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.
The Australian subsidiary of the non-profit One Laptop per Child (OLPC) organisation is about to commence a "Give 1, Get 1" program on November 30 that deliver the machines to both geeks and disadvantaged children.
Someone this afternoon briefly started using the Twitter micro-blogging service to impersonate newly ousted NSW State Premier Morris Iemma; and the results were hilarious.
Ubuntu Linux was the only system left unscathed in a multi-platform hacking competition last week, but does that mean it is more secure?
The Australian open source industry generates AU$500 million of revenue every year, according to the inaugural Australian Open Source Industry and Community Census, released today at the NSW Trade and Investment Centre.
On Saturday 15th November, Sydneysiders converged on the University of NSW for the city's fourth self-organised BarCamp unconference. From PHP hacking to OLPC laptops, Google Android and even hypnotism, BarCamp had it all.
What is it about Microsoft's proposed OOXML standard that has boffins hurling death threats at each other?
Though they may not be household names like Thorpie or Lleyton, local developers rank among the world's best.
It's not easy building a new version of Linux and establishing a large following. But with the Ubuntu project, one team of programmers has managed to do just that.
The winners of the annual Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group's open source awards were announced in Sydney this week.
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