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2007 10 17

New KDE 3 Released (and Another KDE 4 Preview)

Microsoft Gets the "Cancer" it Wished for

MSBBC Makes 'Progress', But Still Burns Money, Uses DRM with Binary Blobs, Treats Non-Windows Users Like Second-class Citizens

The Microsoft 'Grand Lockin Plan' Outlined

Sun Keeps Wooing Linux Devs, Users with OpenSolaris

New Milestones for ODF, OOXML is Apprently Struggling (as a Standardisation Contender)

Linux Runs on 5 Watts

Many New Reasons to Use Linux Get Listed (by Windows Consultant Too)

Lots More Software is Coming to Linux

Asian Nations Collaborate on Mobile Linux

Linux Makes the Only PC You Actually Own

ALSA Proves Its Still Alive with New Release

Company Chooses the GNU GPL for New Software

Novell Unveils New Software Suite, Mono(vell) Shows Its Weaknesses Already

Europe's Ruling Against Microsoft Apparently Hurt Microsoft in Asia As Well

An Early Look at Ubuntu 7.10 Two Days Before Release (New York Times Also)

Leech Company Shows How to Make Money the Open Source Way

Free (Open Source) Software Suits Small Businesses, New Products Arrive

VIA Shows Increasing Support for Linux

Another Pair of Companies Use Linux for Innovation Values

Linux Turns Useless PCs into Home Threatres

New High-end Processor Runs Linux

Linux Clusters Take Over Nations

Linux Development Force -- Contributions Breakdown

Puppy Linux Reviewed, Gets Recommendation

Firefox Gets a New Face for Linux

Linux Foundation to Study Linux's Global Growth, Pleased with Work of Torvalds

Novell's Exclusionary Patent Deal Excludes it from Relevance

PS3 Sales Spike Seen, Units Used as a Linux-based Supercomputer Replacement

The New Mandriva and Latest Wine Receive Praise

IBM Boosts Linux Presence in China

Linux Gets Coverage in the Wall Street Journal

Open Source Software Pays Off, So Companies Give Back

Free Software Value Realised by Healthcare

Next PostgreSQL Reaches Beta, KDE Report on KDE 4 Progress

GNOME to Present at Embedded Linux Conference, Now Supports YouTube inside Totem

Ubuntu Linux is Growing at Windows' Expense

Ubuntu Linux Server Receives More Focus

Ubuntu Linux Gets Prettier and Easier Than Other O/Ses

Governments Crack Down on Free Speech

Patent System Definitely Broken, Says Writer and Evidence

Open Source Software Pays Off (Like Illegal Monopolies, But Without All the Fraud)

Windows-centric Company Devoured by Acer

Microsoft Windows Zombies Are Big 'Business', Everyone Suffers

1-Click Patent Dies, Microsoft Makes a Mockery of USPTO

New Linux Products Worth Avoiding

Mobile Browser Preinstalls Put to Question, IE7 Wide Open for Attacks

New Linux Kernel Benchmark, Benefits Found

Microsoft Windows Zombies Still Make Cyber and Financial Chaos

Gates and Wives Expand 'Gates [Lobbying] Fund[ation]'

Dell and Microsoft Have a 'Chat' About Problems, Fraud at Microsoft's Communication Server Pals

Micrososft's "Competition by Proxy"

Microsoft Under Fire Over E-mail Mess, Windows Zombie Spewage, Broken Filtering

Another Niche Domain Where Linux Reigns

iPhones Hacked Again, Reasons Given to Avoid the iPhone

MSBBC Going Digital, with Microsoft and Windows in Sight

WIntel Gets More Greedy, Destructive, Deceptive

Symbian Interface Could/Might Become Linux Compatible

Microsoft Cutting Down on its Own Inertia Factor (Pirates)

Yahoo Accused of Lying After Assiting Suppressors

An Open Source Answer to Binary WWW, California Insists on Standards

Microsoft is Most Scared of Linux

More Evidence of Increased Embrace of Open Source Software

Windows Vista Bugs Galore

Vista Ditching in Progress, Might Windows ME be Better Than Vista?

Vista Still Rejected Everywhere...

More GNU/Linux Articles Showing up in WSJ, Deccan Herald

The Weather Says It's All About Free Software

Vietnma's Distination is Open Source O/S (Linux)

Self Nuke: Automatic Update Leads to Office 2007 and Windows Vista Problems

Romanian Libraries Gave up on Proprietary Software

Doctorow Fights for Internet Freedoms While Telecoms Fraud Takes Them Away

OIN Comes to Linux Rescue Just in Case USPTO Stays Broken

Small Businesses Have Plenty to Find in OpenOffice.org

Ubuntu 7.10 Coming Tomorrow, Xubuntu 7.10 RC Reviewed

Free Software Patched 20 Times Faster Than Proprietary Software

Kren Introduces Readers to Linux, Calls it Easy

Jealousy Drives Wife to Linux

Third World Countries Wipe Hard Drives to Install Linux

Oracle and Others Make Donations and Use of Open Source Software

$100 Laptop and Linux Tablet Get D-I-Y Improvements

Even openSUSE 10.3 is More Welcome Than Windows Vista

Virtual Linux Appliances Elminate "Too Many Linuxes" FUD

Linux Gets Another Audio Program, State-of-the-art Search Software

Open Source Project Rising Demand Illustrated, FSF/GNU Sites Improved

Free Software in the Philippines Gets a Boost

New Key Contracts for Open Source Software Companies

More Open Source Code Produced, More Software for Linux Released