1.   Among elementary and secondary schools, Microsoft Office is the most popular software package for word processing, spreadsheets and multimedia projects.

2.   Amazon.com reported that the XP home and professional edition upgrades are its two most popular nongame software pre-orders.

3.   And thanks to the tremendous success of RealAudio, the most popular software for cybercasting sound over the Net, even the Web is home to new radio networks.

4.   Another problem has been the dearth of Japanese versions of popular networking software.

5.   AOL FIXES MESSAGING INSTANT MESSENGER FLAW AOL Time Warner announced Thursday that a security flaw in its popular Instant Messenger software had been fixed.

6.   Another door slammed shut on Apple Computer yesterday when Microsoft said it will not make its popular Windows NT software for Macintosh computers.

7.   As with earlier versions of Windows, XP is loaded with built-in features that compete against other popular software programs.

8.   -- Corel Corp., after the Ottawa-based computer software maker said it will delay releasing an upgraded version of its popular CorelDRAW software for four months.

9.   But by far the most popular Web server software is an open source program called Apache, cobbled together by an international alliance of programmers and distributed for free.

10.   But one hitch in this plan is that the popular hardware has not yet caught up to the popular software.