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IBM and Yahoo Offer Free Enterprise Search Software (TechWeb via Yahoo! News) - The new search software caters to companies looking to add basic search functionality to intranets and Web sites. IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition has been designed to install in five minutes, in three clicks or less.

Microsoft releases patches for software flaws (USA Today) - Microsoft put out three software patches Tuesday that fix problems carrying a "critical" rating, the company's highest threat level. All three could let an attacker remotely run code on a victim's computer.

Symantec sues some distributors over pirated software (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Security software maker Symantec Corp. said it sued a large network of distributors selling counterfeit Symantec software, and sought over $15 million in damages.

Guidance Software IPO Has Good First Day (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Shares of Guidance Software Inc., whose products help investigate computer crimes, jumped in their first day of trading Wednesday, after the company priced its initial public offering below the expected range.

Guidance Software Rises in IPO Trading (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Shares of Guidance Software Inc., which makes programs for corporate and government investigations into issues like policy violations and security breaches, rose briskly in first-day trading Wednesday.

Symantec Says U.S., Canadian Firms Sold Fake Software (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) - Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Symantec Corp., the world's biggest maker of security software, sued a network of U.S. and Canadian distributors that the company claimed sold counterfeit Symantec products, including Norton Antivirus and pcAnywhere.

Salesforce to market software for other companies (Boston Globe) - Business software maker Salesforce.com Inc. said on Tuesday it would help other companies market their software products on its Web site and charge commissions on sales generated by the new service.

Japan court convicts creator of file-swapping software (AFP via Yahoo! News) - A Japanese court has convicted the inventor of popular file-swapping software for copyright violations but refused to jail the programmer, who has become a cyberspace icon.

Japanese court rules against file-swapping software developer in copyright case (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - TOKYO -- A court in Japan fined the developer of a free file-sharing software called Winny for helping to violate copyright laws with his program, a court official said Wednesday.

Software upgrade needed, board told (The Post-Standard) - The Jordan Village Board is considering buying software to upgrade village computer systems next year.