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How Microsoft and Palm Got Together Over Software - New York Times (New York Times) - SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26 - Microsoft's truce with Palm, its longtime rival in palmtop software, was forged with a rare agreement to allow Palm to tinker with the Windows Mobile software, the companies' leaders said here Monday.

IBM's Software Gambit (Forbes) - IBM doesn't make software applications, but it is spending $1 billion per year on those that do.

Microsoft invests $20 mln in China software firm (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - SHANGHAI, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Microsoft said it is investing $20 million in Chinasoft International Ltd. , the latest in a recent flurry of moves in China for the world's top software company after several years of relative quiet.

S Korea's Software Piracy Rate Stands At 24.55 PCT: Report (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Almost one quarter of the computer software used in South Korea's public and corporate sectors is pirated, according to a government report Tuesday.

S KOREA'S SOFTWARE PIRACY RATE STANDS AT 24.55 PCT: REPORT (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Statistics Almost one quarter of the computer software used in South Korea's public and corporate sectors is pirated, according to a government report Tuesday.

FileMaker Boosts Speed Of Database Server Software (InformationWeek) - FileMaker says Version 8 of its database software supports up to 250 users, and is 89% faster than the previous version.

Microsoft previews online software purchasing with the Digital Locker (Ars Technica) - Microsoft has a new preview web site entitled "Windows Marketplace Labs" to showcase new methods of buying and selling Windows software. The first such effort is called Digital Locker .

Quickoffice(R) Launches New Software Version for Palm Powered Smartphones (CommsDesign) - DALLAS, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Quickoffice, Inc., a leading provider of innovative portable computing solutions for the mobile professional, today announced the public release of its Quickoffice Premier version 7.6 -- an update to its award-winning Palm mobile office software suite -- providing users with easy and fast access to their existing Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.

FileMaker Boosts Speed Of Database Server Software (TechWeb) - FileMaker shipped an updated server version of its namesake database software that it claims is almost twice as fast as the previous edition.

Progress Software Rolls Out SOA Program (VAR Business) - The OpenEdge division of Progress Software on Monday rolled out a program to help VARs accelerate the ability to enhance their business applications with a series of products, services and best practices through a systems-oriented architecture (SOA) enablement process.