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This morning, IBM, once a bastion of proprietary mainframe technology, says efforts to entice developers to create open source applications for servers based on its Power chip architecture are paying off as the number of Linux-on-Power programs has more than doubled over the past two years.

Also making news, as he took the stage to usher Windows Vista to market, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last week tried to put the software's laborious birth behind him. The company's 71,000 employees - and the entire PC industry, for that matter - could be excused for breathing a sigh of relief, too.

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Hey, gramps, can I borrow your Mac?
A new study shows that nearly half of Apple's users are 55 and older. What are younger buyers going for? Gateway.


IBM's power architecture attracting more Linux developers
IBM says 372 new Linux-on-Power applications have been released in 2006. The latest was developed by Sybase and extends corporate applications to mobile devices.


Vista: Microsoft's last 'big bang' operating system?
Despite forays into Web software with Windows Live and Office Live - collections of email, instant messaging, and Web publishing apps - Microsoft's core franchises remain wedded to the PC.


US-CERT: Al Qaeda plotting financial attacks
The terrorist group may be planning to launch online attacks against US financial institutions, according to the US Computer Security Emergency Readiness Team.


Russian MP3 purveyor hangs on amid piracy crackdown
The Russian Web site is drawing unwanted attention from officials discussing plans for Russia to join the WTO.


Business Objects acquires on-demand application vendor Nsite
Business Objects will use the technology to expand its on-demand reporting application, Crystalreports.com, with business intelligence applications that companies can integrate with multiple data sources.


Fox wins allies in FCC indecency fight
Fox, the Centre for Democracy and Technology, and Progress and Freedom Foundation charge that the US FCC makes it easy for small, vocal groups to block content they don't like.


Yahoo hands setback to Google in book publishers' suit
Yahoo says that Google isn't just looking for information to defend itself in the lawsuit; it's also fishing for information that could give it a competitive advantage.


Cyber threat to Wall Street not high, according to experts
Several groups charged with monitoring threats to the financial sector downplayed the cyber threat that was made on password-protected jihadist website forum.


Romanian indicted for hacking NASA, US Navy computers
The intrusions and loss of data cost the Navy, NASA, and the Department of Energy a total of more than US$1.4 million in losses. The man charged with the intrusions now is facing prosecution on separate charges in Romania.


Runners find their way using the Web
New websites are helping runners - from casual exercisers to marathoners - get a better handle on the length of their routes.


Yahoo News gets BBC video
Under the deal, Yahoo News users get access to about 30 BBC clips a day in the categories of top stories, breaking news, US and world news, sports, business, politics, technology, health, and entertainment.


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