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JBoss adds Google Gadgets to portal software (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - JBoss is introducing an upgrade to its open source portal software on Monday that features integration with Google Gadgets.

India's Software, Services Exports Forecast at $40 Billion (PC World via Yahoo! News) - India's business providing software and services to companies outside its borders will grow a healthy 26 to 29 percent this year, the country's main trade association for that sector said Monday.

SEC Sues 5 Ex-Veritas Software Execs (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges Monday against five former Veritas Software Corp. executives, claiming they helped the company inflate revenue through sham transactions with America Online Inc., now part of Time Warner Inc. .

Sector Glance: Software Stocks (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Software stocks were mixed in light trading on Monday, as the broader market advanced. Shares of Red Hat Inc., an open source software maker, slipped. JPMorgan analyst Adam Holt said, in a research note, that "the stock looks reasonably valued."

Report software piracy, get a shot at $1 million (CNET) - Blog: For a limited time only, a major software industry group is dangling the reward for workplace whistleblowers, but it's at its sole discretion to decide what's worthy of the jackpot.

Rising rupee hits Indian software makers (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Indian software makers are throwing up their hands in despair as the rupee's unbridled surge cuts into the earnings of a 50-billion-dollar industry that makes two-thirds of its revenue in US dollars.

Software group ups rewards for piracy tips (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Piracy prevention group the Business Software Alliance said Monday it's upping its reward for anonymous reports of illegal software use in the workplace from $200,000 to $1 million.

American Capital commits $548M to recapitalization of software firm (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - American Capital Strategies Ltd. has invested $548 million in the recapitalization of Exstream Software LLC, which makes software for personalized communications.

SAP Will Respond to Oracle's Software Lawsuit Today (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- SAP AG, the world's largest business- management software maker, will give an official response today to Oracle Corp.'s lawsuit claiming the German company stole software code.

Moglen: "The Global Software Industry in Transformation: After GPLv3" (Linux Today) - "If you think he's exaggerating about GPLv3 being a product of a broad consensus, here's the statement by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), thanking the Free Software Foundation for considering the views of SIFMA members when drafting GPLv3.