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End Software Patents Project Comes Out Swinging (Slashdot) - Linux.com is reporting that the End Software Patents project is launching several new initiatives to help drive support for their cause. Among the new methods are a web site, a report on the state of patents in the US, and a scholarship contest promising to award $10,000 "for the best paper on the effects of the patentability of software and business methods under US law." "The project is being ...

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.

OMG and Eclipse Partner for Events on Open Software and Standards (ebizQ.net) - The Object Management Group (OMG) and the Eclipse Foundation are organizing two, one-day symposia to promote and build on the partnership between Eclipses open source software and OMGs open standards. The first event is part of EclipseCon ...

New dispatching software garners positive response (McKinney Messenger) - Time if of the essence in protecting and serving a city. An essential tool in The Colony’s emergency response time received an upgrade when city’s police and fire dispatch switched over to a new computer aided dispatch (CAD) software, Monday morning.

Top-Selling Home-Education Software For January, 2008 (KTHV Little Rock) - RESTON, Virginia (AP) -- A software program designed to teach people how to speak Spanish is "numero-uno" when it comes to sales last month. "Berlitz Spanish Premier" is the top-selling title in the home-education category according to NPD Group's list for January.

Packaged software may turn costly (Deccan Herald) - If you are among those planning to buy software for your computer or buy a new PC loaded with all basic software be prepared to spend more.

Feb. 29 confuses United's software (San Francisco Chronicle) - Passengers using United Airlines' "Easy Check-In" found it anything but that on Leap Day when the automated system failed, resulting in longer lines at its U.S. airport counters. The airline blamed the service interruption on software issues related to the...

Copyright theft plagues Vietnam’s software producers (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge - Software copyright infringement is rampant in Vietnam yet almost no-one is penalized for it, complained industry insiders at a forum on the issue in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday.

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 ...

No funds for software to teach kids at home (The Salt Lake Tribune) - The House rejected a bill Friday that would provide software to help educate some preschool-age children in their homes as part of pilot program.     The House voted against a substitute of HB200 by 31-37 despite the fact that the Legislature's main budget committee already has