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• Getting to know GNOME

  Linux has come a long way from the early, oft-crashing days. GNOME is now one of the primary desktops for the Linux operating system; not only is it highly customisable, but it is amazingly stable. We examine why Linux -- running GNOME -- is a viable desktop alternative.

• Storage-server hybrids coming into vogue

  When designing a data centre, conventional wisdom holds that servers should do the thinking while storage systems should hang onto the data. But some industry heavyweights have begun seeing things a little differently.

• Celebrating three decades of Apple

  In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

• Can there be another Google?

  While Wall Street clamours for a piece of the search king, start-ups are trying to fill in the technology niches.

• Microsoft's nightmare inches closer to reality

  Ten years ago, Microsoft executives worried that an Internet platform could threaten Windows. The nightmare now has a name: Google.

• Technology's growing acquisition appetite

  Supersize me. If technology companies ranging from software powerhouse Oracle to fast-growing Net hotshot Skype could share a motto, it would be that oft-ridiculed fast-food pitch.

• Google vs. Yahoo: Clash of cultures

  As the two giants tussle for domination of online advertising dollars, it's increasingly clear that this tug-of-war is really a test of each company's corporate culture.

• India's licence to open source

  Does anyone really need another open-source licensing model? One of the leaders of India's IT movement says yes.

• Fighting for the right to swap

  Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.

• Will Microsoft buy Red Hat?

  OK. So anti-trust lawyers would have a field day but consider this -- the software giant is on an official spending spree and this is the best time to spread its wings ... to become the Coca-Cola of the IT industry.

• With RFID, corporate might makes right

  Retail powerhouses such as Wal-Mart gather in the United States to push development of controversial tagging technology.

• In maturing market, how can Google grow?

  Search giant will need to innovate as keyword advertising inevitably reaches a plateau.

• Broadband: Lessons from South Korea

  Connection speeds that Australians can only dream of are readily available to South Korean consumers and businesses -- thanks to government support for a massive infrastructure rollout.

• How to add more power to servers

  Understand the difference between scaling up and scaling out your server architecture and take a look at the disaster recovery challenges involved with each strategy.

• IBM ThinkPad X40

  Business travellers who like to travel light should definitely consider IBM's sleek, new, full-featured powerhouse: the ThinkPad X40.

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