All Desktop Computing News - March 2007

Latest version of Open source General Public License v3 available tomorrow

The latest draft version of the new open source General Public License (GPL) is scheduled to be available from the Free Software Foundation tomorrow.

Intel to build wafer fabrication plant in China

Intel is to build its first wafer fab in Asia, with a $2.5bn (£1.31bn) investment in China.

Microsoft discounts Vista licences

Microsoft is offering a 10% discount off the Windows Vista list price to consumers and small businesses who want additional Vista licences.

Vista will have no impact on PC shipments

The availability of Windows Vista will have no significant impact on PC shipment numbers this year, said analyst Gartner.

Novell upgrades Linux product offerings

Novell has kicked off its annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City with a number of product announcements.

Security news round up: Flaws plague IE 7, Apple, BlackBerry and OpenBSD

Bug Bytes: IT administrators had to take action to protect their systems from flaws in several programs that are heavily used in the business world.

Apple patches Mac security flaws

The software vendor issued an update to address 45 flaws, including several kernel issues, disk image handling problems and AppleTalk networking troubles.

Apple patches Mac every which way

Apple has fixed more than 40 security holes in its Mac operating system in a mammoth patch.
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