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Novell Continues to Go for SCO’s Throat
On Sept. 25, IBM took its crack at ending its case with SCO by summary judgment. Now, it’s Novell’s turn, and the company appears to be attempting to cut off SCO’s lifeline to its cash reserves. On Sept. 29, Novell filed for “partial summary judgment as to its Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Claims for…
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McAfee Chides Microsoft Over Vista Security Policies
Officials at security specialist McAfee said that Microsoft has flatly rejected a series of proposals meant to help ease integration between third-party software applications and the company’s next-generation Windows Vista operating system. High-ranking officials with McAfee, a provider of security applications and longtime partner of Microsoft’s, said that the software giant refused its suggestions for…
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IBM Unveils Energy-Efficient PowerPC Chips
IBM is rolling out new PowerPC processors aimed at the embedded space that are designed to improve performance while consuming less power than their counterparts. The new chips illustrate IBM’s commitment to building processors that do not rely solely on speed bumps for performance improvements, but also are energy-efficient, said Ron Martino, director of Power…
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Citrix Seems to Be Skating to the Puck in 2007
With the availability of the business edition of Vista for customers who have volume licensing deals in place with Microsoft about a month away, a lot of attention is soon going to find its way towards Citrix as customers begin to think through their Vista roll out strategy for 2007. Of course, the folks at…
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HP Announces New Fall Laser Lineup
HP today announced two laser printers and seven laser-based all-in-ones (AOIs), as well as upgrades for its Universal Print Driver and its Web JetAdmin remote printer administration program. HP reps say the company’s new products put emphasis on what HP refers to as its portfolio of security, output management, and document capture solutions. The AIOs…
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ClearCube Drops Cost of PC Blades
One of the knocks against the idea of bladed PCs has been the high costs. ClearCube Technology may finally have that solved. The Austin, Texas, company on Oct. 2 is unveiling a new offering, the A Series PC blades, which drops the entry point for businesses in half. “We’ve finally been able to break that…
