21.   Chief Executive Frank Barlow came under attack for the decision to buy software publishers Mindscape, which analysts said cost too much and continues to underperform.

22.   Concern about weakening computer stocks spread after software publisher Sybase Inc. late yesterday said it lost money in the first three months of the year.

23.   Day tapped old contacts at Electronic Arts and convinced the software publisher to include Humongous in its affiliated label program.

24.   Declining U.S. PC sales are hurting many computer makers and software publishers.

25.   DeLorme, a Freeport, Maine, software publisher, was the pioneer in the now popular category of mapping programs.

26.   Each hardware maker has been eager to attract video game software publishers in the hopes that hit titles will draw large audiences.

27.   Educational software publishers need to release dozens of new titles every few months to keep up.

28.   Earlier this week, Oracle Corp., a software publisher, reported weaker-than-expected profits.

29.   Even though software publishers often give discounts to registered users of a title, those costs add up.

30.   For the past five years, video game boxes have been printed with ratings as part of a voluntary program by software publishers.