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Chip firm Via said it has made improvements to its Xine open source player which supports MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 video acceleration for entertainment devices.

Microsoft is expanding a plan to draw mainframe customers to Windows for high-end applications.

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Microsoft sources suggest that a British regulatory agency's objections to an anti-Linux print advertisement are moot because the ad hasn't run in any UK publications since May.

Linux servers are on the rise again thanks in part to low-end and x86-64 based servers, according to a new survey by market research firm Gartner.

Linux is no threat to Microsoft and any claims to the contrary are simply a misconception created by sensationalism and media hype, Microsoft Australia's platform strategy manager Paul Roworth said on Wednesday.

IBM is putting final touches to plans for a Linux competency centre in South Africa.

Software maker Actuate on Tuesday proposed a project within the Eclipse open-source foundation to create freely available business intelligence and reporting software.

Here is a press-release about a new innovative product designed by Mandrakesoft and LaCie. "Globetrotter" is a mobile $219 Linux system on a USB hard-drive, in the spirit of Mandrakemove.

David Welton proposed the creation of a Linux Incompatibility List, a wiki-type web site used for tracking hardware devices that are currently known to not work with the Linux kernel.

New Beta Version Open Source Dialer Permits AOL Subscribers to Use Linux Operating System

Turku, the second largest city in Finland, has dropped its plan to switch from the Windows OS and application software to Open Office and Linux.

Windows users who need access to the tools available with Linux while running Windows, without having access to a separate machine, have until recently had two choices: if they simply need POSIX tools, they can install Cygwin; if they need a full Linux system, they can install Linux using a virtual machine such as Cygwin. Cooperative Linux provides a third choice: now users can run Linux alongside Windows.

The International Open Source Network (IOSN), an organization funded by the United Nations, has released a beginner's manual for the Linux desktop. The manual was created with the hope of nudging the fledgling tech sector in developing countries towards Open Source software options.

The United Nations, through its International Open Source Network (IOSN) will organize the first annual Software Freedom Day on Saturday in an effort to educate Asian users about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and encourage its wider use in the region.

Developers behind the next version of KDE, an open-source Linux desktop environment, are trying to make their software more accessible to people with disabilities.