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. What's the big deal about Linux? Isn't it at heart just a PC-based version of UNIX – the ‘70’s hit operating system which has outlived the predictions of its demise throughout the ‘90’s?

Business software provider MYOB has acquired web hosting company SmartyHost for a reportedly price of $A7 million. Both companies are based in Melbourne, Australia.

STMicroelectronics and Ericsson are to merge their respective cellphone chip and cellphone software (platform) businesses into a 50/50 joint venture that they say have will the industry's strongest product offering in semiconductors and platforms for mobile applications.

Yahoo! and Intel have announced a plan to bring computer-style widgets to TV screens. The idea behind the Widget Channel is to take familiar software technologies to an emerging platform.

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MYOB beefs up hosting operations with SmartyHost buyout
Stephen Withers
Business software provider MYOB has acquired web hosting company SmartyHost for a reportedly price of $A7 million. Both companies are based in Melbourne, Australia.



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Ericsson / STMicro JV to shake up wireless chipset market
Stuart Corner
STMicroelectronics and Ericsson are to merge their respective cellphone chip and cellphone software (platform) businesses into a 50/50 joint venture that they say have will the industry's strongest product offering in semiconductors and platforms for mobile applications.



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Subscription music coming to iTunes? Maybe!
Stephen Withers
Although Apple in general and Steve Jobs in particular have eschewed subscription music, there's a suggestion that we'll see an about-face before September is out.



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Isn't Linux just UNIX under a different name?
David M Williams
What's the big deal about Linux? Isn't it at heart just a PC-based version of UNIX – the ‘70’s hit operating system which has outlived the predictions of its demise throughout the ‘90’s? If you’ve come from a Solaris or HP/UX or AIX background isn’t a PC-based UNIX a bit, well, passé?


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Computer program to combat astronaut depression could help people on Earth
William Atkins
NASA is seriously studying depression, psychological pressures, and interpersonal conflicts within its astronauts as the space agency gets ready to send long-duration manned missions to the Moon and Mars.




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Australia’s Reserve Bank makes major PayPal decision
Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Victory for the “eBay Rebels”? It’s all thanks to the August 15 “Payments System Board Meeting”, where the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to act on eBay’s desire to mandate usage of or through its PayPal online payments system, proclaiming a “view to seeking the removal of these rules”.



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