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    In an attempt to bridge the looming skills shortage in Linux savvy computer graduates, SCO has partnered with Murdoch University to offer industry grade training in the open source operating system.

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    Students, engineers and staff at the University of Washington (UW) will find out first hand what it means to be tracked by RFID in what UW researchers call "the next step in social networking".

  • Mac community must wake up to security

    Apple Macintosh users believe they are immune from security problems and need to wake up to the potential of attack -- before they are rudely awoken by a destructive piece of malware.

  • Developers compete at heavyweight Linux conference

    Developers are gearing up for a fiercely competitive hack-fest at a heavyweight Linux conference in Adelaide this month.

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    The federal government is commissioning a trial of voice authentication technology to see whether it is mature enough for use by its agencies.

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    OS religion almost dead in the datacentre

    While there's not much that's more fun than stirring up Linux and Windows zealots into a frenzy of spite against each other, we thankfully finally seem to be approaching a more measured universe in which technology choices can be made based on suitability rather than preconception.

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Banks are confusing consumers on PC security

    Banks obviously have an interest in making consumers feel safe. They are there to protect the customers' money. They want customers to use their online services, too, because the channel offers a lower cost per transaction than a branch. But giving away free security software to make customers feel safe is probably doing more harm than good.

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    SUSE Linux 10 is a full Windows/Microsoft Office replacement on one DVD at a bargain price. Home users could do a lot worse, and even IT managers may learn to love it.

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    Recent disputes over the authorship of Linux are missing an extremely obvious point. Has nobody noticed?

  • Itanium gets supercomputing software

    Researchers build full Itanium support into software that can be used to assemble supercomputers out of clusters of Linux computers.

  • Linux handheld suffers from security hole

    Sharp's Linux-based handheld suffers from security holes that could let hackers grab private data off a corporate network, according to researchers at a leading university.

  • Linux to enter supercomputing top five

    A Linux cluster coming to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory later this year will be the most powerful Linux or Intel-based supercomputer ever built.

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