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NetBSD makes cash plea
Developers of the highly portable operating system have made a plea for users to donate "cold, hard cash" to the open source project. Read more »
25-year-old BSD bug found and fixed
A Unix developer has discovered and fixed a filesystem bug in Berkeley Software Distribution, a widely used, open-source, Unix-like operating system, discovering in the process that the bug was at least 25 years old. Read more »
OpenBSD 4.3 released
An update to the popular Unix-like distribution includes new security features, drivers, software packages and bug fixes. Read more »
OpenBSD hit by 'critical' IPv6 flaw
A vulnerability in the way OpenBSD handles IPv6 data packets exposes systems running the traditionally secure open-source operating system to serious attack. Read more »
CollabNet launches hosted Subversion service
An on-demand, turnkey version of the popular source code control application may make distributed development faster and simpler. Read more »
Sun's open source licence wins final OSI approval
Sun has secured a crucial approval in its plan to make its Solaris operating system an open source project. Read more »
Sun accused of shading open source
A leading OpenBSD programmer has accused Sun Microsystems of hindering development of the open-source software for its newer computers, causing Sun to scramble to cooperate with the project in response. Read more »
Open-source Wi-Fi links remote communities
A group called Informal is going on a global roadshow to demonstrate the benefits of wireless networks to rural communities in Asia and Africa. Read more »
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Mono 2.0: .NET goes non-Windows
We interview Miguel de Icaza, VP of Development Platforms and a founder of Mono to find out what is and is not included in the latest release. Read more »
Develop a fully functional site with DotNetNuke
The open source DotNetNuke framework allows you to create a powerful Web application using an out-of-the-box solution. Read more »
Running .NET on Linux with DotGNU
Who said .NET only runs on Windows? In this article we take a look at DotGNU and show you how to get your .NET applications running on Linux and other flavours of Unix. Read more »
Windows XP SP2 -- test your applications
Learn about the plethora of security enhancements included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as how these security features could impair the functionality of some applications. Read more »
Highly critical flaw affects NetBSD and OpenBSD
A vulnerability that can result in a Denial of Service event, privilege escalation, or remote system access has been shown to exist in two popular Unix brands: NetBSD and OpenBSD. Read more »
J2EE Servers Stink
Our project is behind schedule. My other projects are now way behind schedule. And it's all because of the complexity and low quality of J2EE servers. Read more »
Kerberos vulnerability hits Linux/UNIX versions
The Kerberos Administration daemon (kadmind), which is used in connection with Kerberos authentication, contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in many implementations, mostly affecting Linux/UNIX. Read more »
A new aspect to programming?
Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) is an approach that has emerged out of object-oriented programming. Is it really an evolutionary methodology that has attracted plenty of hype, and is it something we've tried before? Read more »
10 things you can do to give old servers a second life
Often, you can give old servers a new lease on life by upgrading to a bigger hard drive and adding RAM. The nature of your network will dictate what's best for you, but here are some ways you might get additional mileage from an old server. Read more »
A look inside Google's open source kitchen
Google's Chris DiBona says the search giant has a lot of involvement in open source, but is also a firm believer in proprietary software. Read more »
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Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »
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It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »
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On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.

