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Amid ongoing news reports about browser vulnerabilities, an alternative browser maker's promotional Web site fell victim to a hack attack last week. Mozilla's SpreadFirefox.com, a community marketing site, was the target of "unknown remote attackers," according to the site's manager. SpreadFirefox b...

A 2002 e-mail claims a SCO Group investigation failed to uncover any evidence that Linux contained copyrighted Unix code. Groklaw yesterday posted an e-mail dated August 2002 penned by SCO Group engineer Michael Davidson. The message allegedly made its way to one of the company's senior vice preside...

Sun Microsystems earlier this week announced plans to open source its Web site authentication and Web single sign-on (SSO) technologies through the Open Source Web Single Sign-On (OpenSSO) project. The company's goal is to empower Java technology developers to participate in the evolution of these s...

The Mozilla Foundation yesterday urged users to download the latest security update to Firefox, its popular open-source Web browser. Firefox 1.0.5 is a security update that addresses several bugs and makes improvements to the software's stability, according to Mozilla. In all, the new version addres...

The battle between Microsoft- and Linux-based servers just got a new twist. It is spelled N-O-V-E-L-L. While many IT managers are still arguing about which platform is fundamentally better, Novell is hoping to generate a buzz around its new Open Enterprise Server system. Open Enterprise Server is a ...

Norwegian technology companies Opera Software and Trolltech yesterday announced a strategic partnership agreement to combine their strengths and pursue joint business opportunities. Opera authors the popular browser by the same name. Trolltech develops Linux technologies and cross-platform software....

IBM and Sun yesterday announced a 10-year extension of their Java technology agreement along with plans to deliver IBM middleware support for the Solaris 10 operating system on SPARC, x86 and x64 systems. Analysts said the agreements play a key role in Sun's new direction. "The next wave of economic...

The SCO Group on Wednesday officially began shipping its OpenServer 6, the fruit of a multi-year, multi-million dollar development effort that the company is calling a "significant upgrade" to its flagship Unix operating system. SCO said OpenServer 6 was designed to provide customers with increased ...

As part of an effort to foster innovation and help developers more quickly and easily build applications using the eBay and PayPal Web services platforms, eBay today introduced a new online forum for open-source developer collaboration. Free to all eBay Developers Program and PayPal Developer Networ...

In a bid to recover lost market share, Sun Microsystems today officially released Solaris as open-source software. Sun hopes to compete more effectively against rivals Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft with its open-source strategy that shares code from its once popular Unix version. With Linux and Microso...

EnterpriseDB made its official debut in May with the release of its EnterpriseDB 2005 public beta release. Built on the open-source PostgreSQL database, the company is touting it as the world's most advanced and mature open-source database. While MySQL, the open-source database leader, may have some...

While Mozilla is celebrating over Firefox's growth in Europe, the open-source browser maker is simultaneously up in arms over software vulnerabilities. A security research firm is reporting Mozilla's current browsers are once again susceptible to a seven-year-old flaw that could let malicious people...

When it comes to open-source technology, there are three camps. Some companies are fully dedicated to open-source software. Others wouldn't dare stray from the commercial applications they know and trust. Still others are interested in integrating open source at some level -- so long as it doesn't r...

In a move to extend its open-source portfolio, Red Hat announced plans to release the Red Hat Directory Server yesterday. The announcement came alongside the launch of its Red Hat Certificate Management System at the first annual Red Hat Summit in New Orleans and officially moves the company into th...

Sun Microsystems is embarking on a new US$50 million marketing campaign, it was revealed today. The company is pointing to success stories with clients like online auctioneer eBay, General Motors, and Major League Baseball in an effort to show the world how its products and services help connect peo...

Novell yesterday reported a US$16 million quarterly loss. Executives blamed restructuring costs for the losses. For the second quarter, Novell reported revenues of $297 million, compared to revenues of $294 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2004. This quarter's $16 million loss compares to a...

Nokia introduced its first device in its new Internet Tablet category at the LinuxWorld Summit in New York today. The pocket-sized Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is a dedicated device optimized for Internet browsing and e-mail communications. The Nokia 770 features a high-resolution (800x480) widescreen ...

There's been a lot of coming and going at the Open Source Development Labs lately. In the past month two new companies have joined the organization and, more recently, nine staff members have departed. OSDL has cut nearly a sixth of its 57-person staff and contractor positions, the group revealed. S...

America Online today announced the launch of the all-new Netscape 8.0. The new version automatically adjusts safety and security settings to help protect users from phishers and other online exploits as they explore the Web. Based on Firefox 1.0.3, Netscape 8.0 seamlessly and automatically switches ...

IBM and Red Hat today announced a Solaris-to-Linux server migration program designed to grab market share from Sun Microsystems. The "Solaris to Linux Migration Factory" and additional solutions and support offerings are designed to help customers migrate from Solaris to multi-platform Linux servers...