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Police utilize Segways for transport

Machines afford an "above the crowd" perspective, which is perfect for security

Novell feels “passionate” about Linux

But will more love be coming from rival Red Hat as a major Linux provider?

EFF complains to FTC over AOL search breach

Organization wants AOL to notify affected parties and pay for credit monitoring

Sony to help pay for Dell recall

Sony, who built the batteries in the incendiary laptops, promises to share the as yet undetermined cost of the massive recall

Open-source model comes to BPM

Adaptive Planning releases open-source version of reporting and analytics product

Dell recall — free battery refresh, or pain in the butt?

Dell's recall: battery bonanza, or pain in the butt?

Slashdot talkback: OpenOffice security

Startup launches SMB Linux package

Collax unveils flagship product that combines security, networking, and communications software

Update: Sun inches closer to open-source Java

Sun launches a portal site as a forum for input on the best way to take Java to open source

Indian outsourcers continue to make gains

Study: Major global service providers are losing ground to large Indian firms

IBM positions mainframes for SOA

Tivoli products help manage workloads, secure SOA

Phone enables Linux application tests

Trolltech's Greenphone can be used to test how mobile apps work on a live cellular network

Ingres, rPath detail software appliance

Project Icebreaker is designed to simplify system maintenance

Oracle enhances Linux pretesting

Validated Configurations program gains three partners

Lenovo debuts Linux ThinkPads

ThinkPad T60p is Lenovo's first laptop to come preloaded with the Linux OS

AMD launches ‘Rev F’ Opteron server chip

HP, IBM, and Sun plan to sell servers using the Next-Generation AMD Opteron Processor

Sun talks Java, storage at LinuxWorld

Users light up over loose Leopard

Motorola turns to Linux for phones

World's second largest mobile handset maker aims to look into open source for future device direction

Update: Dell to recall 4.1 million laptop batteries

Citing a fire hazard, company embarks on largest recall in consumer electronics history

Programmers top annual salary gains

Northeast and West Coast tech workers have highest wages in U.S., according to survey

Movie service sued over spyware

Washington sues Movieland.com for forcing users to sign up for paid service

Ruby shining on .Net Down Under

Aussie developers ready compiler for scripting language

Linux groups team on mobile standards

The two groups will work together to create common requirements and specifications for Linux-based devices, they announced Monday

Apple suffers Leopard leak – really

MS, AOL tag along behind 2.0 trend

The freeing of Flex 2.0

Oracle zeros in on SOA

A truckload of middleware products, including acquired technologies, are packaged together

AOL acquires chat, IM vendor Userplane

AIM aims to expand its IM service, focus more on social networking with Userplane purchase

Oracle ups stake in India’s i-flex

Oracle's $125M investment will help i-flex acquire compliance software vendor Mantas

SMS meets Blarney Stone

Government in talks with Vodafone to develop apps encouraging use of native language

Lenovo booted from Hong Kong’s stock index

Removal is a humiliation for the company but some analysts reckon Lenovo is on the mend

Palamida, Black Duck advance IP wares at LinuxWorld

Automation tool to check code is unveiled

Zimbra deepens e-mail collaboration

Open-source groupware vendor releases new version of collaboration suite

Logitech offers new VOIP products

Logitech introduces a speakerphone and cordless handset designed for VOIP calling

Dell offers refund to unhappy Chinese customers

Class-action lawsuit over processor mix-up in Dell laptops set to proceed

In Brief: Tokyo hit by power outage

PalmSource releases open-source code

PalmSource unveils an initiative to support the development of mobile apps based on Access Linux Platform

IBM preps Linux version of Sametime

Linux version of IBM's enterprise instant messaging platform will ship next month

Quote of the day: Open source hardware

Hackers hunting for unpatched Microsoft computers

Hackers target flaw in networking function within Windows used for file sharing and printing

HP announces support for Debian Linux

HP is the first major hardware maker to align itself with the community-based Linux OS

AJAX e-mail and more

Zimbra launches Version 4.0 of its Collaboration Suite, reaching beyond whizzy AJAX-based e-mail to document creation and sharing

IBM continues spree with purchase of FileNet

Big Blue follows up recent acquisitions with enterprise content management play

Hackers beware: You are what you type

In an InfoWorld interview, computer forensics expert Dr. Neal Krawetz reveals how key taps and other clues can identify online bad guys

Migrating EJB 2.x applications to EJB 3.0

Gradually and iteratively adopt the benefits of the newest EJB specification

Agitar testing product will write code

Testing software vendor to introduce software that will generate alternate bug-free and efficient code

PC at 25: Hold the obituary

OpenOffice.org security ‘insufficient’

Researchers at French Ministry of Defense say vulnerabilities with open source office suite may rival those of Microsoft's version

CDMA cutbacks lead Nokia to lay off U.S. workers

It expects to eliminate about 600 jobs in the process, cutting a work force of about 1,150 to roughly 550