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Nokia Expands Device Management Software Features (TechWeb via Yahoo! News) - The software, part of the Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite, gives businesses more options to support a larger range of smartphones and operating systems.

Goldman Sees Choppy Seas Ahead For Software Stocks (InternetNews.com) - Investment banking and equity research firm Goldman Sachs has downgraded the majority of software sector for 2008, based on surveys of IT managers and analysis of some economic data.

BMC Software Director Exercises Options (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - A director of BMC Software Inc., which makes software to manage information-technology systems, exercised options for 50,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday.

Microsoft softens its reaction to software piracy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Microsoft Corp. is pulling back from a system that disables programs on users' computers if it suspects that the software is pirated, choosing instead a gentler approach based on nagging alerts.

UTV Software, Astro television JV talks off (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News) - MUMBAI, Dec 4 - UTV Software Communications Ltd has said discussions with Astro Multimedia International Ltd for establishing a television channel joint venture business in India have been called off, it said.

Planning Made Easier: Engineers Develop Software Solution For Complex Space Missions (Science Daily) - Sending an unmanned spacecraft to the outer fringes of the solar system requires extensive planning.Engineers have now developed an efficient and highly sophisticated mathematical algorithm (implemented as software) that determines the most efficient path for a spacecraft's journey from point A to point B -- no matter how many worlds or years away.

IBM No. 1 player in the India Application Deployment Software market (CIOL) - MUMBAI, INDIA: IDC has ranked IBM’s WebSphere as the market leader in the Application Deployment Software market. According to IDC Packaged Software Tracker 2006, IBM WebSphere’s market share in India stood at 28 percent.

HP launches new Automated Operations software suite to accelerate business outcomes (AME Info) - HP launched its new Automated Operations software suite to help chief information officers transform IT.

Deal could open doors for Raven Software (Wisconsin State Journal) - The Activision-Vivendi merger has no immediate impact on Middleton video games maker Raven Software, Raven co-founder and studio head Brian Raffel said. But it could eventually open doors for Raven. "It'll impact us only in the fact that it makes our parent company stronger and more diverse. And we never know what opportunities it may open," said Raffel, who is also an Activision vice president. ...

Adobe upgrades, cuts price on video streaming software (InfoWorld) - Adobe Systems is announcing Tuesday its Adobe Flash Media Server 3 products, enabling streaming of high-definition video at a lower price point. Instead of pricing its software at a range of from $4,500 to $45,000 as it was previously, the price now is at $4,500 and $995 for the two different versions of the product. Due in January, the product line features Adobe Flash Media Streaming ...