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It may be late, but Intel has launched a new Itanium processor that is expected to double the performance of its predecessor. After two delays, Intel on Monday launched the Itanium 9300 series, a quad-core processor code-named Tukwila.

The chip, a 64-bit processor designed for enterprise servers and high-performance computing systems, was slated to be released in early 2009, but Intel delayed the release, saying only that it was undergoing application scalability enhancements. A second delay was announced in May.

Seis meses de media es el tiempo que tardan los grandes fabricantes de software en arreglar los agujeros de sus programas, según un estudio de Hispasec, laboratorio especializado en seguridad y tecnologías de la información. Hispasec estudió vulnerabilidades de Sun, Novell, HP, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, CA, Symantec, Oracle y Adobe, desde 2005 a 2009.

Seis meses de media es el tiempo que tardan los grandes fabricantes de software en arreglar los agujeros de sus programas, según un estudio de Hispasec, laboratorio especializado en seguridad y tecnologías de la información. Hispasec estudió vulnerabilidades de Sun, Novell, HP, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, CA, Symantec, Oracle y Adobe, desde 2005 a 2009.

A federal appeals court on Monday reversed a judge's decision that granted the copyright of the Unix computer operating system to Novell Inc.

A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a judge erred in August 2007 by granting the copyright to Novell. The panel ordered a trial to determine ownership.

Novell, a software and computer infrastructure company, has been locked in a yearslong legal battle with The SCO Group Inc. of Lindon, Utah, over ownership to the copyright.

SCO said the ruling paves the way for resumption of the court case.

At a time when enterprise software investments are trending town, companies may not be looking to invest in unified communications and collaboration tools.

But with the boost to business productivity, the contained costs, and the chance to be a good corporate citizen by reducing your company's carbon footprint, it may be time to look at how collaboration tools -- both enterprise-level and low-cost open-source solutions -- can benefit your company.

The new and flourishing category of netbooks is also becoming a breeding ground for new computer operating systems. The Google-backed, Linux-based open-source Android mobile platform has been moving into netbooks from smartphones, and on Tuesday Intel announced a new beta version of its Linux-based Moblin operating system for netbooks and other mobile devices.

Looking to build on its recent rise to No. 1 in the U.S. PC market, Hewlett-Packard has taken the wraps off a new line of notebooks for small businesses that aims to merge business functionality with a sophisticated, yet minimalist, design.

The new HP ProBook series, which combines sleek matte and glossy surfaces in the user's choice of merlot or glossy noir finishes, also promises to lower costs for business notebook buyers through aggressive U.S. street pricing that begins at $529.

Calling it the "operating system designed for the next-generation data center," Novell on Tuesday released SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.

Novell CTO Jeff Jaffe said a recent survey found that about 50 percent of IT executives plan to increase the adoption of Linux technologies this year because of the economic downturn. SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, he said, can help IT departments save money while addressing "interoperability, support for mission-critical computing, and the flexibility to deploy Linux in a wide range of environments."

Mono and High Availability

by Manisha Verma

Last week, Microsoft sued TomTom, saying it infringed on eight patents covering technologies closely linked to Linux. However, The 451 Group analyst Jay Lyman said Microsoft has been going out of its way to claim the litigation isn't aimed at the Linux operating system or open-source software.

The key point in Microsoft's legal actions "involves the Linux kernel as implemented by TomTom," Lyman said. This is "very different from the Linux kernel when we're talking software code and patent-infringement suits."