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  • Microsoft, Linux vendors slow to fix flaw

    Operating system vendors were given two months notice before a serious security flaw was made public but some have yet to resolve the issue, a security researcher has claimed.

  • Open-source group plugs three holes

    An open-source group that maintains software for securing communications released a patch on Tuesday to fix several vulnerabilities that were found during a security test by the U.K. government.

  • Fixes are in for OpenSSL

    The group behind OpenSSL, a widely used open-source Web security program, released two patches for security flaws to block potential denial-of-service attacks, the organisation's developers said on Wednesday.

  • Open source key to Victorian schools

    Victoria's Department of Education and Training is continuing to develop in-house server software it built on top of open-source tools to bring its state-wide wireless network to life.

  • Flaws pop up in Linux kernel

    Linux users have been urged to fix a flaw in the core component of the open-source operating system, following the public release of code that could be used to crash Linux systems.

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  • A shopping cart anyone can install

    Reach online shoppers by outfitting your company's Web site with an e-commerce solution. You can do it quickly and painlessly with the open-sourced RediCommerce.

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