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• Is Microsoft trying to take control of ODF?

  A report suggests that Microsoft is behind moves to gain control of the future of the Open Document Format

• Transmeta for sale

  The chip design company is looking for a prospective buyer for the entire company for its shareholders' benefit

• Intel e1000e user? Don't install the new SUSE betas

  If you have an Intel e1000e network card , don't install OpenSUSE 11.1 beta 1: It may break your network card

• Trying Linux on your Windows system

  Windows users who want to evaluate Linux have a number of options, but many of them cause disruption to their Windows workflow. Now there is open source virtualisation for Windows, we look at the advantages of virtualising evaluation.

• mySociety: Open democracy, open source

  A group of free and open source enthusiasts are challenging the UK government to use the internet to its full potential

• Community Live - Google Code Jam, European Semifinals

  Google's Code Jam, a competition which tests the ability of developers to solve problems, is in its European semi-final stage

• Apple closes 27 security holes in Java

  Several of the holes are critical because they allow attackers to inject and execute code

• US and China are world's worst countries for cybercrime

  The US ranks at the top of the list for the number of attacks on other computers on the Internet, followed by China

• Is "clickjacking" the next threat?

  The cancellation of a conference talk on security flaws in web browsers has started the rumour mill turning.

• Google wants to patent flexible communication technology

  Google casts its net wider than ever with a new, location-aware network-switching service

• Botnets quadruple in size

  Experts are not sure why the number of infected PCs has grown so quickly in the past few months

• VPNs over SSL with OpenVPN

  

  Securely accessing your PC across the internet needn't be difficult