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Google Chrome goes gold

Google's Chrome browser is no longer a beta product, but it is still only available for Windows.

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Chinese Linux hit by credit crunch

Linux has been doing pretty well in China, with recent year-on-year sales going through the roof. However, there can be no escaping the global economic crisis, not even for Chinese...

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Only Linux can deliver 1 million school laptops within budget: systint

Just as the world's economies started to tank, Australia's Governments got themselves into an economic bind by promising to supply public school children with laptops. However, a leading systems integrator has issued a...

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Microsoft goes open source for blogging software

'Open source' isn't usually the first phrase that comes to mind when you hear 'Microsoft' (unless you're one of those who believes open source is always the answer to Microsoft),...

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Replacing Linux with Windows saves £1 million

A UK company says its switch from Linux to Windows will save it £1 million (almost $A2.3 million). How does that work?

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I Wonder: Who is Scared of Linux?

In short, IBM isn’t scared of Linux, neither is Novell. Oddly, neither is Microsoft, after-all, they actually sell it.

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Novell Wins! Linux Wins! (SCO doesn’t)

The decision in the long-running court case between Novell and SCO over ownership of UNIX code is over. Finally. Novell really did own the SVRX code and SCO...

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Open Source Business Cluster launched in New South Wales

On the 7th November 2008, at the Australian Google Headquarters in Sydney, New South Wales, an Open Source Business Cluster was announced. The aim of the cluster is to more...

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More critical holes plugged by Firefox updates

New updates to Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 include fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities, some of them regarded as critical. Users are advised to install the updates as soon as...

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Linux powered Yoggie goes open source

Yoggie Security Systems has today released the source code for its Linux-based mini-security computers to the developer community, and aims to release the source code to most of the applications...

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Long-time vulnerability in media player patched

Popular media player VLC has been updated to protect against a vulnerability that could allow the execution of arbitrary code.

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Opinion: why Linux sucks at being user friendly

Forget the OS wars, Apple and Microsoft do not need to wield any weapons today. Linux seems to be doing a good enough job of shooting itself in the foot...

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Linux toast as Apricot gets in a netbook jam

One of the reasons why netbooks have proved so successful is the inclusion of Linux to lower resource requirements and cost alike. So why has Apricot decided to drop Linux...

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Is Linux really worth USD $10 billion?

Just how do you put a value on an open source, free for all, piece of code such as Linux? The Linux Foundation has attempted to do just that, and...

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Google releases Update Engine for Mac

Various players have come up with update mechanisms for Mac software. Now Google's trying its hand.

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Zimbra hooks up with Exchange

Interoperability between Zimbra Collaboration Suite and Microsoft Exchange 2003 is the promise of a new extension developed by Yahoo! subsidiary Zimbra.

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Three days between Firefox 3 updates

A new version of Firefox 3 has appeared, just three days after the debut of the version it replaces.

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Browser updates fix critical security issues

There's a passel of browser updates waiting for you to download. They all involve critical security fixes, so sooner is probably better than later!

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Is the honeymoon over for Google Chrome users as market share plummets?

Within 48 hours of launching at the start of September, the Google Chrome browser managed to carve itself a pretty impressive one percent share of the global web browser market....

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Chinese Penguin Love: The Lenovo and Linux Story

Speaking from China, Tux the penguin says the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated as the media continues to report that Lenovo is slaying the kernel mascot...

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