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• Analysts: Microsoft feels tug of Linux

  The growing popularity of Linux will force Microsoft to bring its software to the Unix clone starting in late 2004, a research firm has predicted in a study that Microsoft promptly disputed.

• Palm deal harks back, looks forward

  News analysis: Palm is hoping that lightning will strike twice with its acquisition of Handspring, but the reunion may not be an easy one.

• Supercomputers getting super-duper

  It's getting hard to keep a place on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers.

• Microsoft discloses more Windows code

  Microsoft has disclosed technical information vital to allowing third-party developers create software that works well with Windows.

• Palm to acquire rival Handspring

  Palm will buy rival Handspring for approximately US$169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices.

• IBM embraces wireless for Australian PC launch

  IBM has embraced wireless LAN technology at the Australian launch of its new PC range.

• IBM details Blue Gene supercomputer

  IBM is shedding light on a program to create the world's fastest supercomputer, illuminating a dual-pronged strategy, an unusual new processor design and a leaning toward the Linux operating system.

• Any zing left in Iomega's Zip?

  Can Iomega put zip back into Zip? The San Diego-based company, which will introduce a faster 750MB Zip drive on the 27th of August, seems to think so. But analysts have their doubts about how much life is left in the speedy line of detachable drives.

• Intrusion detection: caught in its own web?

  Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

• Microsoft to emulate open-source updates

  Windows Server 2003 will be launched in 'modules' in an effort to make Microsoft as responsive as the open-source community to development issues.

• What next for the Internet?

  Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

• Notebook overhaul on the horizon

  Five years from now the notebook will likely be smaller and lighter, capable of making mobile phone calls on its own and running on methanol.

• Instant messaging for business: 3 packages tested

  The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?

• IBM's big thinker

  Executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger helped steer Big Blue to the Internet, Linux and open-source computing. His newest mission: grid computing.

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