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  • Red Hat and Novell hit with Linux patent suit

    Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell have been sued for patent infringement -- but not by Microsoft.

  • Novell: SCO insolvency 'imminent, inevitable'

    Novell has claimed that The SCO Group, the licensing and consulting firm conducting various legal campaigns over the Linux operating system, is about to go bankrupt.

  • Novell joins EFF for patent reform

    Stung by criticism of its patent pact with Microsoft, Novell agrees to support Electronic Frontier Foundation's patent-busting work.

  • Newest GPL draft leaves Novell in the clear

    The Free Software Foundation released the final draft of an updated General Public License late last week, a draft that prohibits future deals similar to the Microsoft-Novell patent pact but lets that one go ahead.

  • Why does Microsoft seem scared of GPLv3?

    Microsoft is extremely keen to avoid "legal debate" over whether its recent partnerships with Linux firms such as Novell, Xandros, and Linspire, mean Redmond must assume any of the new licenses' legal obligations.

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  • A new day for business security

    Today's systems increasingly blend the digital and the physical -- and the convergence is spawning industry alliances that might have seemed unusual in the past.

  • Victoria's single sign-on a study in integration

    A AU$6 million integration project will soon give Victorian businesses easier access to the government departments they need. David Braue weighs in on one of Australia's largest single sign-on deployments.

  • Recommendations for secure OSs

    The results of a recent poll showed that many of our members recommend Microsoft Windows to security-conscious clients, but a flurry of e-mails suggests that others have very different opinions. Find out what they recommend and why.

  • Battles and triumphs of Australian start-ups

    Five Aussie businesses take us behind the scenes during the early set-up phase of their tech companies.

  • AJAX gives software a fresh look

    An emerging Web development technique promises to shake up the status quo in PC software and blur the line between desktop and Web applications.

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  • Security with bite: 15 technologies tested

    In this special review, we round up the various authentication devices on the market. From fingerprint scanners, to single sign-on software and biometric technology -- we have the authentication market covered.

  • Notebook overhaul on the horizon

    Five years from now the notebook will likely be smaller and lighter, capable of making mobile phone calls on its own and running on methanol.

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