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With its mix of capability and flexibility, often at a lower cost, Linux continues its aggressive growth in the enterprise server market, according to new research ...

Google's new Code Search, a developer tool that scours the Internet for software code, is stirring up buzz over what some see as its potential for misuse bycomputer attackers ...

Most fans of Linux know that while the open source operating system has proven its might in corporate computer servers, it has languished on the desktop, where Microsoft maintains its monopoly ...

Internet search giant Google delivered this week a new online search tool that combs publicly available software source code and connected documentation online ...

SpikeSource this week announced that it has sealed a deal with Japan's NEC to bundle its certified open source solutions with NEC servers ...

Mozilla's open source software developers quickly jumped on a supposedly critical series of Javascript vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser, only to find the hack, presented over the weekend at ToorCon in San Diego, was just a big joke ...

Yahoo used its recent "Hack Day" to springboard its opening of substantial chunks of code to software developers, highlighted by the application programming interface (API) of Yahoo's widely-used Web e-mail application ...

The open source software development process will be going under the microscope as computer science researchers from the University of California Davis use a US$750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to find out how systems such as the Apache Web server, PostgreSQL database and Python scripting language are built ...

When Oracle bought Berkeley DB provider Sleepycat Software early this year, some feared the open source database maker's product -- and the entire open source database market -- might be at risk. Now, however, Oracle is winning praise for a hands-off approach that has resulted in its first update to the database, Berkeley DB v4.5, made available this week...

Black Duck Software got its feet wet during the SCO uproar, when the Unix firm's legal onslaught against IBM and others sharpened concern over intellectual property rights connected to the use of software code. New issues have arisen since then, however, coinciding with the increased adoption of open source applications and the growing number of licenses governing their use. Black Duck recently released protexIP 4.0, a new version of its development software analysis system, in response to the broadening range of compliance challenges...

Like many in the technology industry and legal community, IBM is wondering when the US$5 billion lawsuit the SCO Group has filed against it -- for alleged breach of contract and the incorporation of SCO code in Linux -- is going to end ...

In a twist made possible by virtualization, or the running of multiple "virtual" computer servers on one physical server through special software, Novell said this week it would support Linux virtualization, including instances of rival Red Hat's Linux Enterprise 4 operating system, using Xen virtualization optimized for Intel hardware ...

Linux creator Linus Torvalds' objections to GPLv3, the Free Software Foundation's draft of the next version of the popular GNU General Public License, have been reinforced by the rest of the open source operating system's top developers. They share Torvalds' concerns over digital rights management (DRM), patents, and other restrictions of GPLv3, according to a poll and position paper...

IBM has revealed that it is considering a plan to support an open source software distribution known as Red Flag Linux from Beijing-based Red Flag Software as part of its long-term strategy in China ...

Hoping to monetize its open source software development,Qlusters this week is making available openQRM Pro, a specialized version of its systems management software, for sale ...

Novell aired some dirty laundry this week, announcing it had received notification that it is in danger of being delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange for delayed reporting of financial results for its latest fiscal quarter. The results have been held up by the company's own voluntary, internal investigation into past stock option grants and reporting...

Coders have developed a Firefox variant, Torpark, that allows users to go online without worrying about the government, Internet service providers (ISPs) or others tracking their Internet activity ...

Much in the way that open source software projects are known to produce forks, or spinoffs, based on different objectives and personalities, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger is creating an offshoot of his popular communal Internet encyclopedia ...

Hewlett-Packard aims to tap into the growing need among small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) for high-capacity, networked storage with its new StorageWorks All-in-One (AiO) Storage Systems unveiled this week ...

The technology that college students are going back to this year is increasingly connected to the open source Linux operating system, says Red Hat, which is highlighting the growing adoption of its open source software and network solutions at institutions of higher learning ...