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  • Munich picks its Linux distro

    The City of Munich has chosen to migrate its 14,000 desktops to a free Linux distribution, rather than a commercial version of the open source operating system.

  • IM worm speaks your language

    A new MSN Messenger worm often talks to people in their own tongue as it hunts for new victims, security experts have warned.

  • One city's move to open source

    In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.

  • Munich's Linux plans attract international attention

    Peter Hofmann, the project leader of the Linux migration in the City of Munich, code-named LiMux, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday what it feels like to become a star in the Linux world.

  • Microsoft patches new Windows flaw

    Microsoft on Tuesday detailed a new vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that could enable an attacker to remotely execute malicious code.

  • Pros point to flaws in Windows security update

    Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.

  • India leader advocates open source

    The President of India added to a growing foreign-relations headache for Microsoft with a speech in which he advocated broader adoption of open-source software.

  • Microsoft: Longhorn goes to pieces

    Microsoft is designing its ever-present Windows operating system to streamline and lower the cost of building and distributing the software.

  • Microsoft unveils new XP Embedded version

    The software giant makes the second beta of the component-based version of the operating system available to developers.

  • Is Microsoft spying for the US government?

    People in the Chinese government fear that Microsoft technology contains equipment that could cripple their infrastructure, and they are determined to do something about it: install Linux.

  • Open source and Sun save Christmas

    This Christmas Santa is looking for a new operating system. ZDNet Australia asked five OS companies why Santa should use their product.

  • Penguins: Power to the enterprise

    It started as a small rebellion--a warning shot fired at the Windows monopoly by independent-minded programmers. But the open-source movement traditionally associated with the happy penguin and the pierced, tattooed crowd is increasingly moving into the enterprise, mingling peacefully with commercial and proprietary code.

  • Govt CIOs still misunderstand open source: Novell

    The problem with open source software is a lack of understanding, not a lack of support, according to a Novell executive who hit back at the CIOs from some of Australia's top government agencies.

  • 2007: How was it for Apple?

    ZDNet Australia takes an iLook at the Year that was for Apple.

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

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