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Review: Writeboard Online Writing Software (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) - The software industry is in transition. Where once we purchased their products in colorful, shiny boxes or via quick and efficient downloads, now, more and more, we have the option of going to the Internet and using a hosted application. Even as you read this, Microsoft is working out the kinks of the Windows Live service for its Office product line.

Quest Software Sued by Shareholders (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Database management software maker Quest Software Inc. said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday that several of its directors and officers were named in a derivative shareholder lawsuit filed over stock option practices.

BMC Software Finds Material Weakness (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Business management services provider BMC Software Inc. said late Wednesday that after issuing fourth-quarter results, it identified a material weakness in its internal controls related to the preparation, analysis and recording of its income tax provision and has take action to remedy the situation.

Sybase buys German software firm (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Sybase Inc. has acquired a German software company focused on data integration and interface management in an all-cash transaction, Sybase announced Wednesday.

Learn a language with open source software (Lifehacker) - NewsForge details several ways that you can learn foreign languages with free, open source software. Aside from highlighting a few programs that are designed specifically for the purpose, the...

The software firm, a profits crisis and a burgeoning bill for the NHS (Guardian Unlimited) - The government's £6.2bn plan to upgrade the NHS's computer systems sank deeper into trouble yesterday as iSoft, the firm chosen to supply half of England with new software, announced that its chief executive had quit.

Boeing completes purchase of Swedish software company (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - The Boeing Co. said it's completed its purchase of Carmen Systems of Sweden, which makes crew scheduling software for airlines and railroads.

Customers to advise Microsoft on software linking (CNET) - A council of IT execs will advise the company on how to make its products work better with other software.

Modern Strategies for Securing Software Revenue (Linux Today) - The Key to High Level Application Security How can you make it more expensive for users to pirate your software than to purchase it? Find out!

BMC Software Files Form 10-K for Fiscal 2006 (SYS-CON Media) - BMC Software today announced that, following the issuance of its fourth quarter fiscal 2006 results and in conjunction with the preparation of its consolidated financial statements for its 2006 fiscal year, the Company performed additional analysis of its consolidated tax provisions and associated balance sheet accounts.