Google backs open-source CERT group

Google has thrown its weight behind a fledgling security reporting group for the open-source community.

Response team boosts open-source security
IT managers often assume that open source software is more secure than proprietary commercial software. Anyone who uses open source can examine the original code to spot any lurking vulnerabilities, and potentially even fix the vulnerabilities themselves. With proprietary software, you have to trust the vendor to do it all for you.

OpenSolaris ready for prime time
Sun Microsystems on Monday will launch a supported version of OpenSolaris at the CommunityOne conference in San Francisco.

Black Duck buying Koders for code search
Black Duck Software plans to announce Monday that it has purchased the assets of Koders, maker of a code search engine and other tools, for an undisclosed sum.

Linux replacements for your favorite Windows apps
For many users, getting started with Linux is surprisingly easy. New, friendlier versions of the free operating system, such as Fedora and Ubuntu, feature straightforward menus and automated installations that make switching from Windows to Linux a relatively simple process.

Jive beefs up collaboration tools with SharePoint integration
Collaboration vendor Jive Software Monday added integration with Microsoft's SharePoint Server plus project management and social networking tools to the new version of its social computing platform.

Open source a no-brainer for SAAS providers, analyst says
Open source will start to dominate software infrastructure for providers of SAAS within three years. For them it's almost a no-brainer, according to Gartner analyst Yefim Natis.

Gone in 2 minutes: Mac gets hacked first in contest
It may be the quickest $10,000 Charlie Miller ever earned.

Google, Yahoo, MySpace team up on OpenSocial
Yahoo, Google and MySpace have formed a foundation to promote the OpenSocial platform as a neutral, community-governed specification for building social-networking applications, the companies announced Tuesday.

Vyatta unveils open source appliance for SMBs
The Vyatta 514 is a networking appliance that combines the company's open-source routing and security software with a small form factor hardware platform. The product features integrated routing, firewall and VPN capabilities to connect small businesses and branch offices to the Internet or private networks.

Wine 1.0 nearly ready for pouring
Developers of Wine, the most widely used software for running Windows applications on Linux, have announced the upcoming release of Wine 1.0 -- scheduled for June 6, the 15th anniversary of the commencement of the project.

The 10 Most Disruptive Technology Combinations
If there's one thing the digital revolution has taught us, it's that we shouldn't get too attached to anything. Technology has a way of seizing long-held ideas and entrenched industries and turning them upside-down.

JasperSoft claims to be most widely-deployed BI tool
JasperSoft, the open-source business intelligence vendor, is claiming that it is now the world's most widely deployed BI product.

Novell details modular infrastructure plan
Novell Monday laid out a technical strategy that would let users mix and match physical and virtual machines along with management tools, identity services, collaboration software, and open source operating systems.

Hands on with Firefox 3
Time stands still for no one--neither does Web browser development, at least not around Mozilla headquarters. No sooner did we publish our review of Firefox 2, then Mozilla cranked out another beta of the next version of Firefox, Firefox 3 Beta 4.

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• Ubuntu releases Hardy Heron
• Computer experts protest Microsoft OOXML
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