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Panasonic, Qimonda cuts hit M'sian electronics
News At stake is the livelihood of nearly 2,000 employees at the Malaysian manufacturing plants operated by the Japanese electronics company and German chipmaker.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Plant, Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Nikkei, Malaysia, Panasonic, Qimonda
Migrating to desktop Linux? Take a look at Norway
Insight Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer has demanded evidence that desktop Linux is gaining ground: Norway's second city Bergen has the answer.
Tags: Desktops, Linux, Local Government
Microsoft signs security pact with Germany
News CEO Steve Ballmer settles a security agreement with the federal government of Germany, which has become one of the most prominent of Linux supporters.
Tags: Security, Business applications
Asia earthquakes heighten BCP need
Blogs It's hard not to notice the earthquake risk around the Pacific Rim these days. I'm not sure if the risk is actually high...
Microsoft bags European shopping site
News The software giant has agreed a US$486 million deal to acquire Greenfield Online, owner of consumer shopping sites such as Ciao.
Tags: E-commerce, Mergers, Acquisitions, Legal, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Survey, Europe, Munich, ComScore Networks Inc.
Atom-based iPhone reportedly confirmed
News An Intel executive from its German operation has confirmed that Apple plans to introduce an iPhone featuring the Atom processor, a ZDNet Asia sister site reports.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile processors, Intel Corp., Mobile, Smart Phone, Intel Atom, processor, Munich, career, managing director
US President hints at cybersecurity shakeup
News Announcement that cybersecurity official from former U.S. President George W. Bush's administration will conduct a review of cybersecurity efforts, may indicate authority will shift from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House.
Tags: Security, Defense/military, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Bush Administration, Hathaway, White House, Homeland Security, CNET Networks Inc., agency
India's Wipro opens Munich office
News India's Wipro Technologies opens its third development center in Munich, Germany.
Debian wins Munich Linux deal
News Bavarian city passes over Novell's Suse Linux for a high-profile, 14,000-computer installation.
Tags: Linux
Munich's Linux migration slips to 2006
News A plan to move 14,000 desktops from Windows has been delayed by a year, partly because of the need for an additional pilot phase.
Tags: Linux, Open source
Munich halts biggest-ever Linux migration
News The biggest-ever Windows-to-Linux migration--the city of Munich's 14,000 desktops--has been put on ice while legal issues are settled.
Tags: Linux
Munich picks its Linux future
News Debian, a free version of the open-source operating system, has received the nod from the city of Munich for its trail-blazing migration from Windows to Linux on the desktop.
Tags: Linux
Microsoft hires key rival from SuSE Linux
News The software giant enlists one of its key antagonists, the SuSE Linux salesman whose efforts led the city of Munich to adopt Linux and open-source software instead of Microsoft's products.
Tags: Linux, Open source
Munich breaks with Windows for Linux
News The local government in Munich, Germany, has voted to move 14,000 computers from Microsoft's Windows to the rival Linux operating system, despite efforts by the software giant to hang onto the multimillion-dollar contract.
Munich's Linux switch back on
News Munich's mayor has decided to push ahead with the LiMux project despite patent fears.
