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There's little hardware left that Linux doesn't run, but Novell's Greg Kroah-Hartman is making sure that what doesn't run with Linux now soon will be running with Linux.

If you travel with sensitive files, Lenovo's ThinkPad USB Secure Hard Drive strikes me as an excellent approach to security. There are many secure external hard drives, but I particularly like the approach taken by this one.

In today's podcast: Telcos get immunity from NSA lawsuits; BenQ plans an Android netbook; and Verizon launches Caas.

A big pharmaceutical company installs a new payroll system and rolls it out in January. But on payday, there's a call from the CEO -- who says his paycheck is wrong.

I haven’t flown since last year, but I’m still intrigued by the prospect of getting a free body scan with a paid plane fare. Chris Strohm’s “House to consider ban on airport body scans” (which I read at govexec.com), quotes a TSA spokesman who says that 99.6 percent of passengers chose to have the body scan over other screening options. I’m pretty sure I’d rather have a scan too, even though “It basically looks at your body naked,” according to Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah).

The bout is about to begin: Palm Pre vs iPhone. In IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches bloggers watch Apple's iPhone and Palm's Pre pre-pare to slug it out for the title of best smartphone. Not to mention texting the ten commandments...

Here's an idea I want to like, but that I can see going downhill in a hurry. Celebrity iGoogle homepages. It's an intriguing concept but since the definition of "celebrity" is such a moving target, I'm afraid we'll see less Sir Anthony Hopkins and more Octo-mom.

With two recent entries into the field of online search, you'd think finding answers to queries would have improved. It hasn't.

By Brennon Slattery, PC World

A California judge ruled today that former EMC top executive David Donatelli cannot oversee storage operations at HP due to a noncompete clause with his former employer.

Be here on Monday, June 8, at 1 PM Eastern for my liveblog of the Apple WWDC keynote.

Google did it again today, overshadowing Microsoft's Bing search engine offering with what be their most ambitious project yet. Google Wave is described as what email would be like if it were invented right now.

Ooma wants to be at the root of your home network. Here's why.

Google's upgrade of Chrome to 2.0 is exceedingly underwhelming --- there's so little new that if you blinked you'd miss the changes. It's baffling that a company that keeps fully featured software like Gmail in beta for years has jumped to 2.0 for a browser with so little to offer.

Unfortunately, this year's INTEROP Las Vegas show has come to an end.  I have identified two major themes among the wireless & mobile vendors at the show. 

First, is the continuing trend toward deploying 802.11n products.  All the major access point manufacturers are now shipping 802.11n capable devices.