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Software piracy fight makes enemies (AP via Yahoo! News) - Michael Gaertner worried he could lose his company. A group called the Business Software Alliance had written him to claim that his 10-person architectural firm in Galveston, Texas, was using unlicensed software.

Is Security Software Becoming a Security Risk? (PC World via Yahoo! News) - Is the software we're using to protect ourselves from online attacks becoming a liability?

New software (CNET) - Using the latest software may not be the greatest way to go.

"Old software never dies" (ZDNet) - Software analyst Judith Hurwitz makes an interesting point about Oracle's aggressive acquisition strategy, which has moved the company front and center into the middleware and enterprise applications business: I have to give them credit for swooping in and buying their way into a leadership position. While it is hard...

How the BSA nets companies suspected of software piracy (San Diego Union-Tribune) - WASHINGTON, 10:21 a.m. Nov. 25 (AP): The Business Software Alliance collects tens of millions of dollars in settlements from companies it accuses of software piracy, but it doesn't have to file lawsuits to do it. Instead the BSA usually gets companies to convict themselves through a “self audit.”

Small business in cross hairs of software industry group's aggressive piracy crackdown (The Globe and Mail) - Of the $13-million the Business Software Alliance reaped in settlements with North American companies last year, almost 90% came from small businesses

Authoring Software DVD Suite 6 Released by CyberLink (Computer Technology Review) - Nov 25 — Digital home solutions provider CyberLink Corp. launched CyberLink DVD Suite 6, a package of retail software for playing movies, editing videos, burning and backing up data, copying and authoring discs.

Software piracy fight makes enemies (The State) - Michael Gaertner worried he could lose his company. A group called the Business Software Alliance had written him to claim that his 10-person architectural firm in Galveston, Texas, was using unlicensed software. The letter demanded $67,000 - most of one year's profit - or else the BSA would seek more in court. "It just scared the hell out of me," Gaertner said. An analysis by The Associated ...

Small business in cross hairs of software piracy crackdown (El Paso Times) - WASHINGTON—Michael Gaertner worried he could lose his company. A group called the Business Software Alliance was claiming that his 10-person architectural firm was using unlicensed software.

Is Security Software Becoming a Security Risk? (PC World) - Security researchers believe that file-parsing bugs in security software could become a big problem.