Kedaman, I think we're getting at the same thing (but from slightly different angles).

information is interpreted raw data, the raw data is just a way to store information, and has nothing to do with intelligence. Processing is always operated on information, whether they are in form of neural impulses or bits.
I didn't say information was intelligence. I said that a device should be considered intelligent if it can turn raw data into information.
Raw data is objetive and meaningless. Information is subjective and meaningful in a particular context.

Software process information, and this information is interpreted from raw data.
Software may process information (if that is the task that it is programmed to do) but it does not interpret information. The interpretation is provided by the programmer and the software is a mere tool for the device.

e.g. When I hammer nails into a piece of wood, who is banging the nail? Although it is the hammer that actually bangs in the nail, it is me that is actually doing it. The hammer is just a tool to make my efforts more effective.

It's like the observer concept, there is no information without an observer.
I would qualify this further. It is not information without an intelligent observer. Unless the observer can interpret the data, it remains data.