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flaws force Linux kernel upgrade (CNet News)
Open-source developers released a new version of the Linux kernel
Monday in a move aimed at quickly fixing several bugs--among them
two serious security flaws.
RealNetworks
sues Microsoft (CNet News)
In an echo of previous antitrust battles, RealNetworks files a $1
billion lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing the software giant of
illegally using its Windows monopoly to limit consumer choice in
digital media.
Sun
Linux a Good Rival to Windows (Wired)
Sun releases its Java Desktop System, which is its answer to Windows.
It's billed as Linux for the masses. We shall see.
Linux
under attack (CNet News)
The SCO Group launched a lawsuit against IBM in 2003 that ballooned
into a frontal assault on Linux and its legal foundations.
Microsoft
Loses the Swastika (Wired)
Microsoft said its latest version of Office software inadvertently
contained a font featuring two swastikas, and said it would offer
tools to remove and replace the offending characters from the program.
How
Mac OS X Can Shed Its Skin (Wired)
A small community of desktop "skinners" has sprung up
around Unsanity's ShapeShifter, a utility for Mac OS X that allows
the desktop interface to be customized in highly personal and sometimes
strikingly beautiful ways.
Users
cling to old Microsoft operating systems (CNet News)
Microsoft can stop selling older operating systems, and it can even
stop supporting them, but that doesn't mean that customers won't
still use them.
SAP
opens labs in China, India (CNet News)
Business software giant SAP has officially opened research and development
centers in Shanghai, China, and Bangalore, India, bringing the total
number of such labs worldwide to eight.
Rescuing
Cybersecurity (CNET News)
Silicon Valley executives meet with U.S. government officials during
a cybersecurity summit in an effort to enhance security programs,
but regulations may follow if those efforts fail.
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