Building an alternative to Windows; old Apple Macintosh team aims to put Linux on the desktop

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Palo Alto, California-based Eazel Inc., established in late 1999, is directed by by four former members of Apple Computer's Macintosh development team in an effort to bring the Linux operating system to consumers and the personal computer market. Linux software currently enjoys a 25% share of the server market, but only 4% of the PC market, but Eazel hopes to develop desktop applications such as spreadsheet and word processing software.

Management, Linux (Operating system), Product enhancement, Operating system enhancements, Operating system enhancement, Boich, Mike, Hertzfeld, Andy, Tribble, Guy, Kare, Susan, Eazel Inc.

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Flaws in digital wireless technology said to allow eavesdropping

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Bell Labs researchers Markus Jacobson and Susanne Wetzel found that the Bluetooth communications protocol may be vulnerable to hacking. Bluetooth is designed to allow a wide variety of wireless devices to exchange data. The first flaw involves an unauthorized listener obtaining the the encryption key, and from that access to the decoded conversation. The other flaw allows the theft of devices' identity codes, and information about the user. A spokesperson for the initiative said the Bluetooth software would be changed to prevent security compromises. However, the system is still under development and observers say other weaknesses are bound to surface.

Software Publishers, Communications Equipment, Telecommunications Equipment, Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Communication Software Pkgs, Statistical Data Included, Technology development, Telecommunications equipment industry, Telecommunications systems, Lucent Technologies Inc., LU, Telecommunications software

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Microsoft To Pay I.B.M. $775 Million In Settlement

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The antitrust lawsuit that the Justice Department brought against Microsoft Corp. in 1995, over the development of the OS/2 operating system, has been settled. Microsoft will pay I.B.M. $775 million, as well as giving them a credit for the use of Microsoft software equaling $75 million.

Electronic computers, Legal issues & crime, Financial management, Alliances, partnerships, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Antitrust Law, Legal/Government Regulation, Computer industry, Compromise and settlement, Company legal issue, Cases, Settlements (Law), Finance, Microsoft Corp., Microcomputer industry, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, MSFT, Cooperative agreement for product development, Alliances and partnerships, Antitrust issue, Company financing

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