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Mozilla's Ubquity Mashup: For The Masses?
It wants to help you paste actual content instead of links into an e-mail or Web page.

iPhone Users Just Want to Have Fun
Yes, it's a mobile Web productivity tool, but the most popular apps for the iPhone are mostly games and entertainment.

Oops! I Fixed the Linux Kernel
Make no mistake: Efforts like "oops" show the Linux community's focus on improving code quality, fixing bugs and even enlisting non-technical users to help the cause.

Jim Zemlin: The New Center of Linux Gravity
What is the Linux Foundation doing now -- 18 months after its inception?

Microsoft's Novell Investment Tops $340M
The deal will provide a margin of profitability for Microsoft and help Novell in its fight with Red Hat.

Fedora 10 Takes Shape
Red Hat's next-generation Linux distribution shows off some early new features as it preps for release.

IBM Gives a Mobile Voice to Developers
Big Blue extends speech engine to developers to spur mobile device applications.

Inadequate Tools Send Software Down the Drain
It's all about requirements definition, but antiquated tools and methodologies see money wasted.

USB 3.0 One Step Closer to Reality
Intel releases a near-final spec that all USB vendors can use to make products that can run 10 times faster than USB 2.0.

Would-Be Linux Contributors May Get a Leg Up
To better the OS and grow participation, Linux's backers want to help developers negotiate what's become a complex community of people and processes.

SAP, Oracle Holding Out on Ubuntu?
As Canonical grows its Ubuntu partners, at least two important software vendors still do not support its version of Linux.

GIPS Technology to Voice-Enable iPhone Apps
iPhone version of Global IP Solutions' VoiceEngine Mobile will smooth developers' path to VoIP enhancements.

Citrix CTO Eyes the Future of Virtualization
Emerging standards in virtualization bring enterprises closer to the promise of anywhere, anytime computing.

The Pitfalls of Open Source Litigation
Some large companies try to sidestep the tangled web of licenses that apply to open source software.

LiMo Open to Working With Google on Mobile
Panel debates the Linux factor, openness and where mobile operating systems are headed.

Google Gadgets Under Attack at Black Hat
Researcher details Gadgets-based attacks that could leave users at the mercy of hackers.

IBM, Linux and the Microsoft-Free PC
Big Blue fires double-barrel action against Microsoft.

Opengear's Open Source Odyssey
Startup finds out that open source hardware business isn't quite what it had expected.

Sun Moves JavaFX Closer to Primetime
More than a year after it was announced, Sun is out with a beta version of the technology that it says will deliver on the 'write once/run anywhere' promise.

Will LSB 4 Standardize Linux?
Linux Foundation promises a quantum leap forward is coming for Linux standards.