Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits

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News: Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
News: Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
News: Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes
News: Report: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal
Feature: Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?
Feature: IBM storage chief has EMC in his sights
ITWhirled: Thief steals credit card info so as to steal hearts


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Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin said Microsoft's recent patent claim against Linux and the open source community is a delaying tactic to merely help protect its profits, according to a column penned May 25 in BusinessWeek.


Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
After a break of several years Toshiba Corp. is about to introduce a laptop computer powered by an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processor.


Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes
Microsoft Corp. has beaten its goal of shipping over a million Zune digital music players by June, according to a newspaper report.


Report: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Google Inc.'s proposed US$3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., according to news reports Tuesday.


FEATURES

Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?
Enterprise desktop phones face growing competition from wireless handsets, but they aren't going the way of the typewriter just yet.


IBM storage chief has EMC in his sights
IBM was the first company in the world to present a magnetic disk for storing data. That was in 1956, and the capacity of the RAMAC 350 was about 5 Mbytes. That was enough to store all William Shakespeare's works.


ITWHIRLED

Thief steals credit card info so as to steal hearts
It's not exactly Jean Valjean stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, but maybe you can feel sorry for the guy: someone stole a Wyoming woman's credit card and used it to buy a laptop and a subscription to an Internet dating service.