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L.A. man gets prison for software piracy (AP via Yahoo! News) - The owner of one of the nation's largest Internet software piracy Web sites has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

Software company sees Sept. 11 victim ID effort as sacred duty (USA Today) - For the employees of Gene Codes, their work in identifying the remains of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks became a sacred duty that helped shape the software company. Already a producer of DNA sequencing software, Gene Codes developed the Mass-Fatality Identification System for their somber task.

Software Pirate Gets 7 Years (Wired News) - A federal judge sentences one of the largest U.S. software pirates to pay $5.4 million and forfeit homes, cars and a boat that he bought with proceeds from his scheme -- and spend 87 months in the hoosegow.

Point-and-Click Value Stock Picking Software From Aptus Communications Is the Easiest Way to Construct Solid Investment (SYS-CON Media) - With thousands of users worldwide, theValue Stock Selector software is bringing a disciplined investment approachto investors everywhere.

Web site owner gets more than 7 years in prison for software piracy; must pay $5.4 million (The Star Online) - ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AP) - The owner of one of the largest U.S. Internet software piracy Web sites has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

Web site owner gets more than 7 years in prison for software piracy (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The owner of one of the country's largest Internet software piracy Web sites has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

Concerns over security software (BBC News) - BBC Click investigates free security software and finds out who will protect PCs when Microsoft launches Vista.

Concerns Over Security Software (Slashdot) - Arthbunot Bullwinkle writes to mention a BBC article exploring concerns about the future of security software. The piece looks at trends toward 'free' security products, such as ZoneAlarm, and wonders aloud about where those products will find themselves after Windows Vista is released. From the article: "'Now maybe the good ones will actually get rid of that attack but at the same time they may

Ad-Supported Software Proves Popular With Small Businesses (TechWeb via Yahoo! News) - Spiceworks is adding more IT management features to its free, ad-supported software, for which over 5,000 customers have signed up in about a month's time.

OSDL and the USPTO To Hold Software Tagging Workshop (LinuxElectrons) - Portland , OR – The OSDL is hosting a workshop for Open Source Software authors, repositories, and users to help define and create a distributed "Social Tagging" mechanism to describe OSS. The goal is to create system that allows the characteristics of OSS code and documentation to be easily collected and searched by everyone, while still being distributed and shared by all participating