61.   Some software publishers have stopped supporting older programs, forcing consumers to buy newer machines and, of course, new software.

62.   Sound Source, ranked among the six or seven largest educational software publishers in the country, has struggled in recent years.

63.   Software publishers had balked at the plan, fearing that any system for eavesdropping would undermine their products and scare away overseas buyers.

64.   Some video-game software publishers will post higher earnings this quarter -- months before the Christmas season -- because of a slew of hot new games for PCs.

65.   Such inexpensive, home-grown fixes are an increasing threat to Information Analysis, which already faces competition from a slew of rival software publishers.

66.   The broad market pared earlier gains, triggered when Microsoft Corp. and other software publishers reported better-than-expected earnings.

67.   The company has always been the largest independent Macintosh software publisher, with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue annually from its Macintosh software.

68.   The educational software publisher is being acquired in a stock swap by SoftKey International Inc., whose shares declined.

69.   The educational software publisher was one of several technology companies hit hard by investor worries about earnings.