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		Each PC was connected to the Internet via a broadband DSL connection and monitored for two weeks in September. Break-in attempts began immediately and continued at a constant and high level: an average of 341 per hour against the Windows XP machine with no firewall or recent security patches, 339 per hour against the Apple Macintosh and 61 per hour against the Windows Small Business Server. There were no successful compromises of the Macintosh, the Linspire or the two Windows XPs using firewalls.

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		Results revealed that the Linspire computer and the computer running Windows XP Service Pack 1 with ZoneAlarm were the most secure and experienced the fewest number of Internet attacks, without ever being compromised throughout the experiment. These two machines were the most effective at reducing the visibility of the computer from Internet hackers while online and preventing Internet attacks from successfully loading arbitrary malicious code without permission.

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		Within a few minutes of launching 4.5, the latest version, I was playing MP3 files across my network, getting e-mail and surfing the Web.

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		Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) agreed to pay $20 million to Lindows Inc. to settle a trademark battle launched by Microsoft, a deal that will lead to Lindows changing its name.

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		Linux vendor Linspire Inc. has released PhoneGaim, a free software program that adds voice-over-IP functionality to the Linux-based Gaim instant messaging client.

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		Worried sick about the latest rash of Internet Explorer security problems? I have the perfect solution for you, one that's even better than switching to Mozilla, Firefox or Opera. Switch operating systems: Go to Linux.

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		Use of Linux by nonprofit organizations is nothing new. For one thing, the lower costs of Linux fit in well with limited budgets. Now, though, some end users at nonprofit organizations are choosing Linux for a completely different reason--namely, a better desktop experience than they've been getting from Windows.

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		Lindows announced Thursday the commercial support of the Dell's Digital Jukebox (Dell DJ), a portable MP3 music player for desktop Linux.

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		Toronto will become home this weekend to what's being touted as the first retail computer store devoted exclusively to Linux-based products.

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		Following its enforced withdrawal under Microsoft's legal muscle, Linux distributor Lindows is looking for a new name for its operations in the Benelux countries.

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		In a case with international ramifications, Lindows.com filed a motion yesterday in U.S. District Court asking a judge to prevent Microsoft from filing foreign trademark lawsuits against the 70-employee San Diego company. Lindows.com also is asking the court to declare a ruling from a Dutch judge unenforceable in the United States, pending the outcome of a trial here.

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		Microsoft has asked a Netherlands court to fine Lindows.com $123,410 a day for allowing its Web site to be accessed by visitors in the Benelux countries, where it won a trademark ruling against Lindows, the open source software vendor says.

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		Lindows.com Inc., a maker of low-cost computers running Linux software, on Friday said it had halted operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in the latest round of its cat-and-mouse legal battle with Microsoft Corp.

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		Figuring they can save money using peer-to-peer technology (P2P), alternative operating system developers Lindows is giving customers 50 percent discounts if they download using BitTorrent.

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		Linux company Lindows is continuing its experiment of offering software via peer-to-peer networks.

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		The legal troubles of desktop Linux vendor Lindows.com broadened today, with the news that Microsoft is taking action to prevent the company from using the Lindows name in Canada.

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		Desktop Linux software maker Lindows.com released on Thursday a version of its operating system featuring support for Intel's Centrino chips for wireless notebooks.

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		Controversial Linux seller Lindows.com is back in business in Europe, minus a few letters.

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		The legal battle with Microsoft that has seen Linux reseller Lindows running the gauntlet of the U.S. courts over trademark infringement seems to be going in the open-source company's favor.

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		After several legal setbacks in Europe, Linux vendor Lindows.com Inc. can now claim a victory in its U.S. battle with Microsoft Corp. over the Lindows name, which Microsoft says is too close to Windows.

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		Michael Robertson, Lindows' chief executive, said his company considered it a victory that the District Court judge would want the jury to consider the pre-1985 period.

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		Recently, Lindows began offering Lindows Live, a free online version of the Linux operating system. But the company isn't the only one offering the software: Its users are becoming part of the distribution process.

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		Linux software seller Lindows.com announced it plans to distribute its LindowsLive operating system for free via peer-to-peer networks.

