Exploit code released for Nvidia flaw, Oct 19, 2006

Exploit code has been published for a security flaw in Nvidia's Linux graphics driver that could let a remote intruder take over a system.

On Wednesday, Neelie Kroes, competition commissioner for the European Union slapped Microsoft with a $357.3 million (280.5 million euro) fine for failing to comply with the European Commission's landmark 2004 antitrust ruling

IBM plans to unveil this week a version of its Lotus Notes desktop collaboration software for Linux.

Opera Software on Tuesday released the newest version of its popular browser, which is designed to offer several improvements over its predecessors.

A final version of Novell's Suse Linux 10.1 is expected to be ready later this month

Update addresses flaws that could allow a malicious attacker to remotely take control of a user's system.

RealNetworks issued a critical patch last week to address three flaws that could allow a hacker to launch a remote attack to run malicious code on a user's computer.

Popular media players RealPlayer and Helix Player are at risk of a security vulnerability that could let malicious attackers launch remote attacks on a user's system, security experts say.

Within the next five years, half of Oracle's customers may be running Linux, company President Charles Phillips has predicted.

Kaspersky Lab is expanding further into the American market with the U.S. debut of its antivirus software for Linux and Unix e-mail servers, file servers and workstations.

In the next five to 10 years, the open source movement will transform the software business, according to several top industry executives speaking at the AO 2005 Innovation Summit at Stanford University

Google on Tuesday kicked off its Summer Code program, aimed at enticing students to try their hand at open-source software development.

The deliberately simple nature of the Palm operating system was so inspiring to Rick Broida that in 1997 he started a magazine, Tap, dedicated to devices using the handheld operating system.

Linux servers generated a lot of interest among buyers, posting the fastest revenue and shipment gains, compared with competitors based on Unix and Windows.

Linux vendor Red Hat, which is delving deeper into attracting public sector customers, has created a government business unit.

A vulnerability found in open-source MPEG audio player mpg123 received a "highly critical" rating Tuesday from security information provider Secunia.

A European court on Wednesday dealt a blow to Microsoft, ordering the company to start offering a version of Windows without a bundled-in media player.