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  • Getting your foot in the door

    When the nation's number two telco Optus bought local systems integrator Alphawest in mid-2005, convergence was clearly the name of the game.

  • Open Group goes open source

    The Open Group, goaded by open-source advocates and from within its ranks, has begun a drive to improve its street cred in the world of open source and open standards.

  • Who really owns Unix?

    Allen Brown, CEO of The Open Group, explains that his organisation owns the Unix trademark and that SCO Group holds the rights only to the OS source code.

  • Apple in court dispute over Unix

    As legal battles heat up over who owns the rights to the Unix operating system, another dispute has been quietly simmering over the rights to the Unix name itself.

  • IBM to Sun: free Java

    Big Blue heavyweight Bob wants Sun's Java to be open-sourced and ultimately turned into a standard.

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  • Fight back against spyware

    Spyware is a growing annoyance for users and organisations. With these techniques, you can help get spyware under control.

  • Disable Windows Messenger from WinXP

    Find out how Microsoft recommends disabling its instant messaging client, and learn how to remove it altogether.

  • SCO's failing case against IBM

    Open-source advocate Bruce Perens says SCO will need more than fancy footwork to win its dispute with IBM.

  • Linux gets renewed heart

    The latest version of the 2.4-series kernel for the open-source operating system is released amid controversy over components in the Linux code.

  • Who really owns Unix?

    Allen Brown, CEO of The Open Group, explains that his organisation owns the Unix trademark and that SCO Group holds the rights only to the OS source code.

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