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IBM Sees Software Acquisitions Key To Profit Rise (TechWeb via Yahoo! News) - IBM may acquire more software companies this year following two recent purchases as it tries to boost software's share of total IBM profit to 50%, according to analysts.

IBM software offers workplace networking (Boston Herald) - IBM is hoping to transform social networking from playtime phenomenon to workplace habit. Big Blue today releases a suite of software - primarily developed in the Bay State - called Lotus Connections...

Miss America partners with software firm (AP via Yahoo! News) - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Having already helped police target sexual predators online, Miss America Lauren Nelson now is teaming with a security software company to help educate parents and children about dangers on the Internet.

Microsoft to sell drug software (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Microsoft Corp. and health care consulting firm First Consulting Group Inc. will sell software that helps pharmaceutical companies track and organize documents for creating drugs.

Autodesk buys Swedish design software maker Opticore (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Design software maker Autodesk Inc. said Monday it bought some assets of Swedish company Opticore.

Paying for Software You Can't Use--Is Microsoft Really Good for Schools? (Addict 3D) - Computer Business Review: "Last week Microsoft announced that a study carried out on its behalf by Wipro Technologies found that European schools prefer Microsoft software to open source alternatives..."

Oracle retains database software lead (Contra Costa Times) - Oracle Corp. retained its spot as the world's biggest maker of database software, outselling both IBM Corp. and Microsoft Corp. in 2006, researcher Gartner Inc.

Local software firm sold (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - Deerfield Township-based Cohesia Corp., a supplier of Web-based quality management software, has been acquired by Powerway Inc., a Indianapolis-based supplier of product development process software for automotive companies.

Italian Job 'most widespread malicious software attack using websites ever' (The New Zealand Herald) - BOSTON - In an Internet attack dubbed "The Italian Job," several thousand Italian tourism Web sites have been infected by software that quietly gains control of computers visiting them and seeks out confidential financial data, a computer security firm said on Monday.

XT Software Releases EnergyXT 2.0 Software Sequencer (Harmony Central) - XT Software is proud to release EnergyXT 2.0, a strong competitor to already established sequencer software. At a very affordable price, EnergyXT 2.0 provides music producers with a complete solution for creating music out-of-the box on Windows and Linux.