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Linuxphilia: 'The complaints that I hear are consistent. Always. But I'm not here to complain. I'm here to solve problems. So I will offer a solution to each complaint that I've heard a dozen times as I go.'

Linux.com: 'When a group of European museums joined together to put images of all of their paintings, drawings, sculptures, photos and other artifacts together in a centralized, online collection for the world to view, they turned to open source enterprise search software to make it happen.'

LinuxLoop: 'Peek has recently challenged readers of their company blog to port Linux onto the Peak. They’ve released some information about the Peek’s hardware and offered a consulting job to get whoever figures it out to tell them.'

Microsoft's new operating system is less than three months away for enterprise customers.

Microsoft's new operating system is less than three months away for enterprise customers.

BoycottNovell: 'Today’s exclusive leak is Exhibit px08604 (2002) [PDF], which shows microsoft discussing the threat from GNU/Linux on the desktop and addressing this threat using FUD. This whole exhibit may as well be known as “Microsoft’s Linux FUD presentation.”'

LG and Philips among electronic groups accused by European Commission of operating a cartelEuropean regulators have charged several of the world's biggest technology companies, including LG and Philips, with fixing the price of flat LCD screens in a move that could lead to fines running into hundreds of millions of pounds.The European Commission said today that it has sent a formal statement of objections to a number of companies alleging that they operated a price-fixing cartel.LCD panels are used in televisions, computer monitors and a range of smaller electronic gadgets including mobile phones and digital music players, and analysts said the ongoing investigation could lead to lower prices for consumers.The LCD market is worth an estimated $70bn (£43bn) a year and is dominated by LG Display and Samsung, which together have about half the market for television and computer monitors.Dutch electronics group Philips set up LG Display with South Korea's LG Electronics a decade ago but ha

Google announced July 8 that the company is entering the operating system market with its Chrome OS. This will be a lightweight OS with a GUI consisting of the Chrome browser. With the release of Chrome OS, Google is clearly challenging microsoft Windows. Why do we welcome a new Web-ready OS? eWEEK Labs Analyst Jeff Cogswell ponders the possibilities. - ...

Nearly six in 10 companies have no plans to deploy microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7, due for release in October, according to a new survey.

Microsoft plans on rolling out its newest operating system, Windows 7, with the expectation that it will help boost Redmonds bottom line in the midst of a global recession. However, a new survey by ScriptLogic suggests that a number of companies will decline to adopt Windows 7 when the operating system makes its debut on Oct. 22. microsoft is facing a potential competitor in the operating system arena from Google, whose Chrome OS is being specifically targeted at mini-notebooks, known popularly as netbooks. - Microsoft may have a hard road ahead in convincing companies to adopt Windows 7, its upcoming operating system that represents the companys hopes for both increased revenue in a global recession and wiping out bad memories of Vista: according to a new survey by ScriptLogic Corp, six out of 10 c...