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Bid to trademark the word 'Linux' rejected
News Australian government turns down the bid, but the group that had pushed the effort claims partial victory anyway.
Appeals court victory fleeting for Microsoft
News So solid is the government's remaining case that no matter what happens next, Microsoft will be forced to change how it conducts its business, legal experts say.
Closing the door to Microsoft Vista
News A number of companies are opting not to embrace Redmond's latest operating system and, like General Motors, are waiting for Windows 7 instead.
Tags: Windows Vista, Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Bank Of America Corp., Security, Google Inc., IT Budget, Microsoft Windows Vista, Cerner Corp., software
Ubuntu planning move to the cloud
News Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, next month will announce its entry into the cloud-computing marketplace.
Tags: Cloud computing, Open source, Storage, Ubuntu, Umbrella Term, computer operating system, operating system, Debian, Sun Microsystems Inc., Cloud computing
IBM to invest US$200m on Linux development centers in Asia
News International Business Machines Corp, the world's No. 2 software maker, said it will invest us$200 million to build Linux development centers in Asia.
Bill Gates assembles new team of advisers
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has assembled a new team of advisers as he uses some of the No 1 software maker's more than US$25 billion in cash to develop new products.
Novell meets muted expectations
News Novell, the third-worst performer in the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index, said fiscal third-quarter net income fell 83 percent as the software maker continued to lose business to competitors.
China gov't invests in open source
News The China government has announced that they will invest in Linux-based computer systems developed in China.
GE retakes top spot from Microsoft
News Microsoft has lost its spot as the country's most-valuable company to General Electric just days after a federal judge said the world's biggest software maker is a monopoly.
Start-up LinuxOne seeks a slice of the IPO pie
News LinuxOne, which began distributing a version of the Linux "open-source" computer operating system this month, filed to raise about US$23 million through a "self-underwritten" initial public offering.
Microsoft backs off messaging war with AOL
News After months of wrangling, Microsoft has announced that the latest version of its MSN Messenger service will not communicate with America Online's AOL Instant Messenger.
No foreseeable end to deluge of Net IPOs
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Microsoft to unveil new look for Windows CE
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Mac clone company silent on court risk
News Psystar is currently selling Open Computers with Apple's Mac OS X Leopard preinstalled, in what appears to be a clear violation of Apple's software license agreement.
Tags: Mac OS, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Computer, phone, Apple Mac OS X Leopard, software
Sony's PlayStation 2 debuts to long lines, long waits
News Masataka Yonaiyama never doubted he would be one of the first in the world to buy Sony Corp's PlayStation 2 home video-game console when it went on sale in Japan.
