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Linux programmers are moving toward a change that would put virtualisation software from VMware on a more even footing with open-source rival Xen.
The Open Source Development Labs, the organisation that employs Linux leader Linus Torvalds, has laid off nearly a sixth of its staff as part of a shift to new priorities.
Certification for programmers, better education and even new laws are needed to improve software security, stated a report published Thursday by a coalition of corporate security experts, academic researchers and government agencies.
A new survey has found that 73 percent of Linux programmers believe the SCO Group's legal attacks on the open-source operating system lack merit.
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
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Microsoft is now cosying up to the open source movement, and there are sound business reasons behind the about-face.
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Code, code, code used to be the mantra of the programmer. But now a growing number of these Australian IT pros are moving out from behind the keyboard.
Microsoft's new C# programming language is gaining in popularity, with usage nearly doubling in the last six months, a new study shows.
Step right up, programmers and hex-slingers: Google's got USUS$10,000 for the most creative coder among you.
In a Super Techies interview, Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a programmer in Silicon Valley. Eich discusses his early work at Netscape creating the JavaScript programming language, battling Microsoft in the browser wars, and his current role at Mozilla,...
If you work with images, a graphics tablet has obvious advantages: directly edit vector art, retouch images, paint, produce video special effects, and so on. True, tablets aren't for everyone. If you work with a tablet now, you'll probably find a Cintiq even more fluid and powerful.
Document scanners come in many shapes and sizes, and HP's Scanjet N8460 is one of the largest and strangest-looking desktop models we've seen.
Nokia has released software to let Linux programmers develop Java software for its mobile phones, the company said on Tuesday.
Microsoft Expression Web is a solid Web site layout program that replaces FrontPage and offers tools for dynamic designs, although we'd like more help for newbies.
Logitech's V400 Laser Cordless Mouse for Notebooks has just about everything a road warrior could want.
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