I've been using linux for quite some time now, and I've never had any problem with spyware or virus infections. At the other end of the spectrum we have Windows.
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Can Microsoft Office Withstand the Onslaught of the Freebies?
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OpenOffice and Symphony are compatible with the Open Document Format, an industry standard that allows programs from different developers to read each other's documents and preserve typefaces, paragraphs, indents, tabs, bullets, numbering and so forth. Both free suites also support the proprietary but widely copied formats that Microsoft used in its basic Office products until the 2007 version.
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Dossia and Boston's CHIP Go Free/Open Source LGPL License
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Dossia a consortium of companies for "Lifelong Personally-Controlled Health Record" has announced that they will be using the LGPL (a FOSS license) licensed Indivo personally controlled health record software for Boston's Childrens Hospital Information Program (CHIP)
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Are 'naked PCs' good for businesses?
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UK businesses have backed calls for computers to be sold 'naked'--without a bundled Microsoft Windows operating system.
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U.S. antitrust officials OK Yahoo's Zimbra deal
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U.S. antitrust officials have approved Yahoo's (purchase of e-mail software maker Zimbra for $350 million, the Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday.
Antitrust authorities took a preliminary look at the deal and said it posed no antitrust concerns, the FTC said in a statement
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LiPS synchs with OMA on mobile Linux
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The confusing world of standards for mobile versions of Linux became a little less confusing last week with a declaration of "alignment" between two key players.
The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) announced "a formal liaison and framework for cooperation" at the Open Source in Mobile (OSiM) conference in Madrid.
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Combo PMP/Linux boot device gains online storage
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TurboLinux says it has added online storage capabilities to its combination PMP (portable media player) and personal Linux boot device. The "Wizpy" device will soon gain support for network-based file storage, thanks to a deal with third-party storage service provider Omnidrive.
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Linux to power mysterious mobile gadget?
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Israel-based Emblaze Mobile has announced a mysterious new mobile communications device, expected to ship in 2008. The undefined and unnamed device reportedly has been developed in collaboration with Sharp and Access, the latter of which has lately been hard at work perfecting a Linux stack for mobile devices
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Only 5% of UK firms always choose open source
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Most UK firms are happy to use open source software, but prefer to weigh up each project individually rather than automatically take the open route.
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Everything I need to know about SOA I learned from Linux
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While there are volumes of online magazines, blogs, trade magazines, and books written about Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), everything I need to know about SOA, I already learned from Linux and the Open Source Software movement.
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Personal Health Records with another perpesctive.
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Open MedicDrive,a collaborative open architecture based application has launched the educational Wiki for advancing and educating users about the role of Healthcare Information Technology in Personal Health Record Management.
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Seven Companies Decide Open Source Is the Future of Cellphone Technology
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ARM is a British company best known for designing chips for cellphones and licensing them to semiconductor companies. The company’s technology is the most widely used in cellphones, though any company implementing the technology modifies it however it deems best. But now a new effort is under way to exploit this chip technology by creating a standard layer of software.
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UK culture holding back open source
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Industry experts have identified cultural, as well as technical, factors affecting the take up of open source software in the UK.
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Linux-based airline seat-back entertainment system is a winner
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The Linux-based eX2 in-flight entertainment system (IFE) from Panasonic Avionics was the big winner at this year's Avion Awards, sponsored by an IFE trade group. The Best Overall IFE awards went to Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways, all running variants of eX2.
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Turbulence in the Open Source Linux Space
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Based on the various perspectives studied in this report, we believe that the recent consolidation activities and consequent price war in the Linux market are surely expected to boost the market. We expect other IT majors, such as Sun Microsystems, to eventually enter this market with more advanced technology.
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