Google's Android boosts enterprise mobile Linux, Nov 06, 2007

Google's introduction of its Android device operating system and Open Handset Alliance on Monday could help create just the breed of mobile Linux platform that many enterprise IT managers have been waiting for, industry experts contend.

With the release of its latest Firefox 2.0.0.5 browser, the chief security officer at Mozilla says they have fixed a number of potentially serious vulnerabilities.

Microsoft's partners have been asking for the APIs for as long as two years, despite the software giant's contention that it was only recently asked for the code by its partners, said John Pescatore, analyst with Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner.

Linux software provider Red Hat issued a security advisory for a number of its products, addressing a series of kernel vulnerabilities in the operating system software.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab has announced that Taiwanese device maker Quanta Computer Inc. has been selected to design and build the $100 computers planned as part of the school's One Laptop per Child initiative.

BMC Software announced a new version of its Deployment Manager for Linux software Tuesday as well as increased support for enterprise Linux software.