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Global expansion and strong Enterprise Linux subscriptions have lifted Red Hat to double-digit growth as the CEO confirms provider Red Hat's solution and services transformation.

British mountain climber Rod Baber reached the summit of Mount Everest early Monday, local time, where he made the world's highest land-based cellular phone call and sent a text message.

Telemarketing calls: we hate them. But the business of calling people at inopportune moments is big business; the so-called outbound dialing market will reach over US$200 million by 2011, Frost & Sullivan predicts.

Red Hat's woes this week raise the issue of whether IT investors are turning sour on open source. A somewhat disappointing forecast for the next quarter has investors fleeing, just as they have from the company's open-source rival, Novell.

Google topped financial analysts' revenue and pro-forma earnings expectations in its second quarter, which ended June 30, the company said Thursday.

Apple Computer's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Jobs introduced a new notebook and an iMac computer that use Intel's latest processor on Tuesday, six months ahead of the schedule outlined by Apple last year.

Sun Microsystems' quarterly revenue has continued its decline in the fourth quarter, but the company has posted a profit on a one-time tax benefit.

The rough ride continues for Sun Microsystems, which on Thursday reported financial results that again fell short of Wall Street expectations. The computer maker reported revenues of US$2.625 billion for its third fiscal 2004 quarter, which ended March 27.

Apple Computer on Wednesday reported record quarterly earnings and revenue on significant increases in Macintosh computer and iPod digital media player shipments.

Search maverick Google missed widely on Wall Street's earnings expectations for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, its first quarterly financial report after launching its initial public offering.

Red Hat now has over 300,000 subscribers to its Red Hat Enterprise Linux support service, the company said Thursday, during a conference call reporting the results of its first quarter of fiscal 2004. The company reported revenue of US$41.6 million and net income of US$10.7 million, for the quarter, which ended May 31.