Microsoft's InfoCard draws open-source response, Feb 28, 2006

IBM and Novell on Monday are expected to announce an open-source response to Microsoft's forthcoming InfoCard identity management technology.

Gentoo Linux has released its first update of 2006, continuing the evolution of the meta-distribution, adding new software versions and improving support for PowerPC architectures.

A US Army supercomputing centre with a legacy that dates back to the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), which launched in 1946, is moving to Linux-based clusters. The move will more than double its computing capability.

The Mozilla Foundation's Firefox 1.5 blew away the competition to take the top award in the Enterprise Linux category in the Datamation Product of the Year 2006 awards.

Utah's SCO Group - eager to show it has more going on than its big-ticket, Linux-related lawsuits - on Monday unveiled a family of applications and services targeting the burgeoning mobile communications markets.

Where do we begin when it comes to separating the open source words from the business reality? Where is open source in business and, in particular, in New Zealand business?

Last Thursday, when I wrote about Dell's new Linux desktop, was one of the most frustrating days of my professional life.

People reject Linux desktops for illogical reasons, says IT consultant and developer Jono Bacon.

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