The Register has an article with evidence Microsoft may be closer to supporting Linux, with the support of MainSoft software.

LinuxPR announced that IndyBox will now be supporting Debian GNU/Linux on its RS2200 system.

Enlighten Software Solutions, a provider of integrated system management software for Linux, Unix and Windows, and SGI, a provider of high-performance computing and advanced graphics solutions that enable customers to understand their toughest computing problems, have announced that SGI will offer system management solutions from Enlighten to all of its Linux and IRIX customers, according to LinuxPR.

Linux software developers strode toward desktop prominence this past week when they announced their intention to create a suite of products that would compete directly with Microsoft Office, the EE Times says in a review of LinuxWorld. “One of the big things that has held Linux back is that office applications have not been available on it,” said Laurie Balch, an analyst for Dataquest Inc.

From the EE Times: Software suppliers at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo this past week rolled out products aimed at embedded applications ranging from set-top boxes to cellular phones to flight simulators. Their goal is to rival embedded OS vendors such as Wind River and QNX, while providing an alternative to thousands of engineers who now write proprietary embedded operating systems.

Hulk Hogan has filed a defamation suit against the World Championship Wrestling, accusing the WCW’s creative director of berating him on national television after a ring appearance, The Associated Press
reports.
According to the lawsuit, Hogan won the July 9 bout in Daytona Beach, Fla., by default when his opponent refused to wrestle, but the WCW’s Vince Russo followed Hogan from the ring, accused him of “playing politics.” Some have speculated that the lawsuit might be a publicity stunt, as part of a continuing story line in which the WCW has sought to eliminate older wrestlers.

From Smart Partner: IBM is killing off Project Monterey, a joint venture with The Santa Cruz Operation, while giving birth to a new OS. AIX RL, a future Unix OS able to run on both Intel IA-64 and IBM’s own Power chip, will integrate Linux alongside some of the technologies from Monterey.

Jungo Ltd. has announced that AudioCodes, a leading supplier of packet voice enabling technologies and components has selected its Go-HotSwap Operating System Extension to provide hot swapping capabilities for its TP-400 VoIP Communication board product, thus being the first to market with a fully hot-swappable cPCI communication board under Linux and Windows operating systems.

The music industry had better change its tune and play to the Internet market one song at a time, the Gartner Group told NewsBytes Friday. What the major labels need, says Gartner, is a new digital distribution model for single-track purchases, using effective Digital Rights Management.

The music-sharing service is close to filing a written defense in its copyright court battle, the BBC reports. Reuters says Napster filed the new brief late Friday. In a related story, Red Herring reports that musicians suing Napster are considering going after the deep-pocketed venture capital firm that financed Napster.