For better or worse, we now have a specific issue by which to differentiate the OSI vision of "open source" from the FSF vision of "free software." That issue is privacy.
IBM has developed software designed to let people keep personal information secret when doing business online and donated it to the Higgins open-source project.
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Google this week said it would anonymise user data received through search requests entered in its search engine and Chrome browser.
A small Australian company has released an innovative Linux-based security tool, in an attempt to set the open-source darling on the path towards acceptance within organisations.
The Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to security fears, with the code not subject to enough "technical scrutiny".
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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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The Mozilla Foundation is perhaps best known for its Firefox web browser, an open source offering that was first developed to go head-to-head with Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.
Of the less well known open source browsers, Maxthon has been gaining attention as the second most popular Web browser in its home state of China. Based on IE's Trident engine, we found it to be highly customisable; however its lack of support makes it difficult to recommend for business.
The latest test version of the open-source browser is inviting users to improve features by submitting their surfing data.
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