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China Learning Hard Lessons In Software From India (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - Technology is playing a big role in China's rise as a world economic superpower, but that nation still lags in one area: software.

WINDOWS LIVE PROVIDES REMOTE SOFTWARE: Microsoft launches new Web programs (The Charlotte Observer) - The software business is making a slow transition from programs that are installed on a computer's hard disk to programs that live wholly, or partly, on external servers. These new-style programs, called Web applications, are meant to be launched and run over the Internet, from a Web browser, or from some other small piece of PC software.

Japan Hot Stocks-Hitachi Software, Retail stocks, Softbank (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - TOKYO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The following stocks are on the move on Wednesday: **HITACHI SOFTWARE UP, SET TO UNVEIL CAPITAL TIE-UP**

Nintendo to release English Training DS software (Addict 3D) - Nintendo announced Monday that the company will release an English training program for the Nintendo DS handheld. Punch Jump writes: "The software, due out on Jan. 26, is an extension of the popular ' Brain Training for Adults, based on a popular book' series that has seen success in Japan.

ISP Restrictions Based on Hardware/Software? (Slashdot) - An anonymous reader writes "IT Architect magazine is reporting that ISPs are working towards a greater restriction of a customer's right to run what may be 'insecure' software. From the article: 'A greater threat is that ISPs may try to restrict the customer's side by denying access to machines based on their hardware or software configuration. [...] former head of cybersecurity, White House

LUKOIL Awards Five-Year Contract to Landmark for Software Maintenance and Support to Better Define Reserves and (RedNova) - Landmark, a brand of the Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) Digital and Consulting Solutions Division, has been awarded a five-year contract to provide software maintenance and support at LUKOIL's headquarters in Moscow and in the LUKOIL-Komi company unit in the northwest region of Russia.

That Fish Place/That Pet Place To Unleash Its Pet Supply Business Growth With ProfitCenter Software's Profitability (RedNova) - ProfitCenter Software Inc. (PCS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Systemax Inc.

Business Software Alliance (BSA) announces winners of Arab IPR Media Award 2005 (CPILive.net) - Business Software Alliance (BSA), the organisation dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world, has announced the winner of the Arab IPR Media Awards 2005, which was held under its auspices.

More tax sops likely for software exports (Rediff.com) - The government is planning to provide greater tax benefits to software exporters under the software technology park of India scheme to bring them at par with the benefits offered in the special economic zones.

Nintendo to release English Training software (Addict 3D) - Nintendo Corp. said Monday that the company will release an English training software program for its Nintendo DS handheld. The sofware, due out on Jan. 26, is an extension of the popular "Training" series that has seen success in Japan.