Stories by: Julie Bort

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    Linux 3.1 is out and supports OpenRISC, NFC, Wii 25/10/2011 07:27:00

    Linus Torvalds released Linux 3.1 Monday and the new feature list is long and wide. Linux 3.1 includes a new iSCSI implementation and support for OpenRISC, Near-Field Communication chips, and -- get this -- Wii controllers.
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    Computer infected? Blame yourself, Microsoft report concludes 12/10/2011 07:41:00

    Zero-day exploits are nerve-racking for IT professionals but are far less dangerous than unpatched older vulnerabilities for which fixes are available, Microsoft says.
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    Red Hat raids cloud storage market by acquiring Gluster 05/10/2011 06:46:00

    Red Hat announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Gluster, which makes open-source software that clusters commodity SATA drives and NAS systems into massively scalable pools of storage, in a cash deal valued at about $136 million. Gluster is also a contributor to the OpenStack cloud project and Red Hat is promising this involvement will continue. Indeed, Red Hat is now uncharacteristically saying its support of OpenStack will grow even beyond Gluster to the next release of Fedora.
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    NEC to ship OpenFlow switch for Microsoft Windows Server 8 Hyper-V 28/09/2011 08:09:00

    Chalk up another big partnership win for Microsoft's Hyper-V from the world of virtual, programmable switching. NEC's OpenFlow-based network fabric, ProgrammableFlow, will be integrated with Windows Server 8 and Hyper-V when Windows Server 8 becomes available, NEC says. 
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    Microsoft gets Casio to sign Linux patent protection deal 21/09/2011 06:26:00

    Lest we forget that Microsoft still insists Linux violates 235 of its patents, Microsoft issued a reminder today.
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    Lync not enterprise-ready, claims Microsoft ISV-turned-rival 21/09/2011 05:45:00

    A gap between what Microsoft promises with Lync's telephony and what it delivers makes Lync a poor choice as an IP PBX replacement for large organizations, according to a former Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" who now works for Avaya. A current Microsoft MVP also says that Lync in its current form is a mediocre choice for a large enterprise, but that it works well for the SMB and is really geared toward smaller businesses anyway.
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    Microsoft woos developers with Windows 8 demonstration 14/09/2011 08:44:00

    Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 on Tuesday, revealing a dramatically different Windows for both users and application developers. It validated some of the rumors about the new OS and squashed others.
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    Microsoft blacklists all DigiNotar certificates 07/09/2011 06:48:00

    Microsoft on Tuesday blacklisted all DigiNotar certificates after seeing active attacks from at least one fraudulent digital certificate issued by DigiNotar.
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    Linux Foundation releases specification to ease licensing headaches 19/08/2011 01:26:00

    The Linux Foundation and FOSSBazaar on Wednesday released a new specification to ease the pain of license compliance for open source software. The Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) is a data exchange specification that tracks license information in a standardized way and allows it to travel across the software supply chain.
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    IBM expands cloud disaster recovery services 21/06/2011 23:53:00

    IBM on Monday announced two cloud-based disaster recovery services for businesses: the IBM SmartCloud Virtualized Server Recovery and the IBM SmartCloud Archive.
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    Microsoft, Juniper urged to patch dangerous IPv6 DoS hole 04/05/2011 08:48:00

    Security experts are urging Microsoft and Juniper to patch a year-old IPv6 vulnerability so dangerous it can freeze any Windows machine on a LAN in a matter of minutes.
 
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