The struggle to open up Java completely is finally coming to an end.
After announcing that 1.9 million Australians lodged their tax in 2007 using e-tax, the Tax Commissioner has said that online initiatives can only go so far to ease the burden of an overly complex tax system.
Debian, a longstanding and steadfastly non-commercial Linux project, released version 4.0, called Etch, over the long weekend.
As Microsoft is out touting the "wow" of Windows Vista, two US federal departments are among those saying "whoa."
An open-source rival to a Microsoft identity tool has been in limbo for months, awaiting the software giant's go-ahead on certain patent-related issues.
Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures.
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Samba is a great tool for making Windows and Linux play nice together, and these basic troubleshooting steps will help you resolve common problems.
Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux
LiSt Open Files (LSOF) is a Linux utility that allows you to view current network connections and the files associated with them. While similar in many ways to utilities like netstat and fuser, LSOF has many unique options that let you find specific information on ports, users, processes, and files.
We'll step you through the process of installing Linux alongside Windows XP so that you can boot either OS.
The OpenOffice.org office suite has come a long way since its inception--so much so that it's now a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. See how this open source application fares against the Goliath Microsoft Office suite.
IBM's work on the AIX 5L Unix operating system will bear fruit this year, with version 5.1 enabling systems to incorporate Power 4 chips or Intel's Itanium for the first time.
If data security is paramount, the DataTraveler BlackBox is the USB flash drive of choice, despite its relatively high cost.
This is a powerful performance monitoring and reporting system for servers running VMware ESX Server. Web-based dashboards show the resources in use by servers and their VMs, while the reporting module delivers printable reports of historical data.
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