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  • Linux with a haircut and shoes

    The momentum behind Linux has all but shunted aside the obstacles to corporate takeup presented by the 'sandals and ponytail' look of many open source evangelists.

  • Linux marches on Microsoft in NSW

    IBM and Novell's inking of contracts to formally become members of the NSW government's Linux and open source panel should finally start delivering some real competition in state procurement.

  • 13 year-old gets presenters' slot at linux.conf.au

    13-year-old Elizabeth Garbee may not know as much about Linux as her father Bdale Garbee, Linux CTO for Hewlett Packard and former Debian Project Leader, but that won't stop her from presenting at linux.conf.au 2005.

  • InfiniBand could boost Linux supercomputing

    A group of companies have banded together to bring InfiniBand support to the Linux operating system, a move that could boost the open-source operating system in high-performance computing circles.

  • Sun reluctant to make Java open source

    Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive said.

  • Linux powers throw weight behind desktop version

    Red Hat, IBM and an open-source consortium are each beginning serious work to advance Linux for use on desktop computers.

  • Red Hat: The hypervisor will be free

    Linux vendor Red Hat has predicted that virtualisation software will be included in all operating systems for free, while setting out the roles of the two hypervisors it is working on for its own product range.

  • Windows 7 details in October

    In a posting on the newly launched Windows 7 blog, Microsoft has announced that details on the forthcoming product will be made available at the Professional Developers Conference in October.

  • Windows chief opens up on '7'

    Since taking over the Windows development reins from Jim Allchin, Steven Sinofsky has chosen to keep silent about new products, but now in an exclusive interview, he spills the beans on Windows 7.

  • Red Hat targets server messaging market

    Red Hat has plans for a new private beta test of open source messaging software to begin next month, with hopes to reinvent a section of the server market currently ruled by proprietary vendors.

  • Blacktown Hospital test blood-and-guts proof PCs

    Blacktown Hospital has run a trial of a tablet PC designed specifically for the healthcare industry even blood and guts won't slow it down.

  • Photos: Australian Open 2007

    All the tech action at the Australian Open Tennis Championships 2007 in Melbourne.

  • Red Hat endorses KVM virtualisation

    The company's next Fedora Linux will include the new approach to carving Linux systems into multiple virtual machines.

  • Novell tools can write Red Hat, CenOS apps

    Novell has extended a set of development tools so they can be used to write applications and other software for rival Linux distributions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS.

  • Researchers hack 'tamper-proof' PIN terminals

    Researchers from Cambridge University have succeeded in capturing both PIN numbers and card details from supposedly tamper-proof PIN terminals using a paperclip, a needle and some wire.

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