An unpublished security vulnerability in Apple's OS X operating system which first came to light after a hacking competition has sparked concern in the user community.
Novell, the second in the chain of four companies to own rights to the Unix operating system, is expected to challenge rights infringement claims that the current owner of those rights, SCO Group, is making against Linux.
Local IT services firm DWS Advanced Business Solutions has retained the contract to support the Australian Taxation Office's e-tax software.
Open source advocate and former Linux Australia president Pia Waugh today revealed she will be leaving her business and joining the staff of Senator Kate Lundy as a policy advisor.
Adobe this week took the Linux version of its Adobe Integrated Runtime product out of beta, bringing it up to speed with the versions available for Windows and Mac users.
Few things can spark more religious fervour amongst programmers than the mention of a goto statement.
The NSW Government's release this week of an expressions of interest tender to give low-cost laptops to every senior public school student in NSW is a big step, but will these systems be Windows or Linux?
As Oracle gets bigger and bigger, one question remains unanswered: what type of company is Oracle?
Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News.
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.
Non-profit organisations are keen to take advantage of emerging technologies such as social networking for fundraising and software as a service for administration, but a lack of perceived support options is keeping them away from open source software and focused on traditional providers such as Microsoft.
The longtime rivals make nice with a plan to help businesses use the open-source operating system along with Windows. Red Hat, meanwhile, moved quickly to pour cold water on the partnership.
Commentary: Tablet PC isn't just a new Microsoft operating system -- it also changes the rules significantly, and could be just the thing the Redmond boys are looking for to send Linux spiralling away into insignificance.
At the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Lucasfilm's director of IT operations, Kevin Clark, spoke about the difficulties in networking and providing data storage for their large collection of companies--including locations in Singapore and the remote Marin Headlands. He discusses how they managed to move to a new...
A growing army of PC owners is hoping to use the power of the masses to crack the main security code of Microsoft's Xbox and claim $100,000 in the process.
With "Eco" and "Lite" in its name does that mean the U121 is a product with fewer features with a high price for the sake of being branded as environmentally friendly?
Mozilla isn't quite at full release 1.0 status yet. But it's achingly close. What's more, if it continues to improve, Internet Explorer may have quite a battle on its hands.
Commentary: Tablet PC isn't just a new Microsoft operating system -- it also changes the rules significantly, and could be just the thing the Redmond boys are looking for to send Linux spiralling away into insignificance.
Intel CIO Stacy Smith sits down with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber in a Face to Face interview to share his challenge of saving money while increasing performance. Wireless technology, he says, will be outfitted for nontraditional spaces such as construction sites and hospitals.
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