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New Threats Outflank IT Defenses, Says Vendor Exec
Gateway to pay HP $47M in patent settlement
Free As In Freedom
Paraphrasing Richard Stallman ... “free software” is not referring to getting something for nothing, but to “market freedom.”
Sun and Partners Create Community and Offer Services for HP Customers
Chelsio and Open-E Qualify Joint Storage Solutions
Open source preferred in SME sector says study
The study, conducted by IDC Research, shows that open source is preferred by certain sectors within the industry — mostly small to medium-sized companies, and in particular, companies with 10 to 49 full time staff. IT services and tele-communications companies have the highest use of open source, says the study.
Portable apps get a thumbs-up
" ... John T. Haller, a Queens financial systems programmer, proposed an open-source project that would lead to a new paradigm ... in theory, be possible to cut Mozilla loose and run it by itself, on removable media - just like my old copy of Wordstar. Those little tiny pen (aka USB, aka thumb) drives ... the old Microsoft paradigm of immovable software has been obliterated ..."
[ED: Interesting read, but I will stay with Linux for now myself - HC]
Mandriva user hard at work
[ED: I remembered that alias, from being on the then Mandrake chat looking for help. - HC]
Deskbar Applet: Integrating Google Search on the Linux Desktop
Configuring Tomcat5 and Apache2 with Virtual Hosts using mod_jk
eGovernance and Free Software : An event hosted by the United Nations University
DNS Katrina: When VeriSign monopoly meets ICANN regulators

A new agreement illustrates the classic problems of regulated monopolies--and the tragedy of a regulator that doesn't do its job.
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Extend Firefox Contest Winners Announced
Firefox: On the front lines of the Internet wars
Will there finally be enough volume to finally bring this issue to the fore? Will it arouse enough of the public to incite action?
Good questions, which may not turn out positive, but at least begin to have the possibility of being addressed. Watch for more.
[lg-announce] Linux Gazette #124 is out!
ODF Alliance - Who, What, Where (and Why)
Release 0.9.9 of Wine available
Remove hidden data in Microsoft Word documents
So Kim writes: You probably e-mail business letters, resumes and personal documents as Word documents. But you may be telling people things that would make your hair curl. Unless you take extra steps, recipients of Word documents can easily see items deleted or modified.
For example, how about that letter you sent to Joe Jones? You first referred to him as a "sniveling creep." You changed that to "great guy." But Joe may know what you really think.
Another HTC PDA/phone boots Linux
A PDA-like Windows Mobile phone has been successfully coaxed into running Linux. The "Universal," created by Taiwanese ODM HTC and re-sold under various brands, has successfully booted several Linux OSes, after a flurry of collaboration on a developer community forum.
[ED: I guess they began rejecting the shrink wrap license. I wonder if they got a OS refund? In any case, they should apply, since it could lower the cost to the customer - HC]
Free articles cover Linux kernel debugging tools, techniques
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