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Unfazed, IBM pumps Power chip program

Fresh after getting publicly dumped by Apple Computer, IBM is taking new measures to spread its Power processors and make them a stronger competitor to Intel chips. Read more »

New Linux look fuels old debate

Efforts to bring glitzy new graphics to Linux are fuelling an old conflict: Does proprietary software belong in open-source Linux? Read more »

Red Hat attempts to win back developers

The Linux seller is promising to make up for its mistreatment of developers by improving its focus on its free offering. Read more »

Red Hat release Fedora with virtualisation

Red Hat has released Fedora Core 4, a free version of Linux the company is using to advance virtualisation, programming tools and other software at the frontier of open-source development. Read more »

Microsoft: It's time to wrestle Longhorn

In addition to a holiday-season XP push, the software giant says it's going to revisit plans for the next major update. Read more »

IBM regains supercomputer bragging rights

IBM has regained dominance on a list of the 500 fastest supercomputers and has also landed two unusual prototypes in the top 10. Read more »

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XFree86 gives boost to Linux graphics

The XFree86 Project issues an update to let its software, a key part of Linux, work better with more-modern graphics chips and operating systems. Read more »

10 things you should know about every Linux installation

Before installing Linux you must realise that there may be a few "new ways of doing things" to learn. Here are 10 tips to get you started. Read more »

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Newbie guide to Google's Android

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Google's platform for mobile devices has been announced and ready for developers to get their hands dirty. Here's the basics of what it's all about and the core architecture overview. Read more »

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  • Staff Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

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  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff Unlocking Android

    In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »

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