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Ex-Software Executive Begins Prison Term (New York Times) - Sanjay Kumar, former chief executive of Computer Associates, now known as CA Inc., began serving a 12-year prison term yesterday for his role in a $2.2 billion accounting fraud at the software company.

Judge rules Novell owns key software (AP via Yahoo! News) - A federal judge has ruled that The SCO Group Inc. doesn't own the software it claims was misappropriated by developers of the open-source Linux operating system.

Microsoft Fixes 14 Software Security Flaws (Washington Post) - Microsoft today released software updates to plug at least 14 security holes in computers powered by different versions of its Windows operating system and other software. The updates are available from the Microsoft Update Web site or via Automatic Updates. Windows XP users can expect to install at least six updates from today's patch batch, and more if they have any version of Microsoft Office ...

AMD Unveils Spec To Ease Pain Of Multi-Core Software Development (InformationWeek) - With Light-Weight Profiling, AMD embeds in the processor information that software can read to learn what resources, such as memory or cache allocation, are available.

Silicon Valley Software Maker VMware Surges In IPO (CBS 5 Bay Area) - VMware Inc.'s shares soared by 76 percent in their stock market debut Tuesday, reflecting a belief that the rapidly growing software maker is on the leading edge of a computing trend that will yield huge profits for years to come. VMW: Quote & Latest News

Intuit, Microsoft Refresh Personal Finance Software (PC World) - Intuit enhances older versions of its Quicken software. and replaces its most basic edition with a new title.

New NASA software installed on ISS (UPI) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has installed new software on the International Space Station to monitor the station's gyroscopes.

Judge Rules Novell Owns Key Software (San Francisco Chronicle) - A federal judge has ruled that The SCO Group Inc. doesn't own the software it claims was misappropriated by developers of the open-source Linux operating system. In a 102-page ruling, U.S. District Court Dale Kimball ruled that Novell Inc., not SCO,...

Software maker VMware prices surge as much-anticipated IPO debuts (Austin American-Statesman) - Monday's sale raised about $900 million. SAN FRANCISCO — VMware Inc.'s shares soared by 76 percent in their stock market debut Tuesday, reflecting a belief that the rapidly growing software maker is on the leading edge of a computing trend that will yield huge profits for years to come.

SOFTWARE: Development module enables fast configuration of wireless network sensors (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine) - Cochrane, Canada — Dynastream Innovations has released its SensRcore software module that allows 2.4-GHz wireless sensor network (WSN) developers to configure low-cost, ultra-low-power sensors in hours rather than days.