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  • Linspire getting swallowed by Xandros

    Linspire, the Linux company started by Michael Robertson, is ready to fully assume its place as a footnote in operating system history.

  • Linux seller gunning for search

    Linux seller Linspire has embedded search capabilities into its newly upgraded operating system in an effort to make looking for news or products as easy as highlighting a word on a Web page or e-mail.

  • Open-source VoIP 'will be bigger than Linux'

    Jon 'Maddog' Hall, the president of open-source organisation Linux International, told the LinuxWorld Expo in London on Wednesday that open-source voice-over-IP (VoIP) will be bigger than Linux.

  • Will VoIP grow faster than Linux?

    Michael Robertson -- founder of MP3.com, Linspire and SIPphone, which specialises in Internet telephony -- has been embroiled in a lot of controversies.

  • Microsoft pays to end Lindows suits

    Microsoft will pay upstart Linux seller Lindows US$20 million to settle a long-running trademark dispute, according to a regulatory document filed Monday.

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  • Getting bad with Apple

    Michael Robertson started MP3.com and Linspire. Now he's taking on iTunes with BadApple.

  • Lindows mobilizes Centrino support

    Desktop Linux software maker Lindows.com released on Thursday a version of its operating system that features support for Intel's Centrino chips for wireless notebooks.

  • Lindows offers easier-to-install Linux

    The company, which tries to make the Linux operating system more consumer-friendly, has introduced a version of the OS that runs directly from a CD-ROM.

  • It's reality check time for Lindows

    Lindows.com, the operating system maker, is being forced to re-evaluate its strategy to lure the average consumer away from Windows. The company has increasingly moved away from its original claim to fame--running popular Windows applications on a non-Microsoft platform.

  • LindowsOS: What to expect

    Michael Robertson, CEO of Lindows.com is hoping the LindowsOS will be the breakthrough product that will finally bring Linux into homes and the enterprise.

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