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CDs with faulty software sold in Canada (Canada.com) - TORONTO -- About 120,000 Sony BMG CDs that create security glitches in computers were sold in Canada, the company said Friday. Sony BMG did not immediately disclose which artists' albums were affected, other than to say 37 titles with copy-control XCP software are involved.

Ex-Microsoft Worker Sentenced For Selling Stolen Software (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma) - SEATTLE -- A former Microsoft worker was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for illegally selling stolen software. Finn Contini also must serve three years of supervised release and must pay seven million dollars in restitution.

Microsoft says handheld software back in sync (CNET) - The software maker delivers a software update to fix handhelds and cell phones that had been prevented from connecting properly with a PC.

Ex-Microsoft Employee Gets Four Years In Software Theft (CRN) - A federal judge sentenced a former Microsoft Corp. employee on Friday to four years in prison for illegally selling millions of dollars of company software.

Greylock closes $500M software, IT and Internet fund (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Greylock Partners closed a $500 million fund, its twelfth in 40 years, which it plans to invest in Internet, software and other information technologies.

DemandTec Wins Another Supermarket User for Pricing Software (eWeek) - But the veteran player in price optimization software now faces competition from Oracle, SAS and i2, all attracted to current growth in this slice of the retail supply chain.

Microsoft fires first salvo of new game console wars (AFP via Yahoo! News) - US software titan Microsoft takes the computer game wars to the Japanese enemy with the North American launch Tuesday of its next-generation Xbox 360 console.

Investing Systems: Stock Signal Pro Trading Software for Short-Term Traders Now Offers Weekly Technical Analysis Report (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.----Nov. 19, 2005--Investing Systems announced today the addition of weekly market analysis to the Stock Signal Pro software.

Software writers spot open source in Sony BMG CDs (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Controversial copy-protection software used by music publisher Sony BMG (6758.T) on music CDs appears to have tapped an open source project, raising questions about copyrights, software experts said on Friday.

Software Powers Talk Out Google Challenge (ChannelWeb) - The line between Web-based applications and their inside-the-firewall counterparts is getting fuzzier by the minute, according to several high-tech leaders. And that's causing a lot of angst among tech providers.