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Software can save when filing your taxes (USA Today) - The average tax-preparation fee for a federal return with itemized deductions and a state return is $205, the National Society of Accountants says. If you don't itemize, the average fee is $115. But with tax software, you can prepare your own return for less than half that amount. Taxpayers with adjusted gross income of $54,000 or less can prepare and electronically file their federal returns ...

Software Group Lobbied on Patents (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The Business Software Alliance, whose members include Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc., paid Emery Simon $260,000 in 2007 to lobby the federal government.

Is public domain software open-source? (CNET) - There's no doubt that open-source software and that in the public domain are similar. But even experts differ about just how closely linked they are.

UTMB says worrisome software runs smoothly (Galveston County Daily News) - GALVESTON — Despite concerns from consultants who rated the project as poor, nearly $32 million in PeopleSoft software is running smoothly, University of Texas Medical Branch officials say.

Autodesk unleashes 2009 software makeover (ZDNet Australia) - Autodesk announced a raft of updates to its software range this week, with new versions of its software families including AutoCAD, along with updates to its vertical market software such as Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk 3ds Max Design, Maya and Revit.

eBay a veritable software pirates' bay, says industry group (Ars Technica) - The Software & Information Industry Association says that online auction sites like eBay are responsible for the sale of a huge amount of pirated software. The SIIA wants the sites to do more to fight counterfeits, but in the meantime, the group has filed a few lawsuits of its own. Read More...

ORTAS Extends Use of NETIA`s Radio-Assist? Software to Cover Streamlined Audio Access and Management (Broadcast Newsroom) - DMN Newswire--2008-2-20--NETIA today announced that the General Organization of Radio and Television Syria, the Syrian national broadcast authority, also known as ORTAS, is extending its use of Radio-Assist? digital audio software products within its Radio Directorate to further streamline production of news, dramas, special event coverage, and other programming at the broadcaster?s Damascus ...

2008 Channel Chiefs: Who's Who In Software (CRN) - Which executives are driving the channel at software vendors?

Borland Software widens 4Q loss (BizJournals) - Borland Software Corp. nearly quadrupled its fourth quarter loss as the company continues a complicated transformation. (BORL)

Apple to divulge iPhone software plans (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Apple Inc said on Wednesday that it will give details next week of how outside programmers can create software for its iPhone, a move aimed at spurring demand for the multifunction device.