Microsoft Unleashes VMware Killer (Red Herring)

Software beast begins public trials of new virtualization software that competes with programs from VMware. The EMC-owned virtualization company's shares skidded 6 percent lower while Microsoft gained 2.5 percent.

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Bamboo PC is eco-friendly and looks nice too (Reuters)

Back in 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the Apple I, an early personal computer that consisted of a circuit board in a simple wooden box. Apple Inc and other computer makers went on to make advanced PCs in metal and plastic casings, but now Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc is finding potential beauty -- and sales -- in an eco-friendly notebook PC encased in another natural material: bamboo.

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A first look at KDE 4.0 release candidate 2 (Ars Technica)

The second release candidate of KDE 4 was issued earlier this week. Ars takes a look at the feature set and finds plenty to like along with some nasty, hair-sprouting warts. Is one month enough time for the devs to wield the scalpel?

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RIAA: Those CD rips of yours are still "unauthorized" (Ars Technica)

All of that music you've copied from your CDs to your PC and iPod are "unauthorized," according to a court brief filed by the RIAA. It's not surprising, given the testimony from one music industry executive that making copies of your own music is stealing.

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Tempe Wi-Fi Network on the Block (CIO.com)

Municipal Wi-Fi is faltering, but vendor Telscape says better marketing can draw subscribers.

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BSU Standardizes on Apple Hardware for Dual-Boot Initiative (Campus Technology)

In the mixed computing environments common on university campuses, supporting multiple operating systems and myriad hardware configurations can be a nightmare for IT. One solution has been to go with a single platform. Great for IT. Not so great for users. But at Bemidji State University in Minnesota, they've come up with another solution: to standardize the machines but to continue to offer choices in operating systems by providing faculty and students with dual- and triple-boot systems based on Apple hardware.

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