1.   Antivirus software makers and providers of data backup services led the parade, sending out news releases and soliciting interviews.

2.   But the biggest changes lie ahead, say Internet analysts, software makers and other observers.

3.   IBM formed an alliance with Lotus, a software maker.

4.   Moreover, a growing number of software makers are releasing short demonstration versions of their programs.

5.   Realizing this, software makers have created scores of products to help you tackle the job.

6.   The software maker blames the hardware.

7.   Although geolocation technology was primarily developed to deliver localized ads, software makers have started to offer programs that could let companies comply with local restrictions.

8.   Among the biggest decliners today was educational software maker Edmark.

9.   And Eric Zocher said he thought it up when he was vice president of engineering at software maker Adobe Systems.

10.   And Bandai, a software maker, underestimated the importance of popular games needed to propel sales of the Pippen.