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    Mozilla has released a new beta version of Firefox 3, with the popular open source Web browser featuring significant new features that according to its makers will improve security, ease of use and the rendering of Web pages.

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    Snort, the open-source intrusion-detection software, is vulnerable to hackers, its developers said this week.

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    IBM has developed software designed to let people keep personal information secret when doing business online and donated it to the Higgins open-source project.

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  • The secrets of open source security

    The Linux vs. Windows security debate is a contest of examples, which stand in place of the concepts that comprise a larger, more fundamental question of what the security benefits and detriments are for the open source and closed source development models.

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    The open-source community entered the wireless arena with the Sputnik Community Gateway. Find out why this product may be good in theory, but needs some considerable work in the area of security.

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    Feeling entrenched in your choice of browser? Break free! We compare 11 different browsers so you can find the right one for you and your company.

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    You can do wonderful things online with just a wave of your mouse -- but not in IE.

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    Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.

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