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Software That Copies DVDs to Players Is on Trial (New York Times) - Hollywood studios say software that lets users save digital copies of DVDs hurts the movie industry.

Are Price Hikes in Store for Sun Software Support? (PC World via Yahoo! News) - Oracle's pending purchase of Sun Microsystems may not have an immediate effect on what customers currently pay to use Sun software, but changes are likely coming, observers said this week.

Microsoft's software-plus-services disinformation (ZDNet) - Microsoft's FUD around software-plus-services is deliberately muddling up two very different things. It lamely cites Google Gears as a justification for installing Office locally, while behind the scenes it's building the next generation of Office servers to run best in the cloud. by Phil Wainewright

China May Require Disclosure of Software Code, Yomiuri Says (Bloomberg) - April 24 (Bloomberg) -- China will require manufacturers of digital appliances to disclose software source code as early as next month, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, without saying where it obtained the information.

Now playing: Hollywood vs. RealNetworks in showdown over legality of software that "rips" DVDs (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - SAN FRANCISCO - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market — software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.

Software AG says 1Q net profit up 14 percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Germany's Software AG said Thursday that first quarter profits rose 14 percent due to better sales of software and maintenance contracts, which it predicted would continue to improve despite the economic crisis.

Apple stirs up outrage, pulls "Baby Shaker" iPhone software (Scientific American) - A message on Sikalosoft.com today reads, "Okay, so maybe the Baby Shaker iPhone app was a bad idea." The makers of this Apple iPhone software program--sold briefly through Apple's App Store Web site beginning Monday, before the company yanked it on Wednesday--have a way with understatement. [More]

Are Price Hikes in Store for Sun Software Support? (PC World) - Observers predict that Oracle will raise prices for Sun software support over time after the acquisition closes

New software to sort the good ideas from the bad (Startups) - A miracle cure for the millions or so people with a nagging business idea constantly rattling around inside their head launched today. i2m (idea to market), a feasibility report online software service, enables budding entrepreneurs to find out if their big idea is any good… or a dud.

VMware software sales fall (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Business software maker VMware Inc warned that its revenue would dramatically miss Wall Street forecasts due to the weak economy and a new product launch, sending its shares down 14 percent.