Agreement covers Amazon’s use of Linux software Amazon has agreed to pay Microsoft an undisclosed sum as part of a patent cross-licensing deal between the companies.

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Microsoft & Amazon in patent cross-licensing deal

2000-2009 company winner revealed The end of the first decade of the 21st Century marks a great time to take stock of a monumental 10 years in technology. Here are PC Advisor’s companies of the decade: there can be only one winner.

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PC Advisor’s Company Of The Decade

Running an advanced, Linux-based operating system called Maemo 5, the Nokia N900 is an interesting device. Foremost an internet tablet and capable of full multitasking, the Nokia N900 smartphone will impress early adopters and gadget gurus, but for others the experience will feel incomplete and uncomfortable.

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Nokia N900 review

Availabile to order from Boxing Day The Carphone Warehouse will be offering Nokia’s N900 from January 14 2010.

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Carphone Warehouse to offer Nokia N900 in January

Carphone Warehouse taking orders from Boxing Day The Carphone Warehouse will be offering Nokia’s N900 from January 14.

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Nokia N900 to hit UK in January 2010

But no word on when it will launch, what it will cost… Emblaze Mobile this week said that its upcoming First Else smartphone and Linux-based Else Intuition operating system will revolutionise the mobile phone market. it failed to add any details of when it will launch or what it will cost, however.

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Emblaze First Else to ‘revolutionise smartphones’

Google revealed its Google Chrome OS operating system last week. But is it a rival to Windows 7, Ubuntu, Apple Mac OS X and the rest, or nothing but an overblown browser?

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Google Chrome OS review

Although it’s based on the popular Linux distro, Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) is not a pruned down version of Ubuntu. Instead, its developers discarded old, legacy code not relevant to netbook systems.

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Ubuntu Netbook Remix review

Why Google’s desktop operating system will fail A lack of flexibility will doom Google’s latest ego trip to the dustbin of history. Here’s why Google Chrome OS is destined to fail.

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Analysis: the two fatal flaws in Google Chrome OS

A visual tour of Google Chrome OS The web-based Google Chrome OS was shown for the first time this week, where the company gave a brief demo of the operating system. Here’s our visual tour of Google’s nascent operating system.

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In pictures: Google Chrome OS revealed