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The simpler the password, the easier it is to hack
A recent study showed that four experimental Linux computers installed simple passwords had to
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Novell may be banned from selling Linux
The Free Software Foundation is considering removing the right to sell a new version of the Linux operating system from Novell, after it was harshly criticized by the op…
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Sun reduced the price of service support by half of Red Hat
Red Hat has faced a new threat from Sun Microsystems, which claims it will reduce support prices for the open source Solaris 10 operating system.
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Open source cars
The open source movement in the field of software represented by the Linux operating system and the Firefox web browser has resonated loudly and is beginning to influenc…
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70% of Asian software developers use open code
This number has nearly doubled in the past 3 years. The study of Evans Data (USA) showed that programmers in the area had many difficulties in writing applications before
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Microsoft software was
The wine parliament has just decided to separate the operating system and office applications of the world's largest software company. In June 2007, government agencies…
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Novell reaffirmed that Linux users do not violate Microsoft copyright
Despite signing a contract to protect SuSE users before intellectual property lawsuits with Microsoft, Novell insists that Linux does not violate any Microsoft copyright…
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'Linux violates Microsoft's copyright'
US software chief executive Steve Ballmer has sparked a major controversy when claiming they signed
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Microsoft, Novell reached a historic agreement
Yesterday, a historic agreement was signed between the two firms that were competitors of each other - Microsoft and Novell. Under this agreement, Microsoft and Novell w…
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Oracle killed Red Hat with a price war
Once again, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made the entire software industry shaken. Only this time does not involve an acquisition.
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Microsoft denies contacting BayStar
'The Redmond giant' said it has no guarantee of any investment in SCO in the process from the start of legal battles with IBM and other Linux users.
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Code to exploit the vulnerability in Nvidia graphics driver
Security experts on Oct. 17 warned that they discovered the code that exploited the vulnerability in the Nvidia graphics driver for the Linux operating system, which cou…
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Adobe: There is no Flash Player 9 available for Linux yet
Linux users will have to wait more than a year to see the preview of the Adobe Flash Player 9 application for this open source operating system.
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Microsoft Office 'operating on Linux is inevitable'
According to Stuart Cohen, CEO of the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), Microsoft has done the same with Apple, it makes no sense for them not to release a Linux-compa…
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There will be Microsoft Office for Linux
In about two years Microsoft will release a version of Microsoft Office office software exclusively for the Linux operating system. This is an assessment made by Stuart…