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Fostering The Linux Spirit DUPLICATE

Author: JT Smith

Software-development company Bascom Global Internet Services is sponsoring the Open Source Equipment Exchange, a clearinghouse for the free exchange of used computer parts.

AOL pulls musical search engine USED THURSDAY

Author: JT Smith

AOL has pulled its digital music search engine, as it cannot reliably distinguish between legal and illegal MP3s, the company said.

MS and anti-trust: now it’s India’s turn

Author: JT Smith

India has joined in the Microsoft anti-trust
trialfest, with the country’s regulator accusing the software giant of unfair trade practices.

Category:

  • Linux

French court takes aim at Yahoo

Author: JT Smith

Auction site containing Nazi paraphernalia in
violation of country’s law.

Category:

  • Linux

Graphics software maker sues rival

Author: JT Smith

Adobe Systems Inc., maker of the dominant PC graphics software Photoshop, has sued Macromedia Inc., a leading maker of Internet design software, for allegedly violating a patent on how information is displayed on a computer screen.

Watch out, content thiefs!

Author: JT Smith

The New York Times, The Washington Post and other news companies have filed a lawsuit against an Internet company that takes news articles from their Web sites and transmits them to wireless telephone users.

Investors use ‘Net to research buys

Author: JT Smith

Mutual-fund investors have grown wary of putting their hard-earned dollars into funds that focus on upstart Internet companies…

Category:

  • Open Source

Deutsche Telekom hopes to spread T-Online

Author: JT Smith

T-Online, the Internet services provider of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom, may expand.

Category:

  • Open Source

Republicans get down and dirty with cyber-squatting

Author: JT Smith

On Monday, the Republican National Committee reserved the sites, AlandJoe.com and AlandJoe.org – named for Vice President Al Gore and his running mate.

Farmers turning to technology

Author: JT Smith

Mike Cerny isn’t simply harvesting crops when he drives his combine through corn, soybean and wheat fields on his Wisconsin farm. He’s also harvesting data.

Category:

  • Linux