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Fake sickies targeted by software (TVNZ) - Employers are turning to voice recognition software to crack down on unnecessary sick leave. Britain's Daily Mail reports that some companies are using a new generation of voice analysis systems to detect whether someone is lying when they call in sick.

Tech Winners and Losers: BMC Software (TheStreet.com) - The software company surpassed analysts' expectations in the fourth quarter.

HP-EDS Deal Jars BMC Software (TheStreet.com) - BMC Software and other systems integrators view HP as a competitor after the mega merger.

Opening Glance: Internet software, services (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Internet software and services stocks mostly dipped Friday morning, while the overall market declined a bit after oil prices hit a new high.

NEWS: Nintendo Dominates April Hardware and Software Sales (Nintendo World Report) - A Nintendo press release shows that Wii sales haven't slowed down one bit and portrays a software chart dominated by games from Nintendo systems.

MIKE WENDLAND: eBay software pirates busted (Detroit Free Press) - The software police are showing no signs in letting up in their uphill fight against software pirates who peddle stolen wares to unsuspecting buyers on auction sites like eBay. Nine more lawsuits have been filed this week -- one of them against a Michigan man -- in an ongoing crackdown that began with much fanfare at the start of the year.

Out of the Gate: BMC Software shares rise (Boston Globe) - Shares of BMC Software Inc. hit a 52-week high Friday after the business software maker posted a 55 percent jump in fiscal fourth-quarter profit and said it expects a jump in fiscal 2009 profit, which led analysts to raise price targets.

Software piracy costing BD10m! (Gulf Daily News) - COMPUTER software companies lost around $27 million (BD10.2m) last year as a result of piracy in Bahrain, according to a new study.

The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Value Proposition (CRN) - A growing number of Managed Services Providers (MSPs) have begun to agree that deploying and managing software products on-site with customers defeats the purpose of delivering remote services. Get the details on the scope of this trend and how you can profit from SaaS.

Don't kid yourself - Apple is a software company (IT World) - Although some aren't willing to admit it after they pick up the iPhone or MacBook Pro and remark at its beauty, Apple is first and foremost, a software company. Let's face it - could the company have the kind of success it does today without the software it provides on all of its products?