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    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

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    Andrew Morton, the lead maintainer of the Linux production kernel, is worried that an increasing number of defects are appearing in the 2.6 version and is considering drastic action to resolve it.

  • New marketing tactics for Linux - women and toys

    A local council in Germany may have found the secret to overcoming user reluctance to Linux -- stuffed penguins and powerful women.

  • Linux firms look to plug Samba hole

    The open-source community is pushing customers to patch their systems to close a hole in a software component that allows Windows programs to store and retrieve files on Linux and Unix servers.

  • Making Linux usable tops Torvalds' list

    The biggest development in Linux in the past year has been a more refined user interface, according to Linux founder Linus Torvalds, deprecating the deeper work that remains his own domain.

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  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • Sober.d prevention and cure

    What appears to be yet another Microsoft security patch for the MyDoom worm is actually a computer virus. Sober.d (w32.sober.d@mm, also known as Roca.a) is the fourth member of the Sober mass-mailing virus family written in Visual Basic.

  • Six office suites reviewed

    Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to dethrone Microsoft. We test six office suites in the market.

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