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Free software takes on Microsoft Office (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software. His computer is filled with programs like Symphony -- a free suite that he downloaded from an International Business Machines Corp website (http://symphony.lotus.com).

Court case could redefine business method, software patents (CNET) - Software and Internet companies are closely eyeing appeals court case that could affect the way they do business. Some are using it as a platform to bash or promote software patents.

Quest Software 1st-quarter profit falls on higher costs (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Quest Software Inc., which makes software used to manage programs and data over networks and the Internet, said Tuesday its first-quarter profit fell 11 percent on a jump in expenses.

Closing Glance: Internet software, services stocks rise (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Internet software and services stocks rose Thursday along with the overall market, which increased despite record-high oil prices.

Free software can get you out of the Office (The New Zealand Herald) - BOSTON - Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software. His computer is filled with programs like Symphony - a free suite that he downloaded from an IBM website.

Salesforce: Software is hand-to-hand combat (ZDNet Asia) - Company wants the world to take up its software-as-a-service model, and company president Marc Benioff says he will 'change the consciousness of the industry' to do it.

Madcap Software and Translations.Com Form Strategic Partnership (EContent Magazine) - MadCap Software and Translations.com have announced a strategic partnership to provide solutions for streamlining content creation, translation, and localization.

Software License page (OS News) - "The next version of Windows is just around the corner, so the next time we discuss software licensing in my course, the EULA for Vista will be front and center.

Ops to fight software piracy (The New Straits Times) - GEORGE TOWN: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry will conduct a joint operation with the international anti-pirate software specialist, Business Software Alliance (BSA), to crack down on the use of unlicensed software in the corporate sector.

Id Software announces the coming of Doom 4 (BetaNews) - Game maker id Software quietly confirmed it is working on Doom 4 , almost four years after the release of the third installment of the series that made the first-person shooter a permanent fixture in the public conscience.