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Intel strives to improve Linux for gadgets

News The iPhone doesn't run Linux, but Intel has begun work to help improve the operating system for future devices of its ilk. The chipmaker on Monday is launching its Mobile and Internet Linux Project Web site, which consolidates a number of new and...

17 July 2007, 9:44

Lenovo to launch Linux ThinkPad laptops

News Lenovo is to offer a Linux operating system pre-installed on its ThinkPad laptops. ThinkPad T Series laptops will come pre-installed with Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 in the fourth quarter of this year.

7 August 2007, 9:31

Microsoft has Linux-related patents rejected

News It is also used by the open-source Samba software that lets Linux and Unix computers exchange data with Windows computers, and by Linux itself to read and write files on Windows hard drives. There has been concern that if the FAT patents are upheld...

6 October 2005, 8:51

Microsoft: No Office on Linux 'at this time'

News Microsoft has no plans to tweak its Office productivity suite for Linux anytime soon, despite the growing popularity of open source on the desktop, according to a company executive. Speaking at the LinuxWorld conference in London on Wednesday, Nick...

6 October 2005, 9:24

Lupper worm targets Linux systems

News A new worm that propagates by exploiting security vulnerabilities in Web server software is attacking Linux systems, antivirus companies warned on Monday. The worm spreads by exploiting Web servers that host susceptible scripts at specific...

8 November 2005, 9:19

Is Linux Palm's saviour?

News After Cobalt 6.1 came out, PalmSource soon announced it had acquired China MobileSoft and, as a result, would offer Linux. When they announced they would offer the Palm OS on Linux, licencees wanted to wait for that, so the same thing is happening...

26 May 2005, 9:12

Dell's Linux PC launch hits rocky ground

News Dell's Linux PC launch has gone belly up as the computer supplier admitted it has been hit by "gremlins". Dell announced on Tuesday that it would launch two PCs with a pre-installed Linux operating system on Wednesday.

9 August 2007, 8:52

Gentoo Linux founder to 'educate' Microsoft

News Microsoft has hired one of the key figures behind a popular distribution of Linux in order to educate its in-house developers about open source. Gentoo is a distribution of Linux its developers claim is fully customisable for any application or need.

17 June 2005, 8:56

Nokia looks to next-gen Linux tablets

News After the success of its original Linux tablet, the 770, Nokia is already looking at the next generation of Internet-only devices. The original tablet device debuted last year and caught the attention of gadget fans wondering why Nokia was making a...

22 June 2006, 9:42

Palm touts new Linux-based Treos

News Palm is developing a Linux-based operating system for its handheld devices, the company's chief executive, Ed Colligan, revealed on Tuesday. We have been developing a set of system software that we will roll out before the end of the year that will...

12 April 2007, 8:59

Intel developing Linux mini-tablet

News It's based on Linux. While McCaslin's CPU components -- codenamed Stealey -- will be dual-core processors clocked at 600MHz to 800MHz and capable of running Windows XP and Vista, Intel plans for the devices to run an embedded Linux OS but with a...

17 April 2007, 8:47

Michael Dell prefers Linux

News After a lifelong allegiance to all things Microsoft, the chief executive of Dell is using Linux in his own home. The revelations about the fondness of the company's founder for Linux may surprise some Dell customers.

20 April 2007, 9:29

Red Hat lets go of Fedora Linux

News Red Hat is changing course again with its free Fedora version of Linux, announcing on Friday that it will turn over copyrights and development work to an outside entity called the Fedora Foundation. Red Hat once had just one version of Linux, but...

6 June 2005, 8:53

Dell chooses Ubuntu for Linux PCs

News Dell is trying a second time to sell personal computers with Linux preinstalled, this time using the up-and-coming Ubuntu version of the open-source operating system. At the end of May, the No 2 PC maker will begin selling some consumer-focused...

2 May 2007, 10:07

News.blog: Acer favours Linux for mini laptops

News PC maker has big plans to develop the market for Linux, not only on its low-cost ultraportable, but on the company's laptops as well. The reason is because of the cost and operation of Microsoft's operating system over open-source Linux.

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5 June 2008, 8:56