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WGA: When a planet becomes a black hole

I just do not understand why companies are not more upfront in their interactions with customers. Far too many of them refuse to tell you what they are doing, even in cases in which it

Heavy Net users log off from family, friends, says StatsCan

Behold the mouse potato - heavy Internet users who spend hours on end in front of the computer tapping and scrolling away their time for no apparent financial reward. Statistics Canada tracked the nature and habits of this creature last year and their findings reveal that people who spend time on the Internet for more than an hour each day are logging off from their spouses or partners as well as their children and friends.

Nuremberg hopes to create ‘Linux Valley’

The Franconia region around Nuremberg, Germany, hopes to establish Europe's first "Linux Valley" with the launch of a new business campus focused on open source innovation.

Paperless ATMs foster smarter, simpler banking

Few people consider what happens to their cheques when they make a deposit at an ATM. But there is an unimaginably complex back-end process to handle that piece of paper once it gets sucked into the machine. Financial institutions spend billions on paper care

Free open-source storage

Tens of thousands of users are deploying open-source storage software in an effort to avoid pricey proprietary products such as array clustering and disk eraser applications and to get some long-term protection through the availability of source code.

Microsoft unveils first high-performance OS

Microsoft Tuesday released Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, its first high-performance operating system.

Google plays host to boost open-source

In an effort to encourage healthy, productive open-source communities, Google Inc. is offering to host open source software development projects. As part of the new offering developers get 100M bytes of disk space to store and share their open source project, and can use tools such as issue tracking and mailing list support. Developers must have a Gmail account to use the service.

Stepping into Bill’s boots isn’t easy for Microsoft’s Balmer

These days Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer has a lot on his mind and on his plate. As the "full time champion of innovation" Balmer has got to lead Microsoft successfully into a range of new markets, while ensuring that demand for its core products (Windows and Office) don't flag. But the CEO isn't balking at the prospect of stepping into Bill's boots.

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