The director of security architecture for the One Laptop per Child project, and AusCERT 2007 keynote speaker, has blasted desktop computer security -- including that of Windows, Linux and Mac -- because it is based on a 35-year-old premise where software can run with the same privilege as a user.
OpenVZ, virtualisation software that carves a single version of Linux into separate containers for different tasks, now is available for computers using Sun's UltraSparc T1 processor.
The Open Source Developer Labs and the Free Standards Group, two groups trying to standardise and steer Linux, have merged in an effort to increase their influence.
MontaVista Software has begun work to endow Linux with a feature currently possessed only by proprietary rivals: a guaranteed fast response time, which is useful in everything from automotive control computers to video players
The NSW government is asking Linux companies seeking appointment to a panel of suppliers to its agencies to address their ability to protect customers from "anti-Linux" litigation.
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HP has signed a partnership with Linux NetworX under which each company will use technology from the other for lower-cost supercomputers, the companies plan to announce.
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Perhaps a creeping sense of privileged paralysis signals organisations past their zenith.
As SCO forges ahead with a take no prisoners approach, its most fervent opponents are salivating at the prospect that a sealed 1992 settlement between the University of California, Berkeley, and Novell could disprove SCO claims to the Unix code. Imagine if Sun were holding a similar document in its files?
Red Hat has begun an effort to use its position as the dominant seller of the Linux operating system to try to smooth over a long-running divide about the look and feel of the OS.
Rick Rashid envisions a future in which disk drive capacity of a terabyte is routine and user interfaces possess active intelligence.
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