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Skype Works on Software Flaw Suspected in Worldwide Outage (Washington Post) - Problems continued yesterday for Skype, an Internet-based phone company, as it tried to patch up a software glitch that left many of its 220 million customers disconnected.

Three indicted on software piracy charges (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - Three Florida men were indicted Thursday on charges related to selling millions of dollars worth of counterfeit software through several Web sites, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

PC, Software Sales Boost HP (PC World via Yahoo! News) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s PC business and software sales from its Mercury Interactive acquisition helped produce net profit of US$1.8 billion, for a 29 percent increase, with a 16 percent boost in revenue in the fiscal third quarter, according to financial results released Thursday.

IBM to distribute Sun's Solaris server software (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - IBM has agreed to sell Sun Microsystems's Solaris Operating System software to IBM's customers in a deal that pits the competing computer hardware makers against shared rival Hewlett-Packard.

Software flaw shuts down Skype telephone service (International Herald Tribune) - The company says it is unclear why an error in its software caused its 220 million customers to be cut off from placing calls through the Internet, and that it cannot guarantee that the problem will not crop up again.

Ore.: Jive Software Gets $15M Boost (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Jive Software of Portland said it has received $15 million in funding from the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital.

Kana Software initiated with "buy" (New Ratings) - NEW YORK, August 18 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Pacific Growth Equities initiate coverage of Kana Software Inc ( KANA.NAS ) with a "buy" rating.

Get ready for software + service, says IASA (The Star Online) - The IT industry has been defined by periodic, transformative shifts in the way people see computing and is in the midst of another — a combination of software+service (S+S), said the International Association of Software Architects

Skype software glitch hits 220 million users (Independent) - Skype, the popular computer-based phone service, has left 220 million customers around the world hanging on the line after a software glitch took down its network.

PC and software sales boost HP's revenue, profits (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - Hewlett-Packard's PC business and software sales from its Mercury Interactive acquisition helped produce a net profit of $1.8 billion, for a 29 percent increase, with a 16 percent boost in revenue in the fiscal third quarter, according to financial results released Thursday.