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Archive for the ‘Open Source’ Category


Will Conflicker be a Learning Experience?

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

 
The Windows operating system has always been insecure — and I don’t mean as in self-esteem!
 
The Conficker/Downup/Downadup/Kido computer worm that first surfaced in October 2008 and is believed to activate today (April 1, 2009) only targets the Microsoft Windows operating system.  You heard that right,  it only affects Windows – not MacOS or Linux. Unfortunately, [...]

Open Source Goodies Coming this Year

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

March 31, 2009 (Computerworld) When big companies release new software, they launch it with lots of hoopla: press tours, technical conferences, free T-shirts. Open-source projects, even the well-known ones, generally release their major new versions with a lot less fanfare. The FOSS (free and open-source software) community is often too busy coding and testing to [...]