EXHIBIT 31.1

**CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT, AS ADOPTED  PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I, Boyd Pearce, certify that:

|   | 1.     | I have reviewed this annual report on form 10-KSB of   ANTs software inc. (the “small business issuer”);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|   | 2.     | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain   any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact   necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under   which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period   covered by this report;                                         |
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|   | 3.     | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and   other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all   material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash   flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in   this report;                                                 |
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|   | 4.     | The small business issuer’s other certifying   officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure   controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and   15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:                                                                                            |
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|   |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or   caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our   supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small   business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us   by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this   report is being prepared; |
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|   |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | b. | Disclosed in this report any change in the small   business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred   during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the small   business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that   has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the   small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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|   | 5.     | The small business issuer’s other certifying   officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of   internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s   auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s board of   directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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|   |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses   in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which   are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability   to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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|   |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves   management or other employees who have a significant role in the small   business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting. |