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Germany Weighs Internet Tax

Author: JT Smith

ABCNEWS.com reports, under a new Finance Ministry rule, businesses will be taxed every time employees venture into cyberspace on company computers.

LinuxSure offers Global Free Support!

Author: JT Smith

Linux PR reports, Linuxsure, a leading Linux solutions provider and support specialist in the UK is offering free support via its LinuxFreeSupport web site.

Free Speech on the Web? Don’t even talk about it

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet AnchorDesk article interpreting the ruling of the DVD hacker case.

X.Org announces update to X Window System

Author: JT Smith

Linux PR reports, the release of X11R6.5.1 enhances the Standard Graphical User Interface of UNIX and Linux Systems.

OpenBSD’s Good Example

Author: JT Smith

According to this article from RootPrompt.org, there are important lessons to be learned from OpenBSD that those in the Linux community must not ignore.

Category:

  • Linux

Computing 101

Author: JT Smith

Gateway Inc. is admitting publicly what most computer makers generally try to sweep under the rug: using a computer can be pretty darned complicated, reports ABCNEWS.com.

Category:

  • Unix

Korean-language Linux office software launched

Author: JT Smith

HancomLinux has released the first Korean-language office software to run on the Linux operating system, reports The Korean Herald.

Toward a simpler operating system

Author: JT Smith

In this Los Angeles Times article, Charles Pillar explains why Eazel and other Linux developers could make computers easier.

Iridium will crash and burn – Motorola

Author: JT Smith

No buyers have emerged for Iridium’s network of 66 satellites so Motorola will now definitely knock ’em out of orbit to let them burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere, reports The Register.

Category:

  • Open Source

Server vendors team to promote Linux in Japan

Author: JT Smith

Compaq, IBM and Hitachi, all backed by Oracle, said they intend to push hard to grow the adoption of Linux among Japanese PC server users by over 15 per cent this year, according to The Register.

Category:

  • Linux