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A former support employee in Rochester, New York, has pleaded guilty to illegally selling Intuit software through eBay, taking advantage of the software company's policy to supply free replacement disks of its products at the request of customers.

Raymond Locklin, 29, a former employee of outsourcer Sutherland Global Services in Rochester, was assigned when on the job to provide support to Intuit's customers and had access to its computer system. He has pleaded guilty to having obtained fraudulently disks for Intuit's products including TurboTax and Quicken software, taking advantage of the software vendor's policy of providing free replacement of software disks by mail to its customers, according to court papers.

Locklin then advertised the software for sale on e-commerce site eBay, and mailed the software to the customers after receiving payment through online payment processor PayPal.

The defendant entered a plea agreement Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York in which he pleaded guilty to conspiring with one Christi Meehan between Oct. 20, 2009 and July 1, 2011 to obtain copies of Intuit software and sell it online, according to court documents.

Locklin and Meehan sold more than 2,500 copies of Intuit software in this period across the U.S., resulting in a loss of about $262,000 to the company.

The sentencing of Locklin is scheduled for Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York. Locklin pleaded guilt before District Judge David G. Larimer to conspiracy to commit mail fraud which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both. Locklin earlier waived his right to prosecution by indictment. Meehan, who earlier pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud, will be sentenced on July 16, according to the attorney's office.

John Ribeiro covers outsourcing and general technology breaking news from India for The IDG News Service. More by John Ribeiro, IDG News Service

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If youre considering using an analytics platform other than, or in addition to, Google Analytics, it can be a bit difficult to determine what the best alternative will be. Search Engine Land compiled a great buyers guide to enterprise web analytics tools, but what if youre in the market for a free to mid-level tool, or dont even know yet exactly what type of software you need?

Below is a brief overview of 25 analytics software options (and one add-on) that should give you an idea of what each tool costs and what functionality each offers. Before you check out the chart and series of descriptions below, note that it is important to go into any analytics evaluation with a clear idea about what you need the software to do. Some important questions to ask yourself before you start to evaluate Web analytics tools are:

Just because a feature sounds interesting and provides you with some additional data about your site doesnt mean its actually valuable. You want to know the specific holes in your current reporting that will be filled by additional functionality, and more importantly, you want to be sure that that extra information will drive better decisions and ultimately more revenue and profit for your business.

Once youve identified what youre looking for in these tools, you should be able to use the information below to help you make a better decision about which analytics package will be right for you.

The table below is available as an image, and you can also get the raw data in this Google Doc.

Web Analytics Software Comparison Guide

Google Analyticswas originally designed as a tool for AdWords users. It was basically a repackaged version of Urchin on Demand, which Google acquired in 2005. It was redesigned in 2006 with additions from Adaptive Path after the company acquired Measure Map.

Key Features:

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May 10, 2013 - Scheduled for May 14, 2013, AIA webinarseeks to demystify machine vision software so engineers and project teams can make informed engineering decisions about what tasks may be possible and how to accomplish them. Important take away concepts include: how software represents images, how concepts of color space and frequency domain are made operational, and how image analysis morphology, edges, kernels, histogram equalization, and pattern matching works. AIA 900 Victors Way, Suite 140 Ann Arbor, MI, 48108 USA Press release date: May 9, 2013

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Important take away concepts: How software represents images How the concepts of color space are frequency domain are made operational How image analysis works - morphology, edges, kernels, histogram equalization and pattern matching. How these principles are applied.

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THE FREE SOFTWARE provided to small businesses by HM Revenue & Customs is failing to file real-time PAYE submissions.

The Basic PAYE Tools (BPT) software package is available to employers with nine or fewer employees, and is designed to work out tax and national insurance contributions for each payroll cycle, and report it to the taxman in real time.

However, a software issue has seen an error message appear when employers attempt to make PAYE submissions, while taxpayers calling the RTI helpline were met with a recorded message acknowledging the fault and assuring them the issue was being investigated.

An element of Windows, known as a registry key, has been removed in a Windows update. The key is needed toenable full functionality of the software. Without its presence, the software is unable to successfully submit the information.

HMRC has published guidance advising users that although information about restoring the key is available from various sources online, HMRC itself cannot provide instruction on how to, as it is unsure why the key was removed.

The taxman will, however, release a software update at the end of May negating the need for the key. In the meantime, taxpayers are advised to continue running the payroll system as normal and submit the information once the update has been installed.

A spokesman for HMRC said: "The roll out of RTI is progressing well. Since 6 April over one million PAYE schemes have successfully started to report PAYE in real time. This includes over 140,000 BPT users successfully submitting returns.

"As with any major change, a few initial problems have been identified and these are being resolved quickly. The issue referred here is not a BPT fault, but we have published guidance to help those employers affected to resolve it. The vast majority of BPT users who have already started to report PAYE in real time are successfully submitting returns without any issue."

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DataArt, a custom software development company that builds advanced solutions for select industries, today announced the availability of free Form PF software to create a more efficient and reliable filing process for hedge funds.

Form PF is a challenging regulation requirement for the hedge fund industry, as investment advisors continue to be overwhelmed by the time and effort it takes to collect, aggregate and validate filing data. Firms have previously relied on expensive and inefficient licenses from software providers to file, or even attempted the strenuous process of filing manually. DataArts free Form PF software simplifies the implementation of automated filings for the creation, editing and approval of the form. Features for either in-house integration or individual application usage include:

Firms can now more effectively optimize and enhance filing processes through a standard user interface, which can connect to in-house data sources, through a format that will ensure deadlines are met with the most up to date information.

This application is the first in a line of our complimentary solutions to help buy-side firms overcome new regulation requirements and optimize the cost of compliance reporting, said Oleg Komissarov, a Senior Vice President at DataArt. In the future, we will be releasing solutions in response to other reporting requirements, including AIFMD, FATCA, CPO-PQR and OPERA. We look forward to continuing to elevate the industrys response and fluid adaptation to regulation challenges through collaborative, professional and cost-effective methods.

Hedge fund clients are already successfully utilizing the DataArt user interface. Recently, it was integrated by its partner, Imagine Software, to automate and respond to Question #42 for numerous industry firms.

For more information and to download DataArts free Form PF software, visit http://www.dataart.com/industry/financial-software/form-pf-software

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DataArt(www.dataart.com) is a custom software development firm that builds advanced solutions for thefinancial services,healthcare,hospitalityandother industries. Combining domain knowledge with offshore cost advantages and resource flexibility, DataArt develops industry-defining applications, helping clients optimize time-to-market and minimize software development risks in mission-critical systems. With an unrivaled talent pool of highly skilled software engineers in New York, London, Russia and Ukraine, DataArt provides the technical skill, accountability and industry knowledge needed to deliver custom applications on time and on budget.DataArtclientsinclude Standard & Poors, Harmonic Fund Services, Ogilvy, artnet, Panasonic, Cancer Research, Ocado, Charles River Laboratories, Betfair, Misys, leading asset management firms and three of the worlds top ten investment banks. @DataArt

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