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    A security flaw in open-source software used by Linux and Unix systems for compression may affect some Microsoft products that also use the code.

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  • Code scanner roots out backdoors

    Security start-up Veracode updated its SecurityReview tool this week to allow companies to scan for backdoors and malicious code introduced during the development process, a class of security holes often missed by existing scanners.

  • Is the FOSS community divided?

    One Linux Australia past president thinks so. In other Linux.conf.au coverage, a leading IT lawyer claims that an expensive and ineffective patent regime is hampering the work of Australia's software community.

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  • Microsoft: Behind the firewall

    In a white paper, the software giant gives users a peek of how it secures its computer infrastructure but the document is more rhetorical than real.

  • Open-source flaw exposes Microsoft

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  • Is the FOSS community divided?

    One Linux Australia past president thinks so. In other Linux.conf.au coverage, a leading IT lawyer claims that an expensive and ineffective patent regime is hampering the work of Australia's software community.

  • Browser wars: Episode II

    Will the increasing popularity of the Firefox open-source browser propel it into mainstream businesses or will Microsoft up its game to compensate?

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Reviews (7)

  • Microsoft: We'll open up more source code

    Microsoft's shared source chief Jason Matusow on how the programme will spread beyond platforms and whether Office source code will be released. The question is, does anybody want it?

  • Windows: The users strike back

    COMMENTARY--I asked you for your pet Windows peeves. Sadly, everyone is entirely happy with the operating system and nobody replied... nah, only joking.

  • Office not so suite

    You may not believe this, but Microsoft thinks we're biased...against Microsoft. But if reactions to our office suite review are anything to go by, our readers disagree.

  • Running Linux with Office XP: Ready for business?

    Linux has made a big impact in the server room, but usability issues and lock-in to Microsoft Office have conspired to hold it back on the desktop. Has that all changed?

  • SuSE Linux Desktop

    Can you use a Linux system successfully in a Windows-dominated environment? That's what SuSE's Linux Desktop is designed to facilitate. We find that you can, although there are plenty of glitches to iron out.

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