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A Human-Resources Software Company Clocks In A Solid IPO (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - Mark down a good IPO as one factor in the early success of software company SuccessFactors.

Oracle tops corporate software usage study (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - Fresh off its annual OpenWorld conference, Oracle earned top rankings in a corporate software usage study released Tuesday by ChangeWave, an investment research firm.

Free software group files copyright lawsuits (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - The Software Freedom Law Center, an organization focused on protecting open source and free software, has filed copyright lawsuits against two U.S. companies, alleging that they are redistributing software in violation of the GNU GPL (General Public License).

Software Costs Set to Fall, Says Gartner (PC World) - New factors that loosen the traditional hold of software makers over their customers should contribute to price cuts, according to Gartner.

Cellphones Get a Boost, Thanks to Radios Made of Software (Wired News) - A new software-defined radio technology may enable cellular carriers to upgrade their cell towers more quickly and cheaply -- leading to faster data speeds and more ubiquitous coverage.

Callidus Software names new CEO (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Callidus Software Inc. on Monday promoted Leslie J. Stretch to president and chief executive.

HP Software Chief Says He's Not Interested In BEA (InformationWeek) - HP is not interested in buying software maker BEA Systems, which has rejected a takeover bid from Oracle, HP Senior VP Tom Hogan said Tuesday.

HARDWARE TOOLS: Oscilloscope tools software upgrade delivers embedded intelligence (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine) - Amherst, Mass. — Amherst Systems Associates Inc. (ASA Corp.) has released Version 5 of its M1 Oscilloscope Tools software family. The centerpiece of Version 5 is a new patent-pending technology called "Hidden Anomaly Location", or HAL, which automatically detects hidden waveform anomalies.

New computer software 'can keep elderly people's brain sharp ' (Daily Mail) - Computer games which give brains a workout improve elderly people's memories, a study has found. In the study, more than 500 men and women over 65 were asked to get to grips either with brain-sharpening software or a more conventional educational programme

Gartner: SaaS and Open Source Pressuring Proprietary Software Vendors to Drop Prices (Addict 3D) - The Open Road: "Gartner has issued a research note that finds that proprietary software is facing serious pricing pressure from a range of different software trends..."