Software patent campaigner Florian Mueller revealed this week that the City of Munich's decision to stall its Linux migration, was the result of a PR stunt by anti-patent campaigners.
An upcoming version of Firefox will include protection against phishing scams, using technology that might come from Google.
An open source software company wants Australia's competition watchdog to force hardware vendors to offer PCs without a Microsoft OS pre-installed and force changes to a public education procurement process it claims is biased towards Redmond.
Microsoft has ditched its "get the facts" Web site and replaced it with a site asking administrators to "Compare" the differences between Linux and Windows.
The acquisition of Canada based anti-spam software company ActiveState for US$23 million by anti-virus provider Sophos has potential to spoil a fresh deal between Network Associates (NAI) and Telstra.
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Con Zymaris, CEO of Australian IT services company CyberSource, attempts to set the record straight over recent industry comments that his company is muddying the waters when it comes to determining the true cost of corporate open source deployment.
Speaking to the Novell boss at his company's annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, ZDNet.co.uk asked whether the Microsoft deal could actually be damaging in the long run and what effect a financial downturn could have on Novell's recent recovery.
Many network administrators new to Linux find it hard to transition from a point-and-click security configuration interface to one based on editing complicated and hard-to-locate text files. Here are seven easy things administrators can and should do to make their Linux server more secure and significantly reduce the risk they face.
Are radical elements in the open source community slowing eroding the reputation and uptake of open-source software?
Four Linux companies have joined forces to develop a common core version of the OS for businesses, but a local analyst doubts a unified approach is enough to encourage take-up by Australian businesses.
Linux has made a big impact in the server room, but usability issues and lock-in to Microsoft Office have conspired to hold it back on the desktop. Has that all changed?
The new desktop environment for Linux adds features designed to rival Mac OS X and Windows XP
New technology such as MP3s may soon be used as vectors for viruses, a security expert has warned.
The two companies are cooperating on a version of Sun's StarOffice productivity software for Mac OS X. The plan has one rival in mind: Microsoft Office.
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