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Market hot for security software (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - The security-software market has never been so hot, or so crowded. Even the biggest player, Symantec, is feeling the fallout. As more consumers and businesses protect their PCs with security software, companies such as Microsoft and Comcast are grabbing for a piece of the $5.5B market.

Microsoft Creating Supercomputer Software (Washington Post) - SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. is developing software for high-performance computers often used in engineering and science research, in a move that puts the company in another head-to-head battle with open-source developers.

Microsoft Has Big Plans For New Software (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - As more businesses move their software operations onto the Web, Microsoft looks to show the way.

Sony Unplugs DRM Software Amid Controversy (E-Commerce Times) - Amid much public debate and reports that it could leave consumers wide open for malicious attacks, Sony has decided to halt the insertion of anti-piracy software into its CDs. The Digital Rights Management (DRM) system limits the number of times a CD can be copied.

San Diego's WebSideStory down; Google to offer competing software for free (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - NEW YORK -- WebSideStory Inc. (Nasdaq: WSSI) stock fell Monday after key competitor Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) announced it will provide free Web-site usage tracking software, similar to the services Webside sells.

Cooperative fined $125,000 in software settlement (The Business Journal of Milwaukee) - Cropp Cooperative, the producer of Organic Valley brand products based in LaFarge, has been fined $125,000 for unlicensed software use, the Washington, D.C.-based Business Software Alliance said Tuesday.

NASA Approves Exploration Systems Mission Spending on Qualtech Diagnostic Software (The Auto Channel) - WETHERSFIELD, Conn.--Nov. 1, 20055, 2005--NASA has authorized a $5 million purchase agreement covering diagnostic and maintenance software and services from Qualtech Systems Inc. (QSI) for the space agency's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD).

Geodetic Press Release - Nov. 15, 2005 - Geodetic Systems, Inc. Rolls Out New Photogrammetry Software V-STARS 4.4 SR2 (The Auto Channel) - P R E S S R E L E A S E Press Contact: Belinda Jones, HiTech Marketing, 860-399-1147, belinda.jones@hitechmarketing.com Link to press release: http://www.geodetic.com/pr/index.asp?aID=231 Geodetic Systems, Inc. Rolls Out New Photogrammetry Software V-STARS 4.4 SR2 Software for Portable CMM Applications Melbourne, FL -- November 15, 2005 -- Geodetic Systems, Inc. (GSI), a leading provider of

Security Software Vendors Add Sony to Their List (The Mac Observer) - Anti-virus and security software vendors, including Symantec, are now labeling Sony BMG's digital rights management (DRM) software as spyware and a security threat. Even Microsoft is treating the DRM as spyware, according to InfoWorld

Microsoft Creating Supercomputer Software (ABC News) - Microsoft Developing Software for High-Performance Computers