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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Microsoft ropes in Bull for affordable HPC   Novell bridges gap between .Net and Linux   Users regularly carry redundant wireless devices   Skype 3.0 beta adds conference chats   New devices sought to stem handheld slide   Sun expands Ubuntu certification   HP files suit against ink refill company   Microsoft to pay Universal for every Zune sold   MTV, South Korea game publisher Nexon in marketing deal   Robert Redford backs short films for mobile phones   Microsoft says open to more Linux-type deals   World No.3 PC maker Lenovo's Q2 disappoints   Disney splashes out for Nintendo Wii
Friday, 10th November 2006
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This afternoon, Microsoft is open to more deals like one it just agreed with Novell for open-source Linux software, but believes customers will continue to pay for software.

Also making news, Skype has released a beta of Skype 3.0, the next major release of its messaging client. The application is the first major update since adding support for video chats last year.

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Microsoft ropes in Bull for affordable HPC
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 on Bull's NovaScale R400 servers.


Novell bridges gap between .Net and Linux
Version 1.2 of Mono touted as interoperability 'milestone'.


Users regularly carry redundant wireless devices
Three-quarters of smartphone owners also carry a PDA.


Skype 3.0 beta adds conference chats
Skype 3.0 is scheduled to add support for public chats.


New devices sought to stem handheld slide
In the third quarter, shipments of handheld devices dropped 21 percent from the year-earlier period, and one analyst says the situation is at least partly due to a lack of new models.


Sun expands Ubuntu certification
Ubuntu to bundle Sun's GlassFish application server.


HP files suit against ink refill company
Do-it-yourself kits allegedly violate HP's ink patents.


Microsoft to pay Universal for every Zune sold
NEW YORK - Microsoft has agreed to pay Universal Music Group a fee for each new Zune digital music player it sells when the iPod rival launches next week, the companies said on Thursday.



MTV, South Korea game publisher Nexon in marketing deal
SEOUL - Youth entertainment group MTV Networks said on Thursday it would partner with South Korea-based game publisher Nexon to market Nexon's games in North America and have Nexon enhance its existing youth-oriented Internet site.


Robert Redford backs short films for mobile phones
NEW YORK - Actor Robert Redford's Sundance Institute will commission independent filmmakers to make short films for mobile phones, Redford said.


Microsoft says open to more Linux-type deals
MUMBAI - Microsoft is open to more deals like one it just agreed with Novell for open-source Linux software, but believes customers will continue to pay for software, its chief executive told a newspaper.


World No.3 PC maker Lenovo's Q2 disappoints
HONG KONG - Lenovo Group posted a worse-than-expected 16 percent slide in quarterly earnings despite its dominance in its home market of China, as the world's No. 3 PC maker struggled to make global headway after buying IBM's PC arm.


Disney splashes out for Nintendo Wii
Buena Vista gaming division sets up 'centre of creative excellence'.
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