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  • Browsers to get sturdier padlocks

    The yellow security padlock in Web browsers, weakened by lax standards and loose supervision, will get reinforced next year with tougher requirements and browser updates.

  • Mozilla to squash security bugs

    Web surfers eyeing Mozilla-based browsers as a safer alternative might want to wait a week before making the switch.

  • NZ Ministry of Justice: We want open source

    The New Zealand Ministry for Justice believes that open source software is a more stable, supportable, and cost-effective choice compared to proprietary solutions.

  • PHP, Perl and Python pass Homeland Security test

    Coverity, which creates automated source-code analysis tools, announced late Monday its first list of open-source projects that have been certified as free of security defects.

  • Govt CIOs still misunderstand open source: Novell

    The problem with open source software is a lack of understanding, not a lack of support, according to a Novell executive who hit back at the CIOs from some of Australia's top government agencies.

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Features and Case Studies (32)

  • Open source reshaping services market

    The open-source movement has already rewritten the rules for how software is licensed and used. Now the computer services market is changing to keep up.

  • Sun floats open-source database idea

    Sun Microsystems has raised the possibility that it might offer customers its own database, a move that could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates.

  • Apache group aims at J2EE applications

    The Apache Software Foundation launches a project to develop Web application software based on Sun's Java.

  • Open source's next frontier

    Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.

  • Linux: The fork in the road

    Community developers claim the Linux Standards Base could be the perfect retort to fragmentation scare stories bandied about by critics of open source.

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Reviews (14)

  • Open source threatens Java servers

    Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.

  • New Linux versions follow standard path

    Four new versions of Linux have been certified to comply with guidelines set down by the Linux Standard Base.

  • Novell cozies up to open source

    The networking-software company bets on open source and standards to build momentum for its operating systems and security software.

  • Raritan Dominion PX8

    The Raritan Dominion PX keeps track of power consumption, and records temperature and humidity data from sensors placed amongst your servers. When combined with an un-interruptible power supply, we think it will keep your servers safe and happy.

  • Windows Server 2008

    Windows Server 2008 is easier to install and manage than previous versions, and has many new and improved features that should encourage organisations to upgrade.

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