Oct 8 (PTI): The United Nations Development Project (UNDP) has developed a software which records the damage and losses caused by the December 2004 Tsunami in Tamil Nadu, as well as the relief and rehabilitation activities undertaken by the state government.

Software Notebook: Microsoft gambles in piracy battle (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - A Microsoft rival says Windows Vista's stricter anti-piracy measures may cause more people to consider cheaper alternatives such as Linux -- or maybe sticking with Windows XP.