FBI says at least one million computers infected by 'botnets', Jun 16, 2007

The FBI is in the process of locating and notifying the users of one million computers controlled by hackers through automated crime networks or "botnets," officials said Friday.

Self-proclaimed un-evil host, Google doesn't seem to have much to do with the proceedings other than loan it a venue, but the fact that it is hosting the event is enough to suggest something is afoot.

The open source community needs a federated but decentralized system for tracking bugs and patches, according to Mark Shuttleworth. Speaking in a keynote address at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in Sunnyvale this week, the amateur astronaut and Ubuntu founder called for better collaboration among open source developers and companies.

Has Microsoft drunk the open-source Kool-Aid? Not exactly. It appears that Microsoft is doing whatever it can to protect its turf, even if it means sleeping with the enemy. The open-source operating system and its software bundles, such as OpenOffice, are starting to chip away at Microsoft's precious cash cows — Windows and Office — and Microsoft is taking heed.

There are plenty of ways to transfer photos from your digital camera to the World Wide Web. Here's how I took my photos straight from my camera to my website with Konqueror.

A few months back, the self-styled open source advocate Eric S. Raymond made a grand announcement about switching Linux distributions and moving from Fedora to Ubuntu.

Red Hat Linux received a new level of security certification that should make the software appealing to government agencies.

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