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		Lindows.com Inc. has been popularizing an inexpensive Linux desktop for the public, LindowsOS, for years with low-priced bundles at Wal-Mart, but this year founder and CEO Michael Robertson is planning to introduce LindowsOS Professional, an operating system for business users.

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		Whether or not MSFreePC was a publicity stunt, Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson is entirely correct in viewing the settlement as a charade. Microsoft offers a large headline figure in the sure knowledge that the actual payout will be much smaller, California gets to extricate itself while claiming victory, and nothing changes.

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		A Taiwanese computer maker on Thursday said it is shipping low-cost laptops to the United State that run a desktop version of the Linux operating system.

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		Taiwanese hardware maker Elitegroup Computer Systems is shipping 300,000 low-cost laptops to the U.S. bundled with Lindows.com's operating system, the software provider said Thursday.

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		Following court orders barring the Lindows name, Linux vendor Lindows.com has changed its name in several European countries to Lin---s, pronounced Lindash.

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		Lindows.com on Tuesday released a new version of its operating system meshed with Internet telephony technology created by company CEO Michael Robertson.

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		Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson steps into the hotel lobby, shakes hands and then picks up the latest Microsoft death threat from his pigeonhole. Microsoft legal affairs has pursued him across Europe this week, setting off explosions in the Netherlands, Sweden, France and Finland, but this one's fairly minor - a response to his letter to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's pitch boiling down to more or less, 'dump the Lindows name now and we'll let you off, persist and we'll bust you, all your distributors and take all your money.'

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		In a court case yesterday, a Swedish magistrate sided with Microsoft Sweden and slapped a restraining order halting LindowsOS sales in Sweden.

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		Microsoft has opened another European front in its war to get Lindows.com to change its name.

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		"Microsoft was once just a speck on IBM's horizon," says Yankee analyst Laura DiDio. "They are well aware of how a seemingly innocuous ... competitor can come in and co-opt the market out from under an established vendor. They don't want that to happen to them."

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		The trademark dispute between Linux-based software vendor Lindows.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. has moved to Europe where Lindows Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Robertson said he is on a tour this week meeting with resellers who have been caught in the crossfire.

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		Microsoft has expanded its legal battle with Lindows to Europe, putting pressure on PC makers there and on the company to stop distributing Lindows software.

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		Lindows.com Wednesday launched LindowsOS Laptop Edition, a Linux-based operating system specifically tweaked for portable PCs.

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		Microsoft is holding up compensation claims from a quarter of million Californians in order to punish Lindows.com, and to coerce the class action plaintiffs "into siding with Microsoft against its Lindows competitor," according to a court filing seen by The Register.

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		MICHAEL ROBERTSON at lindows.com has published an email from a Dutch reseller which appears to indicate that Microsoft is preparing a court action against the alternative OS here in Europe.

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		Dutch Lindows resellers are accusing Microsoft of intimidation, after several received phone calls from the software giant seeking meetings to "avoid" legal action over the name of the operating system.

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		The U.S. District Court of Seattle again pushed back its starting date for jury trial proceedings in the ongoing trademark suit between software makers Microsoft and Lindows.com.

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		The court case between Microsoft and desktop Linux-maker Lindows.com, over Microsoft's ownership of the word 'windows', has been delayed for at least another three months.

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		An economic development agency of the Canadian government is testing the LindowsOS operating system.

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		Lindows.com Inc., which makes low-cost computers that run on a version of Linux, is planning an aggressive move into Canada.

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		HMichael Robertson challenged the major record labels with MP3.com. Now as founder of Lindows.com, he's heading for a court date with Bill Gates.

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		LINDOWS.COM CEO's pet project, the MSFreePC.com web site, which offers Microsoft customers a free PC loaded with LindowsOS among other freebies in exchange for processing the settlement claims against Microsoft on behalf of the individual users, is under attack by a team of rabid Vollish lawyers."

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		Lindows.com reported Monday that Microsoft proffered legal papers seeking to disavow California class-action settlement claims submitted via the Linux distributor's MSfreePC Web site.

