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Anti-virus software a security risk claims researcher (TechWorld) - Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Corporate anti-virus software is itself a security risk, a researcher has claimed.

Software costs set to fall, says Gartner (Linux World Australia) - Companies should expect to be able to reduce their software costs significantly over the next 10 years, as new factors loosen the traditional hold of software makers over their customers, according to Gartner.

Software Freedom Law Center files more BusyBox GPL infringement suits (Ars Technica) - The Software Freedom Law Center has filed two new GPL infringement lawsuits against hardware companies on behalf of the BusyBox developers. Read More...

The Word is out: Microsoft will face online fight on core software (Times Online) - The co-founder of Hotmail, the web-based e-mail service bought by Microsoft for $400 million a decade ago, is challenging the American software giant’s core $20 billion (£9.7 billion) office desktop business.

Literacy software pilot begins (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Northern Territory Indigenous children are taking part in a pilot project at Charles Darwin University which aims to improve literacy with a new software program.

Business Software Alliance ups anti-piracy reward (EARTHtimes.org) - Singapore - The Business Software Alliance is more than doubling its anti-piracy reward to encourage firms to use licensed software and more people to fight piracy in the workplace, the BSA said on Friday. From now until January 31, 2008, the reward ...

California company licenses Zotec's software (The Indianapolis Star) - INDIANAPOLIS -- Zotec Partners, which provides medical billing services and licensed software to hospital-based physician specialty practices, on Wednesday announced that Arcadia, Calif.-based California Medical Business Services has licensed Zotec's Electronic Billing Center and Radiology Information System software.

Software export from Punjab, Haryana touches new highs (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - The export of software from Punjab and Haryana is witnessing a hefty increase. This is evident from Haryana rising atleast six points to emerge at number nine position in the country from its number 15 position in 2006. The Mohali centre of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has also clocked the highest export figures in the last seven years. The software exports, that were Rs 890 crore ...

Is security software becoming a security risk? (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - Is the software we're using to protect ourselves from online attacks becoming a liability?

HP open to spending billions to buy a software firm (Los Angeles Times) - Hewlett-Packard Co. will consider spending billions of dollars to buy a software company to expand its fastest-growing business, HP software chief Tom Hogan said this week.