News (283)

More News >

Blogs (3)

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    If PHP then goto is the future

    Few things can spark more religious fervour amongst programmers than the mention of a goto statement.

  • Confessions of a naked Mac user

    I caved in. I had all intentions of pre-emptively spending my $900 government handout on a $700 HP netbook this weekend. But I was pwned by a shiny little MacBook in about the time it took white hat Charlie Miller to hack its upscale brother, the MacBook Air.

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Nobody protects Macs, not even Steve Jobs

    Macs are banned from many government departments because there aren't any 'approved' applications to encrypt them. So why doesn't Apple CEO Steve Jobs do something about it?

Features and Case Studies (105)

  • Linux hacker: What the future holds for Linux

    Part I: A Linux 'kernel hacker' gives his views on the GPL, 64-bit computing and why grandmothers should want to use Linux.

  • Linux hacker: The battle for the desktop

    Part II: Linux Kernel hacker Alan Cox explains why the world needs open source software on the desktop and why Linux was perfect for Iceland.

  • Hack attacks on Linux on the rise

    Hackers are increasingly targeting Web servers based on the Linux operating system, while the number of successful attacks on Windows systems decreases, according to a new report from a systems integrator.

  • Stay ahead of hackers with the Nessus scanner

    If you want to level the playing field with hackers, you need to be able to look at your network's vulnerabilities in the same way they do.

  • UNIX tools track down hackers

    Catching malicious hackers isn't impossible. With the right tools, you can gather important information to help stop hack attacks. How can you use common UNIX tools to hunt down network attackers?

More Features and Case Studies >

Reviews (46)

  • PC army tackles Xbox security code

    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.

  • OLPC XO

    The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is unique as the XO laptop it distributes. While the XO is not commercially available, our review provides an insight into what can be achieved in a laptop designed for children at a very low cost.

  • Lindows CEO funds Xbox hacking contest

    Michael Robertson, CEO of software company Lindows, has revealed himself as the formerly anonymous donor of US$200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft's Xbox video game console.

  • Xbox gets the penguin treatment

    A hacker group specializing in software for Microsoft's Xbox has announced the release of the first full version of Linux for the game console.

  • Mandrake flirts with non-open source

    French Linux company MandrakeSoft takes a step away from the open-source philosophy, with a change to license terms involving customers that want support for a firewall product.

More Reviews >

Create an e-mail alert for "linux"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
linux


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 14 apple
  2. Popularity: 7 attack
  3. Popularity: 5 ballmer
  4. Popularity: 8 becker
  5. Popularity: 5 browser
  6. Popularity: 8 code
  7. Popularity: 5 conference
  8. Popularity: 10 david
  9. Popularity: 5 desktop
  10. Popularity: 16 european union
  11. Popularity: 7 exploit
  12. Popularity: 8 firefox
  13. Popularity: 8 firewall
  14. Popularity: 22 flaw
  15. Popularity: 7 games
  16. Popularity: 25 hack
  17. Popularity: 15 hackers
  18. Popularity: 30 hacking
  19. Popularity: 8 ibm
  20. Popularity: 6 internet
  21. Popularity: 6 lemos
  22. Popularity: 6 linux.conf.au
  23. Popularity: 9 mac
  24. Popularity: 8 mozilla
  25. Popularity: 5 novell
  26. Popularity: 12 open
  27. Popularity: 25 open source
  28. Popularity: 5 open-source
  29. Popularity: 6 operating system
  30. Popularity: 7 os
  31. Popularity: 9 os x
  32. Popularity: 8 patch
  33. Popularity: 5 pc
  34. Popularity: 6 red hat
  35. Popularity: 5 robert
  36. Popularity: 11 sco
  37. Popularity: 65 security
  38. Popularity: 5 server
  39. Popularity: 8 servers
  40. Popularity: 8 software
  41. Popularity: 13 source
  42. Popularity: 6 t&b
  43. Popularity: 13 techrepublic
  44. Popularity: 20 unix
  45. Popularity: 13 virus
  46. Popularity: 7 vulnerabilities
  47. Popularity: 15 vulnerability
  48. Popularity: 21 windows
  49. Popularity: 14 worm
  50. Popularity: 23 xbox

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue Welcome to National Censorship Day
    Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon Net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian Internet.
  • Array That sinking Tcard feeling
    There's something terribly unsettling about realising that the NSW Government is considering hiring a company to build a new electronic ticketing system which has already put it through the legal wringer for the system's predecessor.
  • Array The challenge of government 2.0
    The Government 2.0 Taskforce released its draft report last week, and its recommendations for Open Government almost reads like a manifesto. Stilgherrian's guest on Patch Monday this week is the chair of the Taskforce, Nicholas Gruen.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured