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Ubuntu Founder: Linux Should Focus on Looks Shuttleworth challenges open source community to best Apple in user experience and stresses the importance of free software. — 07/23/08
San Francisco Hack: Where Was the Oversight? Private companies are supposed to follow best practices for internal security. Experts are amazed that San Francisco wasn't doing the same. — 07/23/08
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Microsoft to Begin Pushing XP SP3 to Users Some business customers will want to download a blocking toolkit that lets them delay deployment until they're ready. — 07/10/08
The Impact of Google's Virtual World Google's just-debuted virtual world is clunky right now, but expect it to grow into a monster success – and play a leading role in business as well a social networking. — 07/10/08
Gmail: The Choice of Spammers? Now that they've broken the CAPTCHA system in Gmail, one firm says spammers are exploiting the daylights out of it. — 07/09/08
Google Looks to One-Up Second Life The search leaders shows off a 3D avatar environment with integrated YouTube, but is it a Second Life killer? — 07/09/08
Will Consumers Drown in a CPU Deluge? Dual-core, triple-core, quad-core -- as the varieties grow, will confusion over processor names and capabilities sting PC and chip makers? — 07/03/08
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