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Monday was the last day on which Windows XP will be sold as a boxed product or licensed to PC manufacturers.
Novell said on Wednesday that it will acquire e-Security for US$72 million.
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This article from Australian technology commentator Con Zymaris examines the security threat of open source software.
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Sun Microsystems announced late yesterday that Allied Irish Bank would migrate 7,500 of its users to the Java Desktop System software.
In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.
Parts of the newest version of Red Hat's Linux software slipped onto the Internet Wednesday, nearly a week before the operating system's official release date, giving glimpses of a product with a new focus on mainstream computer users.
The new Linux desktop software promises to treat users with stylish icons, themes and multimedia, as well as a pack of new tricks.
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