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    Wal-Mart is the latest customer to purchase both Microsoft software and support certificates for Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

  • Microsoft 'Vista Capable' debacle points to Intel

    Internal Microsoft e-mails coming to light in a class action against the software company have shown a tangle of chaos -- involving Intel -- surrounding the controversial Vista Capable logo.

  • Dell buys in to Microsoft-Novell pact

    Dell has become the first PC maker to put its support behind Microsoft and Novell's effort to bridge the gap between Windows and Linux server computing.

  • Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts

    Following some frosty responses to Microsoft's controversial patent deal with Novell last year, the software maker has begun a more aggressive attempt to persuade open-source software companies to license its know-how.

  • Brambles creates CIO role

    Logistics giant Brambles has announced it is appointing Jim Infinger to the newly created position of chief information officer.

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    Upstart operating system company Lindows is hoping to deal a final death blow to the suit brought against it by Microsoft.

  • 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.

  • SanDisk CEO flashes forward to phones

    SanDisk co-founder and CEO Eli Harari continues to fight the good fight against Apple's iPod juggernaut, but even he's starting to look toward the future.

  • Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007

    Welcome to the CIO Vision Series and congratulations to Cesare Tizi, who was awarded the ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year award for 2007. Tizi was recognised for the work he did while successfully leading Australia's largest energy supplier, AGL Energy, through a period of intense change.

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    The software maker introduces a version of Linux aimed at enterprise customers, hoping to move the open-source software beyond servers and low-cost PCs.

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  • Lindows bids to scuttle Microsoft court action

    Upstart operating system company Lindows is hoping to deal a final death blow to the suit brought against it by Microsoft.

  • Lindows--low cost, but a changed tune

    Lindows.com, maker of a Linux-based operating system originally designed to run popular Windows programs, is offering PC makers a flat-rate licensing plan for its OS, in contrast to the per-unit fees charged by Microsoft and others.

  • Microsoft music store to open next year

    The software giant confirms plans that it will launch its own music-download store, putting it on the path to direct competition with Apple's iTunes and a growing list of rival digital song stores.

  • What to know before you buy

    Can you really trust what a salesman tells you? Get the essential information before you enter the store. ZDNet partner Consumer Reports magazine brings you tips on buying everything from DVD players to cordless phones.

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