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IBM Touts Linux Strategy with New Virt, SuSE, Supercomputer Intiatives

Plans to release its first open source software contribution for supercomputers among announcements.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 to Manufacturing, IT Pros

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 to manufacturing and, as an evaluation edition, to subscribers of its Microsoft Development Network and TechNet services

AT&T Delves into Cloud Computing

AT&T has introduced a new hosted service that offers online storage, processing power and enterprise applications.

Black Hat Researchers Overcome Security Learning Curve

The Black Hat Briefings return to Caesars Palace this week with a new batch of hands-on security research for a crowd of 4,000 IT administrators, hackers, industry experts and government officials.

Open Source: A 'Growing Challenge' to Microsoft

Microsoft's 10-K SEC report described open source software as a competitive threat to its licensed software model.

IBM To Team With Linux Vendors on 'Microsoft-Free' PCs

Red Hat, Novell and Canonical have joined forces with IBM on a plan to supply PC vendors with Linux-based software bundles.

IBM Makes Large Cloud-Computing Investment

IBM Corp. late last week touted the construction of two additional cloud computing datacenters -- an investment of $360 million -- which let it address what officials call "surging" demand for cloud computing resources.

LinuxWorld Preview: Mobility Mavens, Mock Elections and Robot Cars

Plus a slew of major tech announcements from IBM, HP and more expected at this week's conference.

Model-Driven Development Cuts the Coding

Intelliun releases J2EE tools for implementing MDD.

Security Woes Up, as PHP and OSS Make the List

A study finds most software vulnerabilities are reported by IBM, Microsoft and Apple, and Web apps are a leading point of attack.

Terracotta Integrates Sun's VisualVM

Terracotta will soon be integrating Sun's new Java VisualVM technology with its management console.

Virtualization Showdown at Black Hat

Next week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Joanna Rutkowska promises to demonstrate how a malicious attacker, working remotely, could take control of the open-source Xen virtualization software.

Sun To Open Source Java System Web Server and Web Proxy Technologies

Both will be released under BSD license; source code coming later this year.

Apple Reacts to Spoof Threats, Issues DNS Hotfix

The company issued patches for its OS and server products to address Domain Name Server vulnerabilities.

Does Microsoft Have an Open Source Heart?

A Microsoft exec describes the company's open source outreach efforts, which is starting to gain a pulse.

First Instance of New DNS Exploit Reported

Reports are coming in that an AT&T Domain Name System (DNS) server may have been compromised with malicious code that exploits a vulnerability reported earlier this month. This apparently is the first instance of the exploit in the wild.

Eclipse 'Lynchpin' for Maven

Sonatype's upcoming m2eclipse plugin becomes an Eclipse Technology Project.

Microsoft Mum After Midori OS Plan Leaked

The operating system is being developed in stealth mode, but some describe it as a new "non-Windows" OS.

WebLogic Security Hole Found

A recently uncovered flaw with the Oracle WebLogic server allows users to gain entry to the software's server without a user name or password.

Scrum: An Agile Development Favorite

Scrum has emerged as the most popular lightweight method according to Danube Technologies' founders.