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    Environmental lobbyist Greenpeace has started looking for an IT manager concerned about climate change to support the technology operation of its Sydney office.

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    The Novell-led Mono project this week made the first, though incomplete, public release of Moonlight, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight, a browser plug-in that competes with products such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Shockwave, JavaFX, and Apple QuickTime.

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    Novell has said there is no end in sight to the continuing feud between supporters of OpenDocument Format and Microsoft's Office Open XML.

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    Microsoft's apparently contradictory stance regarding the General Public License version 3 (GPLv3), is both logically and legally sound, according to Joseph Sweeney, advisor with analyst group IBRS.

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    The idea of getting a robust, scalable operating system for free hasn't clicked with many enterprises -- until now.

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    Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and Novell's Ron Hovsepian make an unlikely pair, and their pact has caught the tech industry by surprise.

  • Novell's Linux makeover

    CEO Jack Messman says Novell used to have trouble getting noticed. A little penguin changed all that. Meanwhile, he maps out how the company is gaining on Red Hat.

  • Novell: The comeback kid

    Novell's chief executive and chairman Jack Messman says contrary to popular belief his company learnt a lot from its mid-nineties tussle with Microsoft -- and now it's got the Linux community in its corner.

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    SUSE Linux 10 is a full Windows/Microsoft Office replacement on one DVD at a bargain price. Home users could do a lot worse, and even IT managers may learn to love it.

  • Seven mail servers tested

    Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.

  • Tech Guide: Build your own Linux server

    Want to give an old PC a new lease of life? Why not transform it into a Linux server for your home/small business network?

  • Chrome (beta)

    Google has rethought the Internet browser some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.

  • Dancing with documents

    Collaboration, records management, and workflow are just some of the features in current electronic document management software. We examine your options.

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