Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster.
If Google starts behaving oddly later this year, it might not be due to too many YouTube videos of Britney Spears losing it or a stealth attack by Microsoft's minions, but because of a forthcoming change to the Python programming language.
A project funded by the US Department of Homeland Security has praised improvements in open source security, while outlining some common errors.
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.
Sun Microsystems released on Monday a Java development kit that seeks to meld Java and scripting languages.
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We talked to Hayden Lindsay, IBM Rational's vice president of enterprise tools and compilers about enterprise modernisation. He identified five key factors that are inhibiting business responsiveness.
Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.
Novell has a new lease on life, thanks to several recent acquisitions and their new J2EE-compliant server offering. Find out why you should check out Novell's upcoming Nakoma release.
Alternatives to traditional content management products are now ready for prime time, but there are several factors to consider when selecting an open-source solution.
Web Services tool, or the next best programming environment? -- Visual Studio .NET is a combination of things. We investigate precisely what those things are.
History of British PCs
The cash-strapped UK National Museum of Computing is home to an exhibition of the evolution of British PCs.… Watch it now
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Australian security: the lucky country
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