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20 Linux Cell Phones in the Works
Trolltech announced Monday that more than 50 companies are developing or shipping Linux-based devices using its Qtopia graphical application platform software, including more than 20 mobile phones. These successes signal “a surge in the market for handsets built on the popular open source Linux operating system,” the company says. “We think that 2005 is going…
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Microsoft to Put Patch Service to the Test
Microsoft Corp. Tuesday confirmed that it will release in March a beta version of what it is calling a unified software update service for consumers and small and midsize businesses. Called Microsoft Update, the service will provide a single location for users to get security and performance patches for Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server…
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Red Hat Rolls Out New Enterprise Linux, Takes Shots at Sun
BOSTON—As expected, Red Hat Inc. announced Monday the release of its new top-end Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, at a meeting with partners and customers at LinuxWorld here. What wasn’t expected was that Red Hat would come out firing at Sun Microsystems Inc.. Red Hat’s Paul Cormier, executive vice president of engineering, hammered home…
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AMD Brings Open-Source Virtualization to Opteron
BOSTON—Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is partnering with XenSource Inc. to bring an open-source virtualization option to its 64-bit Opteron processors. AMD will port the Xen virtualization package to Opteron later in the first half of the year, company officials announced Tuesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo here. “Virtualization is more and more a key…
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IE 7.0 Leaves Windows 2000 Users Out in the Cold
SAN FRANCISCO—After months of hemming and hawing on plans for a standalone Internet Explorer upgrade before Longhorn, Microsoft Corp. now plans to push out a browser refresh by July or August this year. But the news that IE 7.0 will be available only to Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) customers isn’t likely to sit…
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Microsoft Changes Course: New Standalone IE for XP Planned
In a complete about-face, Microsoft Corp. has decided to deliver a new, standalone version of its Internet Explorer browser in order to stem potential customer defections due to security and feature concerns. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday that Microsoft will deliver Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows…
