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Russian court declines to impose penalty in software piracy case (International Herald Tribune) - The judge said the case against a principal accused of installing illegal Microsoft software in school computers was 'trivial.'

Microsoft software piracy case thrown out in Russia (AFP via Yahoo! News) - A Russian court threw out a case against a village headmaster from the Ural mountains region who allegedly used pirated Windows software, a judge told AFP.

Software AG offering SOA policy control (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - Software AG on Thursday plans to announce its Active Governance Framework (AGF), which features a policy editor for SOA.

Tech industry experts to discuss open-source software (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Technology industry experts are planning to gather here for a panel discussion of the growing open-source software movement.

Software piracy case against Russian principal dismissed (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - MOSCOW -- A Russian court on Thursday threw out a criminal case against a school principal accused of installing pirated Microsoft software in school computers, calling the prosecution's case "trivial," a court official said.

Sector Snap: Software Stocks Mixed (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Shares of digital media software company RealNetworks Inc. plummeted while shares of enterprise application provider BEA Systems rose, in what was a mixed Thursday afternoon trading session for the software sector.

Russian teacher wins software licensing case (CNET) - Calling case "trivial," court throws out claims that teacher deliberately used unlicensed Microsoft software in a Russian school.

ExtraLabs Software Announces New Version of Feed Editor; Releases Free News Reader (EContent Magazine) - ExtraLabs Software has unveiled Feed Editor 4.1, a RSS editor that offers users a way to create and maintain RSS feeds and podcasts, now with 20% off the regular price.

Illegal Software Charges Dropped Against Village School Principal (RedNova) - PERM. Feb 15 (Interfax) - The Vereshchagino District Court in the Perm territory has dropped the illegal software charges against village school principal Alexander Ponosov. The court said Ponosov will be set free. The court also said that the damages were insignificant.

Nevada gov facing FBI probe of classified federal software contracts (Seattle Times) - The FBI is investigating whether Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons failed to properly report gifts or payments from a software company that was awarded secret military contracts when he was in Congress.