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Consumer Reports Rates Tax-Prep Software Programs (WISC Channel3000.com via Yahoo! News) - With the April 15 tax deadline approaching, companies are trying to get the 40 percent of Americans who do their own taxes to use their tax-prep software.

HD DVD Cracking Software Released (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) - Over the weekend, SlySoft launched the first version of its HD DVD cracking software designed to let consumers decrypt HD DVD movie discs and rip them to a hard drive.

SAP Acquires Pilot Software (PC World via Yahoo! News) - In a move to strengthen its portfolio of analytic applications, SAP AG has agreed to acquire privately-held Pilot Software Inc., a maker of strategy management software based in Mountain View, California.

Case study: L'Oréal's Software Makeover (BusinessWeek) - The cosmetics company's British unit uses Cognos planning software to forecast which products its retail-outlet customers would be most interested in buying

American Software Sets Dividend (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Supply chain management software maker American Software Inc. said Tuesday it declared a quarterly dividend of 8 cents. The company will pay the dividend on June 1 to shareholders of record as of May 18.

Cuba joins other Latin nations in shift toward open-source software (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Cuba's communist government is trying to shake off the yoke of at least one capitalist empire -- Microsoft -- by joining with socialist Venezuela in converting its computers to open-source software.

Malaysia targets illegal software sellers amid Windows Vista piracy fears (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Malaysian authorities have begun raiding computer retail outlets offering pirated software amid concerns that illegal copies of Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows Vista, are already on sale.

Tech Data inks deal with software firm (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Software from Abrevity will be available to Tech Data Corp. resellers, as part of a newly signed distribution agreement.

SAP to buy Mountain View's Pilot Software (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - SAP AG said Tuesday it agreed to acquire Pilot Software Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

Software Piracy Ringleader Extradited From Australia (SYS-CON Media) - In one of the first ever extraditions for an intellectual property offense, the leader of one of the oldest and most renowned Internet software piracy groups was arraigned today in U.S. District Court, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today.