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Hewlett-Packard has introduced new software designed to simplify the management of Linux on blade servers ...

Xandros, a provider of easy-to-use Linux alternatives to Windows, announced that retail giant CompUSA is now selling the Xandros desktop product in all of its stores across the United States. The Xandros product line offers home and business users a complete, stable, and secure alternative to costly Windows systems, according to the software firm ...

The market for open source and Linux development is deeply fragmented with no clear leader, according to a recent survey from Evans Data ...

The Free Standards Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and promoting open-source software standards, announced this week the opening of a Linux certification lab in China ...

U.S. stocks retreated today as investors reacted to comments made by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan that suggested U.S. trade deficits could be putting the nation's economy at long-term risk. Major indices lost ground in the face of a resurgence in oil prices and because of concern about the weak dollar ...

Phil Knight stepped down today as president and chief executive officer of Nike Inc., the athletic shoe and clothing company he co-founded in 1972 with Bill Bowerman ...

Linux vendors from Europe, Asia, and North and South America have teamed up to create a common core implementation of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0. This implementation will serve as the core for each of the new consortium members' future Linux distribution products, the companies announced jointly today ...

RightNow Technologies and UCN will team up to deliver an on-demand contact center solution, the companies announced today ...

RightNow and Quris will partner to deliver e-mail marketing programs, the companies announced today. The joint offering will combine RightNow Marketing's technology platform with Quris's campaign management strategy and services.The companies maintain that by combining services they will be able to help clients increase customer loyalty, improve revenue and implement proactive customer service...

SBC Communications and BellSouth today announced plans to acquire the online directory publisher Yellowpages.com. through the companies' Internet yellow pages joint venture ...

Sleepycat Software opened the doors of its first European office today in the United Kingdom. The office marks the company's official expansion into European markets and will provide sales, marketing and support of Sleepycat's Berkeley DB, Berkeley DB XML and Berkeley DB Java Edition database systems ...

Amazon subsidiary A9.com today released its new A9 toolbar for the Mozilla Firefox Web browser. The toolbar enables Firefox users to search the Web using A9.com bookmarks, site history, A9 lists and A9 diary features ...

Microsoft late this afternoon reported quarterly revenue and earnings that topped the company's expectations ...

Red Hat today announced the appointment of Karen Tegan-Padir as Vice President of Desktop Infrastructure Technologies. Tegan-Padir was previously an executive with Sun Microsystems where she most recently held the position of Vice President of Engineering for J2EE platforms and Application Server products ...

U.S. stocks posted gains today, with tech stocks especially strong, after a sharp drop in oil prices helped offset concern about the relative weakness of some key earnings announcements ...

Metrowerks Corporation has introduced automotive grade Linux technology that is specifically tailored for telematics deployments ...

Nokia and Land Rover have created a Personal Telephone Integration (PTI) System for Land Rover vehicles, the companies said today. The new system offers features such as connection either via Bluetooth wireless technology or via wired connection using a compatible mobile phone holder ...

Computer Associates International today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Netegrity, a leading provider of security software solutions, in an all cash merger valued at approximately US$430 million, or $10.75 per common share ...

Oil prices hit yet another record high today and once again helped send most U.S. stocks lower ...

NASA announced Tuesday that the Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have had their missions extended for an additional six months, or as long as the Martian rovers remain operational ...