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By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com Published: May 13, 2008, 4:56 PM EST Although by now we already know most of the details on the MSI Wind, the company has just cleared up some of the remaining questions - such as ... via TechSpot

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Computerworld newsletters! Red Hat Fedora users who wanted an easier way to use the popular and free community-supported Linux operating system on portable USB thumb drives have had their wishes granted. via Computerworld

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LANDesk software's Patch Manager is offered on its own and as a component of LANDesk's Security Suite or Management Suite; we tested only Patch Manager. via Imaging Magazine

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“So not only does the $50 discount get you a smaller disk drive, it also gives you an OS that takes up more of that disk drive.”

A Windows machine that's cheaper than a roughly equivalent Linux version? How could that be? That's the question making its way around the Linux blogs these days as Asus has begun selling a version of its Eee ... via TechNewsWorld

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Fedora 9, the latest release from the Fedora Project, goes up for download on Tuesday. via The Register

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“It looks like Sun's got a lot more vision these days”

Sun Microsystems is trying to rejuvenate Java, using the JavaOne conference last week to position the 13-year-old Java platform as a foundation for next-generation technologies in such spaces as rich Internet ... via Infoworld

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SELinux takes the existing GNU/Linux operating system and extends it with kernel and user-space modifications to make it bullet-proof. If you're running a 2.6 kernel today, you might be surprised to know that ... via OSNews.com

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“In the end, the court hinted twice that, if it was to judge about the case, Skype would not have very high chances”

Skype has abandoned its efforts to avoid complying with an open-source licence that requires it to provide source code with Linux-based VoIP phones. via BuilderAU.com.au

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Robert Buchholz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-08 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... via SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities

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One of the oft-mentioned weaknesses of Linux, fragmentation, just happens to be one of its greatest strengths. via Librenix

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