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Clampdown on software pirates in Manchester (Independent) - More than 5,000 firms will be targeted in a campaign launched tomorrow to stamp out computer software piracy, a problem that costs the UK nearly £1bn a year.

Free OpenOffice 3.0 software now in test version (EARTHtimes.org) - Hamburg - OpenOffice, the free office software suite, now has version 3.0 available in a test version. The test version is available for free download at e.openoffice.org, according to the operators. New features include Startcenter, which allows qui...

Strong prospects in software to spy on bank staff (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - If you work for a bank, a computer may be reading your e-mails, listening to your phone calls or analyzing chat conversations as you type.

Review: CardIris 3.0 scanning software (ZDNet) - I've been using the tiny IRIS Business Card Reader II for about two years and love it. A colleague, Ryan Kaplan, recently shared his experience with CardIris scanning software: Having purchased several scanners in the last year to make my life more paperless I finally decided to take the...

New software ability unveiled at jail (NWAnews.com) - BENTONVILLE — The Benton County Jail unveiled a new software ability in its inmate-tracking software on Friday that allows easier cataloguing of gang members. (Benton County Daily Record)

Software giant could get up to $15M in tax-rebate incentives (The Salt Lake Tribune) - The Governor's Office of Economic Development board has agreed to offer tax-rebate incentives of up to $15,124,000 to software giant Oracle Corp., which is looking for a place to construct a data storage center that would employ 100 people.

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

'One-Click Stock Picks' & Spectacular One-Day Gains with Software from Investing Systems Network (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Investing Systems announced the results from Friday's scan of the market for the Stock Picker RT software.

Software piracy up (AME Info) - Software piracy in Bahrain cost computer companies around $27m last year, according to the annual Global Software Piracy Study. The losses hit both international companies and local distributors and retailers, the report said.

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