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  • 2007: How was it for Google?

    ZDNet Australia searches through the year that was for Google.

  • Embedded Linux company woos Red Hatter

    Specifix, a company that customises Linux for embedded computing devices, has hired its new chief operating officer from Red Hat, the company said on Wednesday.

  • MontaVista beats real-time Linux deadline

    MontaVista Software, a company that sells Linux for embedded computing devices such as telecommunications gear, plans to announce on Tuesday that it's hit a speed goal earlier than expected.

  • Novell eyes move into embedded Linux

    Novell, which sells Linux for servers and desktop computers, is considering a move into the market for embedded computing for devices such as mobile phones and vending machines.

  • LinuxWorld: turning up Linux legal heat

    The legal war over Linux escalated as the SCO Group found itself on the receiving end of lawsuits and as SCO outlined its plans to license the operating system--all this against the backdrop of the LinuxWorld conference.

  • Embedded Linux alive and kicking

    The dot-com hype is history, but Linux companies are betting on success in everything from set-top boxes to robots.

  • It's a Matrix moment for Linux

    We are finding out that the brains of Linux programmers have been floating in tanks, feeding the parasitic robots (lawyers) who are calling the shots at financially strapped SCO. Now it's time to harvest those brains.

  • Standards help Linux avoid Unix fate

    Efforts to prevent the Linux from splitting into several incompatible versions--a problem that has in the past hobbled Unix, the operating system upon which Linux is modeled,"have moved several steps ahead.

  • ARM powers up portable 'penguin'

    Lineo and ARM will collaborate at an engineering level to bring Lineo's embedded Linux to microprocessors based on ARM cores. What does this mean for players in the portable space?

  • Open source Visionary: Business not spooked by Linux

    Linux expert claims the open-source community will not make the mistakes of the Unix world.

  • A walk on the embedded side

    ZDNet takes a "walk on the embedded side" of the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. Read about the current trends, technologies and the latest in Embedded Linux -- the next big frontier for Linux.

  • iAwards winners announced

    The Commonwealth Bank has taken out the award for best Financial Industry Application at the Australian Information Industry Association iAwards held in Melbourne last night.

  • 2002 shows its silly side

    From vibrating arms to security-busting jelly babies, 2002 has had its fair share of adventures on the weird side.

  • Malware proves an OS X threat

    The release of Apple's latest security patches prove conclusively that there's no such thing as an operating system impervious to security risks, especially when it comes to malware.

  • Java pros sign up for virtual bot battle

    More than 120,000 developers have already signed up for a Java coding competition which will see the finalist's virtual robots battle it out in August.

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