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• Criticism mounts over Birmingham's Linux project

  Criticism is mounting over the termination of a large-scale Linux project in Birmingham, England.

• UK government and IBM test a secure Linux

  The U.K. Cabinet Office and IBM are working together on a secure open-source environment for public and private sector organisations.

• Microsoft exec takes aim at open source

  Microsoft has appointed a new executive to persuade business customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to choose its software over open-source alternatives.

• Microsoft learns to live with open source

  Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering.

• Open source to industry: It's payback time

  The open-source community is planning to meet IBM, HP and others that are making fat profits from open-source software, and ask them to relinquish intellectual property in return.

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• Microsoft learns to live with open source

  Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering.

• The server virtualisation vendor landscape

  We look at the virtual machine software market's three principal players: Microsoft, VMware and Xen.

• Have (IT) certs will travel?

  Is certification better than experience? Here's what industry analysts and IT professionals have to say, including issues with MCSE.

• Windows Messenger undergoes security revamp

  Windows Messenger could be blocked by default or disabled in the next Windows XP Service Pack as Microsoft updates patches for some critical flaws.

• Sun offers business-friendly grid software

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• Samsung unveils fastest handheld chip

  The Korean electronics giant says it has developed the world's fastest mobile CPU, which runs at a core speed of 533MHz, and outpaces Intel's processor. But for how long?

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