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For the past 20 years MicrosoftRelevant Products/Services from Microsoft has been pushing its Office productivity Latest News about productivity suite, which is a major reason why it has become so entrenched in the business environment. Each time an alternative has shown up, the software giant typically has adapted to these competitive threats by shifting its focus with ease.

However, with Massachusetts ousting Microsoft Office and governments around the world moving to open-source software, is the threat posed by open-source alternatives, such as OpenOffice and Sun's Star Office, becoming more serious? And should Microsoft be concerned?

LinuxForce Wins Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Contract; Technology Firm to Provide Debian GNU/Linux Technical Support and Services

PROPRIETARY software often spawns proprietary training, with only one official route to certification.

In the Linux world, there are three main certification tracks to choose from: that of Red Hat, the Linux Professional Institute or Novell. Picking a winner no simple task.

PORTLAND, Ore. — As a kid in the 1980s, Bart Massey spent hours tinkering with computer programs, writing his own source code and then sharing it with friends. He and his buddies comprised a small band of curious computer whizzes with no agenda, and certainly no rules. Over time, that code-sharing would come to be known as open source: "We just didn't have a name for it then," says Mr. Massey, today a computer science professor at Portland State University.

SGI Diskless Operation Server Solution Solves System Administration Challenges of Managing Data at Multiple Levels of Security

Of course, you can play DVDs on Linux, and you most certainly can have it in SuSE Linux 10, but to do so, you have to jump through a few hoops, make a few modifications, and possibly break a few laws — kind of like yanking the catalytic converter and adding Euro-spec Bosch headlights and a high-performance intake and exhaust system to your high-performance German touring sedan. Due to a variety of legal issues, SuSE Linux 10 cannot include working copies of a number of components needed for DBD playback. So, the first thing to do is remove the bad parts to make room for the new ones. Fire up a command prompt, type…

[Ed: Make sure the laws in your country permit the use of Linux and DVDs. -tadelste]

The vast majority of public service websites in Europe are failing to meet international e-accessibility standards.

That's according to a report released by the UK EU presidency, which shows that a mere 3 percent of public service websites are fully meeting the terms of the minimum accessibility requirements as stated by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines.

Ubuntu and its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, both won awards at the Linux New Media Awards at last week's Linux World Expo in Frankfurt, Germany

Cray has lots of smart people, and it will proceed with its plans to make specialized Linux-Opteron supercomputers as well as its vector machines and the future "Cascade" supers, whatever they might end up being.

Big Blue's also taken the leader spot in overall Linux-based server revenue worldwide in 3Q05, with 29.7 percent of the revenue, up 32 per cent year-on-year.

CGA has already deployed a four-teraflop HP supercomputer running the Linux operating system to advance its life sciences computational biology research

Japanese vendor NEC has signed a 10-year deal with US firm Stratus Technologies establishing a joint product development alliance and a long-term hardware purchasing arrangement for the development of fault-tolerant Linux and Windows servers to be used in critical uptime systems.

Mozilla vice-president of products Christopher Beard announced last week that there is a "strong likelihood that the newest version of Firefox 1.5 will be available on November 29.

Damn Small Linux is a distribution built for small size (under 50 MB) but with powerful features. DSL is useful. What I mean by that is, much of the fluff that actually wastes CPU cycles and RAM is left out of this system so what you get is a ground level, fast operating system that can revitalize old hardware and perform almost every task you throw at it.

The project aims to port open source operating systems like GNU/Linux and Darwin to the Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console.

Our Senior Editor puts years of home-renovating experience to work in planning computing, networking, RF, audio and video in his family's"ultimate" house.

The first test release of Fedora Core 5 provides an intriguing glimpse of what's coming down the pipe next February.

If you love the cool looks and diminutive size of Apple's Mac Mini but are unwilling to move from Windows or Linux to Mac OS, check out AOpen's stylish and capable MiniPC.

Like its Mac counterpart, the MiniPC measures 6.5 inches square and 2 inches tall. But instead of white, AOpen uses a silver finish featuring a grid of small dots on top and a blue-lit power button in front.

I’ve found this post on the blog of Ben Rockwood, explaining everything. Read about the death of Enlightenment.org. In short, the domain registration has expired, and the guy who is officially the owner has disappeared.

Saturday, November 26, 2005: In what can be termed as a historic development in information technology, developers of some major Web browsers — Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and KDE's Konqueror have agreed on a common set of security features that must be present in Web browsers. These will be effected in future versions of these popular browsers. The decision has been reached to provide users with a richer, better browsing experience without compromising on security.