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    A type of security flaw in Perl applications that experts thought could lead only to a denial-of-service attack is now believed to be much more serious.

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    As PHP apparently becomes the world's leading scripting language, the open-source LAMP burns a little more brightly.

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    Community developers claim the Linux Standards Base could be the perfect retort to fragmentation scare stories bandied about by critics of open source.

  • Tech tips: 'GRAB' Linux updates

    Tracking a Linux RPM installation database can be maddening. Any package that can simplify this process can be quite valuable, especially if you have a lot of RPM packages installed. See how to use GRAB to keep tabs on RPMs.

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    When Charles Hagen set up a foundation to benefit leukemia research efforts, he turned to Linux and saved US$10K. Now he's advocating Linux to help his local municipality save as well, but the outlook doesn't look as promising.

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    Linux Labs has released a beta version of a Web browser for wireless-enabled Palm handhelds.

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    Vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Information Services are causing firms to consider moving to other Web servers. Take a look at these transition strategies.

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    Trying to keep corporate secrets away from prying eyes? We evaluate five encryption software packages

  • Network management and debugging

    Because networks increase the number of interdependencies among machines, they tend to magnify problems. As the saying goes, "Networking is when you can’t get any work done because of the failure of a machine you have never even heard of."

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