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Ensuring Software-License Compliance (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) - Is your company in violation of its software-license agreements? If so, you are certainly not alone. According to a recent global software piracy study conducted by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), in 2004 more than $59 billion was spent on commercial, packaged PC software, yet over $90 billion worth of software was actually installed, meaning that more than one-third of all software in use

Software That Makes Your Company Money (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) - Customer-relationship management (CRM) software and services once were thought to be the domain of large enterprises, connecting thousands of sales reps and branch offices to tens of thousands of customers.

Tech companies try to tackle tracking, ad software (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Leading U.S. technology companies, including AOL and Yahoo Inc., unveiled on Wednesday a plan to certify software that tracks Web use and generates online pop-up advertisements, in an attempt to cut down on unwanted spyware and adware.

BakBone Software acquires Constant Data for $5.5 million (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - San Diego-based BakBone Software (Pink: BKBO.PK, News) announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of privately-held Constant Data Inc. marking BakBone's entry into the data replication and high availability software market.

Advent Software Stock Drops on Downgrade (AP via Yahoo! News) - Advent Software Inc. stock fell Wednesday after JMP Securities downgraded the stock to "market perform" from "outperform," saying the stock's recent performance has already factored in any possible earnings surprise.

Oracle acquires two software companies (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Oracle Corp. said on Wednesday it acquired two privately held companies for an undisclosed sum that it said will bolster its offerings in the fast-growing security software market.

Rockwell to buy California software firm (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Rockwell Automation Inc. said Wednesday that it will build its software offerings after agreeing to buy Datasweep Inc., a privately held provider of manufacturing production management software based in San Jose, Calif.

Companies collaborate on debug software for Altera FPGAs (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine) - SAN FRANCISCO — Tektronix Inc., Altera Corp. and First Silicon Solutions (FS2) Wednesday (Nov. 16) introduced FPGAView, a software package from FS2 for Tektronix TLA logic analyzers that the companies claim enables real-time debugging of Altera's field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

Sony BMG recalling CDs with flawed copy-protection software (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) - _ Sony BMG Music Entertainment announced Wednesday that it is recalling music compact discs equipped with hidden copy-protection software due to security risks.

Oracle picks up two security-software firms (Market Watch) - LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Oracle Corp. said Wednesday that it acquired two small security-software firms, as Chief Executive Larry Ellison and his team continue their shopping spree to bolster the business-software giant's offerings.