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Microsoft, Linux rivals mock Google Chrome OS

Operating system crippled by reliance on web access

Google releases Chrome OS to waiting world

Stresses speed and security of operating system.

NSA helped with work on Windows 7 security

Privacy organisations concerned about spooks' involvement.

Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 gets Marketplace

Not all apps are available to users with older phones

Hackers skip Windows 7 activation controls

Microsoft stepping up efforts to prevent OS being cracked.

Microsoft confirms first Windows 7 zero-day bug

Urges users to block ports, but workaround cripples browsers

Apple Safari gets security fix in update

Windows users get patch that Leopard users received more than two months ago

Linux apps invade Windows Visual Studio

Novell has released a Mono plugin for Microsoft's development environment

AMD shows off Windows 7 gear

AMD chips to power Acer netbooks, Dell media centre PCs

Cisco warns customers off Windows 7

Communications vendor won't support Microsoft OS until 2010

Chip makers push Google Android devices

ARM and MIPS aim to put mobile OS everywhere

Microsoft Office 2010 beta available for download

Developers can get hands on software preview

Microsoft previews Office 2010 beta to developers

But pirated copies of the software are already leaked online

HP looks to reduce thin client complexity

Launches new products and talks up costs savings

Microsoft releases Windows 7 download code under GPL v2

Windows 7 download tool includes open source

Google Chrome OS may launch this week

Google's open source operating system may be close to launch, according to reports

Fortinet detects increase in malware levels

Four-fold increase since September

Apple Snow Leopard update breaks Hackintosh netbooks

Macintosh OS drops support for Intel Atom processors

Microsoft Windows 7 tool rips off open source code, says blogger

Netbook upgrade utility runs afoul of the GPL

Microsoft, Novell defend alliance

Open source advocates remain sceptical


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