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    IBM plans to take a distributed computing concept from the theoretical realm and make it a corporate reality.

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    SPECIAL REPORT Currently more an academic curiosity than a commercial venture, grid computing will eventually affect enterprises -- as long the concept survives the hype.

  • Sun releases Solaris 10 for free

    Sun Microsystems has fulfilled its pledge to make its newest version of the Solaris operating system available for free.

  • Sun accused of shading open source

    A leading OpenBSD programmer has accused Sun Microsystems of hindering development of the open-source software for its newer computers, causing Sun to scramble to cooperate with the project in response.

  • Root of the security problem: Bad software

    There's only one problem with software development these days, according to security analyst and author Gary McGraw: It isn't any good.

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  • Grids over the enterprise WAN

    SPECIAL REPORT Currently more an academic curiosity than a commercial venture, grid computing will eventually affect enterprises -- as long the concept survives the hype.

  • Open-source clan in spat with Sun

    A leading OpenBSD programmer has accused Sun Microsystems of hindering development of the open-source software for its newer computers, causing Sun to scramble to cooperate with the project in response.

  • Q&A: Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst

    In this candid interview with ZDNet.com.au, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst discusses why he thinks rival VMWare will fail, how the financial crisis will be good for open source, and why cloud computing will be the future.

  • IBM alphaWorks: From software theory to fact

    Established in 1996, alphaWorks is a web community for developers to preview and collaborate on emerging technology from IBM's research labs and turn them into commercial products. The IT giant claims much of alphaWorks's activity is aimed at developing new software types and standards -- particularly around open source principles.

  • Jonathan Schwartz on the future of Sun

    After a year on the job, Sun's CEO says the company is relevant again but still has problems to fix. In this interview, he admits losing sight of the developer community towards the end of the 1990s, and making what he described as a very bad decision about the company's commitment to Solaris.

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  • Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

    The grace of Leopard's interface enhancements makes productivity more pleasurable with a Mac, as more than 300 functional and fun features top off this update.

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