Todd R. Weiss

With new PCs offering more computing power than a single user needs for basic work such as exploring the Internet or creating documents, Hewlett-Packard Co. is now pushing a desktop machine that includes four monitors, keyboards and mice. The Mandrakelinux-equipped machine can be used by four users at one time.

Collaboration software vendor Groove Networks Inc. next week plans to announce an updated version of its flagship software, which it said will offer better security, improved performance and new ease-of-use features.

Linux life-cycle and automation management vendor Aduva Inc. has joined the Open Source Development Labs Inc., a growing consortium of companies that hopes to speed up the adoption of Linux in corporate computing.

Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux AB is planning to test the use of an offshore call centre in India to supplement an already busy U.S. facility in Augusta, Ga.

The SCO Group Inc. has detailed a new product road map and a more aggressive marketing plan for its Unix software

Upstart Linux vendor Xandros Inc. has made a free version of its Linux desktop distribution available to noncommercial users to encourage its proliferation on computers around the world.

In an announcement Thursday, Lindon, Utah-based SCO Group Inc., which is embroiled in lawsuits with IBM Corp. and Novell Inc. over the rights to the Unix operating system and related issues, said a drastic revenue drop was "primarily the result of a lack of SCOsource licensing revenue" from its SCOsource division.

Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the next version of Red Hat Inc.'s Enterprise Linux 3 will support new CPU-based security protections designed to stop incoming malicious executable code from being triggered.