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New version of office-in-a-box

If you ever needed confirmation that phones are now auditory computer devices, take a look at a modern "office-in-a-box" or "all-in-one" system for small businesses and remote offices. Phones are front and center, e-mail and Web servers come next, and, oh yes, file and print services are there, too. Such is the pattern for the EdgeBOX from Critical Links. The appliances powering typical file and print services now power the phones, Internet access, and security.

Flying high with open source
Sabre Holdings' IT department supports the Travelocity Web site, the Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Airline Solutions, and the company has been using open source tools for some 10 years, according to CTO Robert Wiseman.

Lenovo targets new netbook at students
Lenovo this week unveiled a netbook PC designed to be the first mobile PC for K-12 students and a "secondary device" for college students.

IBM aims for Linux customers with 'baby' mainframe
IBM offers a stripped-down mainframe geared at midsize businesses, Linux applications.

Red Hat undercuts Microsoft on high-performance OS pricing
Red Hat Thursday released a Linux software stack for compute-intensive IT environments that it said costs less than Microsoft's price for its comparable Windows offering.

Free version of Hyper-V now available
Following a similar move by VMware in August, Microsoft Wednesday released a free, low-footprint version of its Hyper-V virtualization software as it continues to chase the virtualization leader.

Lenovo halts online sales of Linux-based PCs
Lenovo is cutting back on sales of desktops and laptop systems with the Linux operating systems pre-installed.

Microsoft virtualization tools reinforce user's data center plans
Hosting provider RackForce Networks expects that Microsoft's just released Hyper-V virtualization technology will give it a chance to take a major step in its business strategy.

Two years on, Microsoft and Novell extend partnership
Microsoft said Wednesday it would purchase a further $100 million in coupons for SUSE Linux support from Novell, furthering a controversial 2006 partnership aimed at customers who run both Windows and Linux in their server environments.

Torvalds: Fed up with the 'security circus'
Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, says he's fed up with what he sees as a "security circus" surrounding software vulnerabilities and how they're hyped by security people.

IBM exec predicts the future of Linux, open source
With LinuxWorld showcasing the popularity of the open source operating system, and with open source in general finding its legs in the enterprise, Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of open source and standards, made a slate of predictions for Linux and open source during his keynote address on Wednesday at the Black Hat conference.

LinuxWorld: Community roots bolster Linux growth
Linux is beginning to find its legs as the foundation in many different technologies and in the process is fueling a feedback loop that is helping accelerate the operating system’s popularity.

Microsoft: still a business of threats?
For years Microsoft has been claiming that Linux has been stealing its intellectual property rights, and there's no sign that the company will stop threatening Linux users with patent problems.

Microsoft on Symbian's open source move: Good luck with that
A Microsoft product manager predicts Symbian is embracing the problems, as well as the opportunities, of open sourcing its mobile-phone code.

Mobile Linux groups fuse to advance unified OS
One industry group focused on writing standards for mobile Linux is closing its doors and blending its efforts with another industry group focused on writing mobile Linux code.

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