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  • IT patent issues simplified for businesses

    The revised European Patent Convention updates the original agreement with more flexibility, more legal certainty, simpler procedures and reduced costs.

  • Linux ensnares another European city

    Bergen, Norway, has opted to replace Windows and Unix machines with Linux on servers for its schools and city databases, and could later put the open-source operating system on desktop machines.

  • Developers gather to protest patents

    Several hundred demonstrators assembled in front of the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday to protest a software patents directive that critics say would wreak havoc on Europe's software industry.

  • Who says standards are sacred?

    "After you." That is essentially what technology companies hear when asked to submit their original technologies to standards bodies or for open-source licenses.

  • Web 'Yellow Pages' still a dream

    A major Web services project touted by Microsoft and IBM has yet to catch fire.

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  • Teeing off with golf's tech chief

    We catch up with a polyglot IT boss whose work keeping the professional golf tour running in Europe comes to a head at the British Open championship in a few days.

  • Six office suites reviewed

    Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to dethrone Microsoft. We test six office suites in the market.

  • UnitedLinux working on desktop distribution

    Linux Expo: With version 1.0 of its server software on the way, the unified Linux group is also contemplating a desktop rollout. It may also bring in new members.

  • Trade shows: where are they headed?

    Where is the IT industry spending its marketing dollars to grab your attention? In this CeBIT preview, ZDNet Australia asks if trade shows are really worth it.

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