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Financial software firm 724 Solutions gets proposal to take company private (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (CP) - Software company 724 Solutions (TSX:SVN) has received a proposal from its largest shareholder to take the firm private.

Business Software Alliance ups the ante (BizJournals) - The Business Software Alliance, the global organization representing the nation's leading software manufacturers, said Tuesday it will increase its cash reward for qualified software piracy leads to up to $200,000.

New Hardware Design Software (Slashdot) - An anonymous reader writes "AScribe is reporting that mechanical engineers from Purdue University have developed software they claim will increase the efficiency of creating a wide range of industrial parts. From the article: 'The new approach integrates the design and analysis processes, which are now carried out separately. Currently, the geometry of a part is first created using computer-aided

COSCON Transforms Shipping Business With SOA Based on IBM Software and Services (SYS-CON Media) - IBM today announced that COSCON,China's largest container shipping company, is relying on IBM software andservices to help streamline its business processes, increase efficiency andenhance collaboration with its customers, partners and suppliers.

Why government should use Open Source software (Manila Bulletin) - I have been writing about the benefits of Open Source for home users as well as enterprise users. Government agencies are no different from other users. I am sure that proprietary software companies might get mad at me for urging government agencies to shift but hey, just doing my job.

American Software to Present at the B. Riley & Co. Annual Investor Conference March 16 (SYS-CON Media) - American Software, Inc. , announced today that Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the B. Riley & Co. Annual Investor Conference March 16, 2006. The conference is hosted by the Venetian Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and American Software's presentation is scheduled for 10 a.m. (Pacific).

Software Targets Prostate Cancer (Red Herring) - Implant Sciences delivers a software prototype aimed at helping doctors deliver varying levels of radiation.

Software AG Debuts crossvision SOA Suite (ebizQ.net) - Software AG, Inc. today unveiled crossvision, a comprehensive approach to synchronizing business with IT. crossvision is an SOA suite allowing enterprises to rapidly and cost-effectively leverage existing assets and create new business processes. ...

IBM Adds New RFID Services and Software to Its RFID Portfolio (SYS-CON Media) - Today at RFID World IBM announced the additionof new radio frequency identification (RFID) services and software to itsexpansive RFID portfolio.

2006 Software Industry Awards Keynote Address Will Be Presented by Bill Reichert, Managing Director of Garage (SYS-CON Media) - The Software Council of Southern California today announced Bill Reichert, managing director of Garage Technology Ventures as the keynote speaker for the 2006 Software Industry Awards. The awards, which will be presented at a gala dinner event on Wednesday, March 8, 2006, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, honor individuals and companies that have made extraordinary contributions to