Dell partners with Microsoft-Novell

 +  +  =

Hardware giant Dell has joined the Microsoft-Novell interoperability pact. Dell Inc. has agreed to work with Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. under an alliance the rival software makers formed last year to make it easier for the Windows OS and the increasingly popular Linux system to work together, the companies.

Microsoft will license Windows alongside Novell’s Linux platform, and Dell is buying both from Microsoft. The goal doesn’t seem to be to move people off of Windows, really, but to get users of other Linux systems to move to the Novell system. To encourage more companies to choose Novell’s open-source platform, Microsoft has promised not to file patent-rights lawsuits over any of its technology that’s blended with Suse Linux.

Dell announced it would begin selling PCs preinstalled with the Ubuntu version of the Linux operating system from the end of May.

Read more…

Toshiba to recall Sony laptop batteries

Toshiba is recalling 340,000 laptop batteries worldwide made by Sony Corp.I have already posted about this issue.

The latest battery problem causes the laptops to sometimes run out of power but no injuries or other accidents have been reported, Toshiba Corp. spokesman Keisuke Omori said. She declined to provide the number of reported problems.

The defect is not directly related to the problem behind last month’s recall of Sony batteries by Dell Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., which cited concerns that the batteries could overheat and catch fire.

Dell asked customers to return 4.1 million faulty laptop batteries, while Apple recalled 1.8 million batteries worldwide.

Read more about this>>

What about 4 million laptop batteries????

Dell Inc. would recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony corporation because they would overheat and catch fire.A website will be launched soon which will describe the affected models.Also it tells consumers how to get free replacement batteries fom Dell.