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Lindows.com ordered to drop Lindows name
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/031212lindow/index.html

Judges in Finland and Sweden have given Microsoft Corp. what it has twice been denied in the U.S.: preliminary injunctions barring Linux vendor Lindows.com Inc. from using the Lindows name.

Red Hat founder sees irony in SCO lawsuit
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/031211young/index.html

Though the company he founded has been drawn into a legal dispute between The SCO Group Inc. and IBM Corp., former Red Hat Inc. CEO Bob Young has not had much to say about the SCO dispute. At least, that was the case until Wednesday, when Young published an open letter to SCO CEO Darl McBride criticizing him for his management of SCO and countering McBride's recent claims that the open source community is attacking intellectual property laws in Europe and the U.S.

Microsoft readies Windows XP Service Pack 2 beta
http://www.itworld.com/Comp/4063/031211xpsvcpack/index.html

Microsoft Corp. is gearing up for the first beta test of a set of updates for Windows XP designed to bolster the operating system's security and add features such as support for the latest version of Bluetooth and a new wireless LAN client.

CSC, IRS blasted for IT project work
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2712/031211cscirs/index.html

A report criticizing an ongoing IT modernization effort at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offers a peek into a properly planned project marred by poor execution.

IBM wheels away with €1B Michelin outsourcing contract http://www.itworld.com/Man/2713/031211ibmmichelin/index.html

Tire maker Michelin has decided to hand over management and maintenance of its IT infrastructure in North America and Europe to IBM Corp.'s Global Services unit in an eight-year deal worth €1 billion (US$1.22 billion), IBM announced on Thursday.

Court approves CA's shareholder suits settlement
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/031211casuits/index.html

A federal court has approved Computer Associates International Inc.'s (CA's) plans to settle all outstanding litigation about its often-questioned past accounting practices, the company said Thursday.

AT&T launches new VoIP services, targets consumers http://www.itworld.com/Net/3303/031211attvoip/index.html

AT&T Corp. is aggressively expanding its voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services with a new focus on consumers, the company said. The VoIP push is meant to target the growing number of broadband Internet users who are looking to simplify their voice and data communication by running them over one network.

Offshore outsourcing: Little effect on U.S. jobs?
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2701/031211outsourcing/index.html

The trend toward U.S. IT and manufacturing companies outsourcing jobs to other countries has so far had little effect on the overall U.S. job market, supporters of offshore outsourcing and some economists argued Thursday, but others predicted the national debate over the issue will get hotter as more jobs move.

Relief not expected in U.S., E.U. antispam laws
http://security.itworld.com/4774/031211nospamrelief/page_1.html