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    Exclusive: Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, playing up to his legendary image as a hard-driving salesman, didn't mince words in discounting the gathering threat to Microsoft's ambitions posed by Linux.

  • Unisys gives Linux a second try

    Longtime Microsoft partner Unisys has begun offering Linux from Red Hat and Novell on its multiprocessor servers, a change of heart that reflects a new seriousness about the open-source operating system.

  • Vulnerability hits Java for mobile phones

    A Polish researcher has found two vulnerabilities in the mobile phone version of Sun Microsystems' Java software that under unusual circumstances could let a malicious program read private information or render a phone unusable.

  • Intel to speed lagging Linux support

    Smarting from criticism from open-source programmers, Intel has committed to release Linux versions of essential supporting software at about the same time it releases Windows versions.

  • 64-bit Intel server onslaught begins

    Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM and others will announce on Monday in the US the first servers to use Intel Xeon processors augmented with 64-bit extensions, a technology with major long-term implications.

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  • 64-bit Intel server onslaught begins

    Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM and others will announce on Monday in the US the first servers to use Intel Xeon processors augmented with 64-bit extensions, a technology with major long-term implications.

  • Java desktop wins over major Irish bank

    Sun Microsystems announced late yesterday that Allied Irish Bank would migrate 7,500 of its users to the Java Desktop System software.

  • AMD touts Linux support for new chips

    Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said Thursday that it expects the next major public update for the Linux operating system to include support for the company's x86-64 technology--the basis for its next generation of processors, known as the Hammer family.

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  • Intel to speed lagging Linux support

    Smarting from criticism from open-source programmers, Intel has committed to release Linux versions of essential supporting software at about the same time it releases Windows versions.

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