News (22)

  • Google debuts Gears for Firefox 3

    Gears, Google's project to make Web browsers a better foundation for elaborate online applications, now supports Firefox 3, the company plans to announce soon.

  • Sun to launch first MySQL update

    The next version of MySQL won't contain bugs of the past, according to Sun execs who have promised not to change the culture of the open-source database organisation that was acquired by Sun for US$1bn in January.

  • Firefox marks its first year on the Net

    Firefox turned one year old Wednesday, marking yet another milestone for the popular open-source browser.

  • Open-source MP3 rival goes mobile

    The Ogg Vorbis project to create a fully open, licence-free alternative to the MP3 format got a boost with the recent release of the first Ogg player for a handheld device.

  • MySQL nears milestone 5.0 release

    Open source software vendor MySQL AB has billed the imminent version of its flagship database software as the most significant one in its history.

Features and Case Studies (2)

  • Database start-ups bet on open source

    Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.

  • Snort flaw opens the door to intruders

    If your network security infrastructure includes a Snort IDS, you need to take heed of a newly released CERT advisory.

Reviews (6)

Create an e-mail alert for "open source"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
open source


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue Telstra's BT coat doesn't fit
    The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.
  • Array Australian security: the lucky country
    Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?
  • Array Storage infrastructure on the tender track
    For a large-scale storage project, it's not uncommon to go out to tender for the best deal — but when was the last time you had to put together a tender for a document management room?
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured