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IT Management Linux News for Aug 27, 2009
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Saving Linux cash on Vista clunkers (Aug 27, 2009, 22:32)
Cyber Cynic: "My friend Joe Eckert recently
penned a short, funny piece entitled, "Does Tech Need a Boost? How
About "Cash for Vista?". After I got done smiling at it, I thought:
why not offer desktop Linux to people with Vista clunkers?
Seriously, why not?"
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xTuple Open Source Summit For Business and Government (Aug 27, 2009, 20:37)
xTuple press release: "What: Open Waters is a
one-day educational event. Attendees will learn business benefits,
implementation tips, and best practices for open source."
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Secure VoIP, GNU SIP Witch, and replacing Skype with free software (Aug 27, 2009, 20:17)
LXer Feature: "For a number of years I have
been when possible working on what is called the GNU Telephony
Secure Calling initiative to make communication intercept a thing
of the past, whether for individuals, private organizations, or
national governments, and to do so entirely using free
software."
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SCO Will Try Again (Aug 27, 2009, 19:32)
Linux Journal: "To hear some tell it, SCO has
emerged triumphant, Novell is vanquished, darkness shall reign in
the whole of the land, and male pattern baldness will engulf us
all."
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Iomega unveils new Linux-based, entry-level NAS server (Aug 27, 2009, 16:32)
Computerworld: "The Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d
NAS server, based on EMC's AX line of low-end arrays, runs on Linux
and can be set up in in a few minutes via four mouse clicks,
according to the company."
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Microsoft Seeks Patent for CAPTCHA-Based Ads (Aug 27, 2009, 15:04)
InternetNews: "Microsoft is seeking to patent a
method for using a popular human-verification technology on the Web
to deliver advertising to a captive audience."
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The i4i-Microsoft Appeal - HP and Dell Ask to File Amicus Briefs in Support of Microsoft (Aug 27, 2009, 14:32)
Groklaw: "They will say their businesses will
be deleteriously affected if they can't ship Word, and the world as
we know it will halt if the judge doesn't turn this around and
block the injunction at least until the appeal can be heard."
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Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks (Aug 27, 2009, 14:02)
New York Times: "Like a ghost ship, a rogue
software program that glided onto the Internet last November has
confounded the efforts of top security experts to eradicate the
program and trace its origins and purpose, exposing serious
weaknesses in the world’s digital infrastructure."
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2000 ISVs Embrace Novell SUSE Appliance Program (Aug 27, 2009, 12:34)
The VAR Guy: "More than 2,000 independent
software vendors (ISVs) have signed up for the SUSE Appliance
Program — which is less than a month old. Pretty darn
impressive, assuming those ISVs move forward with Novell."
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