Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin issued a scathing condemnation of Microsoft's recent attempts to unload Linux-related patents to patent trolls. He calls for the company to "stop secretly attacking Linux" and compete on the basis of quality rather than FUD.

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openSUSE 11.2 will be released in two months, but the recently released openSUSE 11.1 KDE4 Reloaded images give us a good preview of the upcoming 11.2 version.

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If you've been cracking your knuckles in anticipation of running StarCraft or penguin-infested operating systems on your new PS3 Slim, there's some news than needs to be brought to your attention.

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A NEW software component that ensures an operating system will "never" crash has been developed in Australia, and is potentially destined to earn billions of dollars in royalties.

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I've been waiting a long time for this release. It's the operating system I've been working with since it's beta verision. In my opinion, that when they first released the RC, I noticed a lot of bugs and such. However, now with it updates, It's closer to the RTM.

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In life I found that when one becomes overy confident is exactly the period before a fall. Be careful. All things in economy become comodities, including operating systems.

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Apple has released security updates for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 and 10.5.7 - more than six months after Sun Microsystems warned the world of flaws in its Java virtual machine that make it easy for attackers to execute malware on users' Macs, PCs, and Linux boxes.

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Now that we know Windows 7 will go on sale October 22nd and the feature-complete release candidate is available as a free download, it's time to put it through its paces: as compared to the current state of the Mac.

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Google predicts that some 18 to 20 phones, from eight to nine manufacturers, will come with Android OS installed on them by the end of the year.

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eWEEK Labs provides (almost) everything you need to know now about Windows 7, Microsoft's update to its client operating system—and what some are seeing as its Vista do-over.

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Linux is free, easy-to-use and is shedding its geeky image, thanks to fans who prefer it to Microsoft's mighty operating systems. But is it for everyone? Jamie Merrill asks four rookies to put it to the test

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But after using the beta (a term I use lightly, since this so-called beta is better than anything Microsoft ever shipped as Vista "Gold"), I can say with the utmost certainty that Windows 7 isn't only the best operating system I've used in the past decade, it might be my favorite …

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In a preliminary ruling, the European Commission told Microsoft that linking Internet Explorer to its dominant Windows operating system violates EC rules.

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Microsoft's biggest operating system competitor may not be Apple or Linux. Instead, a possible Google operating system based on its Android OS for mobile phones may power netbooks. If that's the case, the Google OS could take a serious bite out of Windows.

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Ever since the announcement this morning, I've been pondering what Microsoft Azure means to Microsoft's core business - a little desktop operating system called Windows.

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An application has expectedly quit. Windows 3.x has come to the closing moments of its long life. On 1 November Microsoft stopped issuing licences for the software that made its debut in May 1990 in the US.

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The next release of Microsoft's Windows operating system, code-named Windows 7, will be called, um, Windows 7. It's the first time a Windows release has kept its code name, and besides, it's not really the seventh release, so no wonder some observers are confused.

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"According to Microsoft's latest Silverlight announcement, Apple shows little to no interest in installing either Silverlight or Adobe Flash on its iPhones.

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On Friday, Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs.

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Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London on Wednesday.

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Although a public test version of Windows 7 is still at least a month away, Microsoft has hit a key internal milestone, according to several Windows enthusiast sites.

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An exhaustive list of clues that the era of Windows dominance may be coming to an end. Note, though, that it's an opinion piece on a Linux magazine's website.

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On the heels of Mac-clone maker Psystar getting slapped with a lawsuit by Apple for selling PCs running the Mac OS, a new entrant called Open Tech hopes to sell Mac OS-ready PCs and skirt Apple's legal wrath. I don't think it can.

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Tattoos, as a form of self-expression, are now taking the form of popular software, operating system and gaming logos.

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The first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10, codenamed Intrepid Ibex, was made available on Saturday. This preliminary Intrepid prerelease includes updated packages, a new version of the Linux kernel, and an experimental new visual style.

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