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• Printers a weak link in network security

  The multifunction printers found in many offices are not dumb devices, but are computers that can be hacked, a security expert has warned.

• IBM: 'LAMP' users need to grow up

  Businesses that run on the Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP/Python (LAMP) model will have to "grow up" to avoid reliability issues in future, an IBM executive said.

• Ballmer grins and bears Linux-a little

  Despite his fondness for Windows, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company will make it easier for businesses to manage a wide variety of machines -- including those running Linux.

• PeopleSoft makes the Linux leap

  Business software maker PeopleSoft is jumping on the Linux bandwagon and calling on IBM for a hand up.

• UPDATE: Linus Torvalds claims SCO 'smoking gun' backfires

  SCO's display of code it alleges was copied into the Linux kernel by IBM -- a piece of evidence critical to its US$3 billion lawsuit against Big Blue -- has come under fire from Linux advocates who claim the code shown was released under an open-source licence several years ago.

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• Who's afraid of the $200 Linux PC?

  Cheap PCs with a Linux operating system seem to have hit the users' sweet spots, with taking the plunge into the alternate OS not nearly as hard as users had thought.

• Linux community scoffs at SCO's evidence

  As pictures of contested Linux code make their way online, open-source enthusiasts are bashing The SCO Group for its claims that the code shows it has legal rights over the OS.

• Time to ignore SCO?

  Linux users are safe even if the courts rule in favour of the SCO Group, says one technology law expert. Is it time for the IT industry to move on?

• Linux and outsourcing 'set for boom'

  In 2004, Linux will expand its presence in key markets, while offshore outsourcing will continue at a brisk pace, analysis firm Forrester Research predicted on Wednesday.

• Getting a glimpse at SCO's evidence

  In a quiet Las Vegas conference room, the company offers customers, partners and the merely curious the chance to view controversial Linux code for themselves.

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• Linux start-up eyes consumer electronics

  MontaVista Software is set to unveil a version of the open-source OS for consumer-electronics devices, seeking to have its software used in everything from karaoke wares to high-end TVs.

• CES 2003: Anywhere, anytime technology

  Gadgets featured at the Consumer Electronics Show 2003 make technology available anywhere, anytime. ZDNet Australia presents this special coverage of the show.

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