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Two plead to selling counterfeit software on eBay (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - Two more defendants have pleaded guilty to charges of criminal copyright infringement for selling counterfeit software with a retail value of nearly $6 million on eBay Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Update: Symantec compensates for bad software update (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - More than a month after Symantec knocked out 50,000 Chinese PCs with a bad software update, the company is ready to offer compensation. But Chinese users eligible for the offer have to act fast; it's only good for a couple of weeks.

American Software 4Q Profit Up (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Supply chain management software maker American Software Inc. on Monday said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, as costs fell and revenue rose.

Sector Glance: Software (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Software stocks were mixed in a quiet trading session on Monday, with very few dramatic gainers or losers. Salesforce.com shares surged ahead of the sector in high-volume trading. Approximately 3.4 million shares changed hands on Monday, while on average, 1.9 million shares are usually traded daily.

UGS donates $22.8 million in software to NMSU (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - UGS Corp. has donated $22.8 million in modeling software to New Mexico State University -- the second largest in-kind contribution ever received by NMSU.

Novelist Michael Chabon, Winner Of The Pulitzer Prize, Credits Mac Software (InformationWeek) - Michael Chabon concludes his latest novel, The Yiddish Policeman's Union, by naming his Mac writing software, DevonThink Pro and Nisus Writer Express. I can't recall ever seeing another a novelist credit their writing software in the afterword to a novel.

Optio Software to Review Strategic Alternatives for Healthcare Software Division (RedNova) - Optio Software, Inc. (OTCBB:OPTO) announced tod

SEC Software Tracks Interests Tied To State Terrorism Sponsors (Nasdaq) - WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday its Web site now offers software to search corporate annual reports for details on business interests in countries the U.S. Secretary of State has designated as "state sponsors of terrorism."

Iron Mountain buys software firm (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Iron Mountain Inc. said Monday the company acquired Accutrac Software Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

Scientists Use BI Software And Intuit Trackers To Gauge Polar Bear Populations (InformationWeek) - Scientists Use BI Software And Intuit Trackers To Gauge Polar Bear Populations, which could be an indicator of global warming's impact.