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UPDATES ON TECHNOLOGIES, TRENDS, AND TOOLS

Author(s): TREVAN MCGEE

iPhone 4
Defensive Patent License
Red Hat Chairman to step down in August
Fastest super computers in the world (most run Linux)
Smokescreen turns Flash into JavaScript
European Commission sets Digital Agenda
Android 2.2
MeeGo 1.0 for Netbooks
uTorrent 2.0
Web 2.0 Summit lineup announced
Isadora
Qimo
Peppermint Linux
Novell announces Sun migration platform
Sentry Power Manager 4.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1 released
Exar RHEL 5.5 In-Box support for X3100 series
Celeros announces new line of storage platforms

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