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Microsoft sponsors Open Source Census

Microsoft sponsors Open Source Census

Microsoft has decided to become a sponsor of The Open Source Census project, which tracks open source usage in global enterprise.
Sylvie Barak Jun 17 2008 11:29AM Software
Weekly Roundup: Telstra finds friction in their national broadband plans and open source gets a leg-up

Weekly Roundup: Telstra finds friction in their national broadband plans and open source gets a leg-up

The Terria consortium and a new report question Telstra plans for the national broadband network, and open source enthusiasts have a lot to smile about after big shows of support from Internode and Acer.
Staff Writers Jun 7 2008 11:35AM Telco/ISP
Opinion: Open Source advocates discuss Windows addition to OLPC

Opinion: Open Source advocates discuss Windows addition to OLPC

Many open source supporters see the addition of Windows XP to the One Laptop Per Child program as catering to the needs of parents and political leaders who are only accustomed to Windows, rather than the needs of the children the machines are meant for.
Ashley Clark Jun 6 2008 3:21PM Software
To code or not to code?

To code or not to code?

The rise of Open Source software adoption has brought with it increased awareness of non-proprietary programming technologies.
Liz Tay Jun 6 2008 12:00PM Software
Internode embraces open source with SourceForge mirror

Internode embraces open source with SourceForge mirror

Open source advocates will have something to smile about as Internode today launches a high-speed Australian mirror site to SourceForge.net, providing its customers with unmetered access to the the world’s largest Open Source software development website.
Staff Writers Jun 3 2008 12:23PM Software
Open source security improving rapidly

Open source security improving rapidly

The quality and security of open source software is improving rapidly, according to an in-depth analysis of over 250 popular applications including Linux and Apache.
Robert Jaques May 20 2008 11:27PM Software
DMCA complaint prompts Google to take down open source project

DMCA complaint prompts Google to take down open source project

Google has yet again succumbed to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and has taken down an open source project which allowed a high-definition video decoder called CoreAVC to run on Linux systems.
Sylvie Barak May 6 2008 7:47AM Software
Open source Java added to Linux distros

Open source Java added to Linux distros

Sun Microsystems, Canonical and Red Hat have announced the inclusion of OpenJDK-based implementations in Fedora 9 and Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support Server and Desktop editions..
Robert Jaques May 1 2008 8:58AM Software
VIA unveils open source driver development portal

VIA unveils open source driver development portal

Chip maker VIA has launched a beta version of its VIA Linux Portal..
Staff Writers Apr 30 2008 7:32AM Software
CeBIT Australia ‘08: Open Source for business gets show underway

CeBIT Australia ‘08: Open Source for business gets show underway

With around three weeks to go, organisers of CeBIT Australia 2008 - Hanover Fairs - has confirmed global experts from technology giants Oracle, Red Hat, Google and Varien will join local specialists like Atlassian and Solutions First at Open CeBIT.
Lilia Guan Apr 29 2008 2:49PM Software
Nominations open for OSCON Open Source Awards

Nominations open for OSCON Open Source Awards

In the lead up to the tenth annual OSCON Open Source convention, organisers at O’Reilly and Google are welcoming nominations for their jointly hosted Open Source Awards.
Liz Tay Apr 29 2008 11:01AM Software
Researchers determine source of SQL attacks

Researchers determine source of SQL attacks

Security researchers at the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) have discovered a utility that served as the foundation for a series of attacks that compromised thousands of websites and infected millions of users' PCs over the past several months.
Jim Carr Apr 21 2008 9:51AM Security
Open source the biggest potential game changer for government: Senator Lundy

Open source the biggest potential game changer for government: Senator Lundy

Senator Kate Lundy hosted a pre-2020 Summit event in Canberra last week to generate ideas on how open source technology, open standards and open access to information might transform the way government departments and the business world operate.
Sarah Stokely Apr 7 2008 7:58AM Software
Tech consultancy rails for Ruby framework

Tech consultancy rails for Ruby framework

Technology consultancy Shine Technologies isn't your everyday open source church.
Liz Tay Mar 7 2008 2:40PM Software
Red Hat bosses open source SOA

Red Hat bosses open source SOA

Enterprise open source vendor Red Hat has announced what it says is the "market's first comprehensive open source service orientated architecture technology."
Dave Bailey Feb 19 2008 3:34PM Software
Australian open source workers earn more money

Australian open source workers earn more money

IT workers who specialise in free and open source software are earning more than the national average for IT, according to the results of Australia's first open source census.
Sarah Stokely Feb 4 2008 9:59AM Training & Development
Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source

Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source

The success of consumer IT products like the ASUS Eee PC will help provide the leverage needed to get hardware vendors on board with open source, according to Dirk Hohndel, Intel’s chief technologist for open source.
Sarah Stokely Jan 31 2008 1:07PM Software
Sun sets $1 million open source bounty

Sun sets $1 million open source bounty

Sun Microsystems has announced plans to kick-start the development of its open source projects..
Shaun Nichols Jan 30 2008 11:36PM Software
IBM again declines to open source OS/2

IBM again declines to open source OS/2

IBM has confirmed that it will ignore a second petition to open source the OS/2 operating system..
Iain Thomson Jan 23 2008 7:16AM Software
Microsoft offers read-only .Net source code

Microsoft offers read-only .Net source code

Microsoft is offering a read-only version of the source code for .Net Framework libraries to developers who upgrade to Visual Studio 2008..
Guy Dixon Jan 22 2008 7:05AM Software

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