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EU to Investigate Microsoft File Format Support
CNET News: "A new plan by Microsoft to allow its Office software to save and edit files in a rival format will face a probe by the European Commission..."
What Freezes the System: Firefox or ext3?
Softpedia: "A few days ago, the first Release Candidate for Firefox 3 was launched but some problems still remained unfixed, like the one that caused the browser (and sometimes the entire system) to freeze..."
Compro Technology Accused of GPL Violation
HeXus: "An eagle-eyed user of the Linux Kernel Mailing List archive, going by the name of Jo Shields, has accused Compro Technology of violating the General Public License..."
Office with ODF: No Parades in the Streets Yet
Roundup: Microsoft said it's going to build native ODF support into Office 2007. Cause for celebration? Maybe not: analysts' takes from internetnews.com, and the potential legal pitfalls from Groklaw within.
Puppy Linux 4.0 on a Dell Inspiron 1150 Review
Penguinway: "I got a chance to check out the latest Puppy release this week. Puppy Linux is a small Linux distribution (roughly 87 megabytes) that runs off of CD..."
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS vs. Windows XP SP3: Application Performance Benchmark
Mohammed Saleh Blog: "Two months ago, I wanted to compare Windows XP to Ubuntu Linux in terms of applications performance. I thought that since most of Linux programs are cross-platform and available for Windows..."

 

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