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The high costs of migrating from Windows XP to Windows Vista will be the catalyst that encourages more companies to seriously consider moving to desktop Linux , according to open source and networking company Novell on Monday.

In brief: There is a stark pricing discrepancy for Australian iPods, iPresentee themes for Keynote have debuted, Sonnet has cut prices on its Fusion line of SATA devices, Aspyr has updated its Game Agent and a Middle East Mac newsletter is now one year old ... There are some substantial differences in iPod pricing between the US and Australia. Wit...

WireTap Studio 1.0.6 ($70) audio recording and management solution. Record the discrete audio output of any application, as well as all Mac system audio, or record audio input from any microphone, line-in, or audio input hardware. The new release includes these enhancements: fixed fade-ins; fixed a crash when loading a waveform that was previously...

AntiVirProtect, also known as AntiVir Protect, is a rogue anti-spyware program. AntiVirProtect is downloaded and installed onto your computer by a Trojan that may compromise your machine through browser security weaknesses. As soon as AntiVirProtect is installed, it will display false error messages and try to scare you into buying the full version of the program. Malicious AntiVirProtect activities may also slow down your computer notably. Nor AntiVirProtect or its "threat reports" are to be trusted. AntiVirProtect should be removed from your system as soon as possible. AntiVirProtect is a clone of SpyShredder.

Personal computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. spent nearly $2 million in 2007 to lobby on patent reform and copyright protection, data security and other issues.

Cnet did an interesting comparison : Samsung's recently released UMPC, vs. the... Apple Newton. "Fans will tell you that the Apple Newton was years ahead of its time. Ten years on we're going to put that claim to the test.

In the meantime, if you suspect that your computer or network has been infected, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your systems are free of viruses and other spurious software. Try searching Google for the two words "forum" and "topic" in the same search, and then go to the 19th page of search results. If you use the TorButton Firefox plugin while accessing Google’s main search page, which will route your HTTP traffic through the Tor anonymization network, Google will often respond to your search requests with the annoying “We’re sorry . When I get it, it’s right from the get go entering a search in the FireFox search box or directly into the Google home page. First a whole post about how he’s so much smarter than the author that turns out to be wrong, and then a follow-up about how he should’ve read the whole post but obviously it’s still the author’s fault for searching for forum+topic. When I started getting this message, I found it odd to be told I had a “virus” or whatever on my both of my Linux boxes, which is not the case. More Spyware News

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Microsoft has released patches for 19 vulnerabilities , 14 of which are critical, hitting at holes in Excel, Word, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer, cryptographic technology and the whopper of them all, the zero-day vulnerability in the DNS Server's use of RPC. The DNS remote code execution vulnerability affects server-grade operating systems, including Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, ...

Protecting your identity Don't carry your Social Security number or card. Never give a business or service provider your number without first determining whether it's absolutely necessary. Ask your employer what's being done to protect your number and other personal data from theft.