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		Microsoft Corp. has asked a San Francisco court to instruct the administrator in a $1.1 billion California class-action settlement to reject claims filed through MSfreePC.com, a site run by Linux vendor Lindows.com Inc.

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		Lindows.com Inc. has unveiled the KooBox for Kids, an all-in-one computer starting at $489 (U.S.) designed especially for children by providing Internet safety and affordability, as well as a fun, educational, and welcoming experience.

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		Microsoft gadfly Michael Robertson, the CEO of Lindows.com and the guy who greeted the letter from Microsoft lawyers telling him to take down his MSfreePC Web site with a raised middle finger, now says that 10% of each claim against Microsoft's $1.1 billion settlement with California over the price of Windows that the site processes will go to a needy Linux company that the claimant picks from a Lindows-supplied list.

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		Lindows, a software company whose offerings include a version of the open-source Linux operating system intended to appeal to non-technical users, announced this week that it is developing an open-source Web authoring tool.

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		The Lindows operating system is making further inroads on desktops and notebooks, according to an announcement today that is being circulated by one of the world's top OEMs, ProSource PC.

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		San Diego startup Lindows.com said yesterday it will not take down a Web site that offers to process claims in a $1.1 billion lawsuit settlement involving software giant Microsoft.

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		Microsoft and Lindows CEO Michael Robertson have got into a slanging match over a Lindows offer to Californians who claim compensation under an antitrust settlement. Lindows has set up a site to make it easy for people to claim and in return receive a free PC and Lindows software.

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		Linux seller Lindows.com said Tuesday that it will continue to help Californians process legal claims against Microsoft, despite a challenge by the software giant.

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		Microsoft has risen to Lindows.com's MSFreePC bait and responded with a take-down notice which harumphs at some considerable length about fraudulent claims, invalid claims, mischaracterisations and the starving schoolchildren of California.

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		Seagate has decided to lend an open source hand to Whitebox PC makers by distributing the LindowsOS on one of its hard drives at no cost.

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		Seagate Technology LLC, the top-ranked manufacturer of hard disk drives, will soon begin offering some models of its Barracuda drive family with the English version of the LindowsOS operating system preinstalled, the company said Tuesday.

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		Linux software seller Lindows.com is looking to capitalize on Microsoft's antitrust woes with a new program that promises free PCs and software.

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		The company announced the "MSfreePC" program (www.MSfreePC.com), described as "a web service designed to help Microsoft customers process their settlement claims from the $1.1 billion settlement Microsoft has agreed to pay."

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		Lindows.com has introduced "Always On-Call Support" service, offering toll-free 800 number assistance to LindowsOS customers at any time, day or night, without per-call or per-incident charges.

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		Lindows.com, best known for its consumer-oriented version of the Linux operating system, launched on Thursday a low-cost computer for retail sites, government agencies, corporations and schools.

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		The San Diego-based software vendor said it is using the talents of independent technical experts in LindowsOS, to offer their expertise to homes, businesses and schools, informing them how to set-up, use and maintain the LindowsOS product line.

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		Citing its strategy to offer consumers more affordable computing options, Linux-based software provider Lindows.com rolled out a new $449 flat-panel monitor PC Thursday. Dubbed "KooBox," the PC comes with a 14.1-inch (36.5 cm) LCD flat-panel monitor, a CD player, network card, modem, keyboard, speakers, mouse, Lindows' OS 4.0 and Lindows' suite of office software.

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		The company, best known for its consumer-oriented version of the Linux operating system, on Thursday launched a $449 desktop computer with a flat-panel monitor. The KooBox is built around a 1.2GHz Duron processor from Advanced Micro Devices and offers 256MB of synchronous DRAM (expandable to 1GB), a 20GB hard drive, a 56x CD-ROM drive, a 10/100 Ethernet connection, a 56K modem and 140-watt speakers. The 14.1-inch LCD (liquid crystal dispay) monitor has a resolution of 1,024 by 768 pixels.

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		After Vivendi Universal bought his digital music company, MP3.com, for $350 million two years ago, Michael Robertson could have retired and never looked back. Instead, the outspoken entrepreneur decided upon a second career that offered a tad more adventure: He decided to take on Microsoft.

