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It didn't take long for Novell to remark on how well its newest Linux operating system, Suse Linux Enterprise 10, is doing in the marketplace. The company on Monday touted interest in the new platform as well as positive reviews of it, just two weeks after its release. Novell claimed more than 165,0...

The Free Software Foundation and Software Freedom Law Center released a second working draft for the next iteration of the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 3, which updates digital rights management, patent and other provisions included in the most popular free and open source software lice...

Saying it may have some scratch for the open source software itch, search giant Google chose the O'Reilly Open Source Developers Conference (OSCON) in Portland, Ore., this week to unveil a free service hosting open source software projects. The service, Project Hosting, will give open source softwar...

The latest customer survey comparing Linux and Windows servers crowns the open source operating system the winner, but tips some ease-of-administration advantages to Microsoft. Results of the Research and Markets survey, which did not specify any particular Linux distribution or Windows server versi...

As part of its appeal against a decision by a district court judge, SCO has filed a claim purporting that IBM destroyed certain software code, thus making it impossible for the Utah-based company to detail how IBM had infringed its Unix code. Last year IBM asked the court to limit the scope of SCO'...

Government entities around the world are not only increasing their use of free and open source software, they are actually sharing, collaborating and coordinating in open source fashion to meet federal, state and local government IT needs, recent data suggests. IDC's government IT research company G...

Open Source Development Labs is planning to host the first-ever Healthcare Day at LinuxWorld San Francisco on August 15, the Beaverton, Ore.-based firm announced this week. The event was developed in response to an expected increase in healthcare IT spending in the near term and the growing role of ...

The Rice University open publishing project Connexions scored an on-demand printing deal with Qoop, a content delivery company, aimed at making the educational site's materials more accessible and printable for educators and students. Inspired by the open source software movement, where software cod...

Antivirus and security giant McAfee stirred up some controversy with the first issue of its security journal Sage, highlighting how hackers and creators of malicious software, or malware, are using open source software development techniques to target computer systems and users. McAfee, which mainly...

Novell is touting its inclusion of Xen server virtualization software in its new Suse Linux Enterprise 10, calling the open source virtualization technology from XenSource one of the three most important features of its latest Linux platform. Novell, which also released updated enterprise desktop an...

After a five-month beta program that saw more than 700,000 downloads, VMware said it would offer VMware Server, its virtualization software, for free. Virtualization is a technique for deploying technologies that allows multiple virtual operating systems to run on a single physical machine while mai...

Mozilla's beta version of Firefox 2.0 is drawing applause from reviewers for its new anti-phishing features, which are likely to become increasingly important in consumers' constant battle against data theft. The built-in phishing protection in the latest version, which debuted Wednesday, warns user...

Mozilla's open source Firefox browser continues to chip away at Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Firefox's share of the global browser market grew to 12.93 percent in July, according to a new report from Web analytics provider OneStat.com. Although that number is still small, compared to the whopping ...

Mozilla's open source Firefox browser continues to creep up on Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Firefox's share of the global browser market grew to 12.93 percent in July, according to a new report. Although that number is still small, compared to the whopping 83.05 percent enjoyed by IE, Firefox's to...

Novell is set to boost Linux training for universities with a week-long "boot camp" for Linux educators and a series of three Suse Linux Enterprise textbooks -- created with Thomson Course Technology -- that cover Linux use, development and advanced administration. The new Linux courseware, to be in...