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Title	With Vista breached, Linux unbeaten in hacking contest
Type	News
Source	IDG News Service 03/31/2008
Summary	The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, that remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference. continue

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