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Microsoft and Apple scuffle over an iPod patent. Also: Ring tones that chirp, speak and roar.
March of
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LinuxWorld draws wide range of open-source bigwigs and start-ups. Hot topics: patents, databases.
Game players say Blizzard invades privacy
Publisher irks "World of Warcraft" players by peering into their computers to look for hacking software.Debian start-up seeks new funding
Progeny, which is aiming to commercialize the Debian version of Linux, is looking to "accelerate our growth," co-founder says.IBM brains capture a PC's soul
Researchers develop three-layer software that lets you carry a full PC operating environment on an iPod, PDA or cell phone.At Microsoft, the yin and yang of Linux
What goes on in Redmond's Linux and Open Source Software Lab? Chief Bill Hilf is the one to ask.
Photos: Microsoft's Linux lab
Patent Office plans new e-filing system
Gripes about existing process, which requires downloading software, prompt work on a Web-based replacement.iPaq leak tips Hewlett-Packard's hand
HP's hw6700 family is expected to be one of the first in PDA world to shift to a miniSD format.Software helps you stop being a jerk
MIT scientists come up with technology that measures vocal signals to see if you're being annoying on the phone.Publishers loosen rules on e-textbooks
Following concern about five-month expiration dates, restrictions in digital-textbook experiment are lifted.StarOffice 8 release date slips
Sun exec says date was changed to allow the company to launch new versions of other desktop products on the same date.Testing times for veteran tech investor
Like any venture capitalist, Hermann Hauser is more often wrong than right, but when he's been right he's done very well.NASA rocket blasts off for Mars
Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral to dispatch a sophisticated NASA probe to look for water on the Red Planet.
Images: Mars or bust
Week in pictures: Penguin parade
roundup LinuxWorld draws fans, sellers and rubberneckers, while Discovery makes a trimphant return. Also: Celestial musings, a desert robot and one-eyed bandits.
Sports fans in Helsinki falling prey to Cabir
Packed stadiums at the IAAF world championships are proving to be fertile ground for the mobile phone bug, experts say.Google pauses library project
update Search powerhouse will temporarily stop scanning copyright-protected books while it works out an agreement with publishers.Scientists use plastic to make steel
From old shopping bags and soda bottles will come mighty sheets of steel, an Australian researcher says.Briefly: SWsoft adds Virtuozzo migration tool
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