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		Lindows.com, which makes a consumer-oriented version of the Linux operating system, introduced on Tuesday an application that allows computers running the Lindows OS to play commercial DVDs.

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		Lindows has a killer Linux distro. I can finally recommend a Linux distro for "common people", without fear of being bugged repeatedly over the phone with questions, or awaken in the middle of the night asking why some application doesn't install.

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		Lindows.com announced a dedicated web kiosk on Tuesday morning, intended to prevent users from accidentally making catastrophic changes to the machines. The WebStations runs on the LindowsCD, a bootable CD-ROM version of the Lindows OS the company announced on July 10.

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		Lindows, which distributes LindowsOS--a consumer-oriented version of the Linux operating system--launched on Tuesday a $169 desktop machine.

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		Consumer Linux company Lindows.com is getting into the information appliance business, the company said today. It has begun offering the WebStation, a small office/home office-oriented PC, for a mere $169. Lindows sees the WebStation as an ideal second PC for the kids, and for more vertical uses, such as kiosks and library terminals.

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		Lindows, which began as an experiment of sorts to merge some features of Windows into a Linux distribution, has morphed into a very usable operating system for computers with Intel processors.

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		Lindows.com, which tries to make the Linux operating system more consumer-friendly, has introduced a version of the OS that runs directly from a CD-ROM.

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		Lindows.com Inc. is out to become the face of Linux for the average home user by sanding down the spots on the Linux desktop where new users tend to get splinters.

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		Software maker Lindows released a new version of the Linux operating system Wednesday, touting new features that block unwanted e-mail and Web advertising.

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		LindowsOS 4.0 adds Plug & Play support, ad blocking, spam blocking and pornography blocking. The company said it also eases the install process with a sub-10 minute installation program that installs the operating system and configures all hardware -- including video cards, Ethernet, sound cars and devices -- without the need for intervention from the user.

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		On Tuesday, alternative OS start-up vendor, Lindows.com, joined Apple Computer and Red Hat in pledging support behind the write-once/run-anytime software that Sun launched in 1995. Just days away from the release of its LindowsOS 4.0 product launch, the company said LindowsOS 4.0 will include Java software support.

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		San Diego, Calif.-based Lindows.com boasted another customer win Wednesday, announcing an exclusive partnership with Japanese ISP EDGE to sell LindowsOS in Japan for home, work and educational uses.

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		When I want to play with a penguin, I’ll throw Knoppix into my system and be more than satisfied. Check this out: a fully functional Debian-based kernel that comes with more than 2,000 programs and games (including an office suite). Oh, did I mention that it doesn’t touch your hard drive? Download the ISO, burn a CD, set it in a bootable drive, and you are set. No installation headaches. No driver contentions. If you like it, you should be well on your way to adopting some permanent variation of Tux.

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		Lindows.com on Thursday sought to distance itself from the legal tumult that SCO Group has set in motion over the Linux operating system.

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		In a move which The Register feels moved to applaud, Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson this week took to direct action in his struggle against Microsoft, handing out a two page "Fact Sheet on Bill Gates and the Microsoft Corporation" to the audience prior to a Gates speech at University of California, San Diego. Robertson is himself a UCSD alumni, and therefore had at least arguable turf rights...

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		When Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates comes to San Diego, he usually doesn't have to worry about sharing the spotlight. But yesterday in a speech at the University of California San Diego, one Microsoft rival tried to steal it.

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		As a marriage of convenience the WinTel alliance used to work pretty well. Intel lived up to Moore's Law by building ever larger and more complex chips, while Microsoft executed Gate's Law by churning out ever more bloated and serially incompatible versions of its software.

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		Lindows.com yesterday unveiled a revenue sharing deal which it claims will make it more attractive for PC builders to ditch Windows and go with its Linux-based operating system.

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		Computers based on the low-cost and controversial LindowsOS operating system made their debut in Canada earlier this month, marking the upstart OS's first major challenge outside the United States against Microsoft and Apple-based hardware.

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