Stories by LinuxWorld staff

Top ten people to butter up before the recession hits

"Social" sites are not enough. Watch your "inbox" on LinkedIn or any of the other social sites, and you'll see floods of invitations from nervous IT professionals looking to build up some connections before the big job hunt. But people who survived the last tech bubble are taking a few more important steps. It's more important to butter people up than just to collect social network links.

SurfControl cuts e-mail risk with first appliance

Antispam software vendor SurfControl has released its first network gateway e-mail hardware appliance, called RiskFilter, into the Australian market.

Scalix to support Mozilla and Firefox

Linux-based enterprise e-mail and calendaring platform, Scalix version 9.1, is now available in Australia.

3Com prepares Linux-based VoIP softswitch

In ongoing efforts aimed at expanding into enterprise systems, 3Com announced the development of a channel-ready Linux-backed variety of the company's VoIP softswitch.

Linux vendors warn of security holes

Major Linux vendors, including Novell, Red Hat, the Gentoo Foundation, and MandrakeSoft, have warned of potential security holes in two Linux components. The vulnerabilities are related to LHA, a compression module, and lmlib, a library used in graphics viewing applications in Gnome. Patches are available to correct both possible entry points.

IBM's Stinger helps take DB2 to the next level

Available starting September 17, IBM is releasing a new version of its DB2 database software. DB2 version 8.2, codenamed "Stinger," is aimed at users of Linux and Unix. With prices beginning at US$25,000 for DB2 enterprise edition, IBM is aiming at taking market share from Oracle, the database market leader.

Red Hat appoints new CFO

Red Hat, the world's largest distributor of Linux, has sent what its CEO Matthew Szulik calls "a very strong message to investors and customers" by appointing Charles E. Peters Jr. as its new chief financial officer to replace Kevin Thompson.

Finland's city of Turku rejects Linux, opts for Windows

The headline this morning in Finland's Tietoviikko newspaper is not good: "Turku uskoo linuxiin." In other words, Finland second largest city, Turku population around 200,000 - is dropping its Linux plans.

Windows-to-Linux migration made easier?

Linux vendor Lycoris has announced the release of PowerPak 1.4 which the copanyclaims will make running Linux applications easier and make migrating from Windows to Linux easier.

IBM awards grants to academics developing eclipse applications

In an effort to rally global support for Eclipse development, IBM has awarded to four professors in the Australia and New Zealand region individual grants ranging from US$50,000 (AU$70,124) to $65,000 (AU$91,153). Part of IBMs Eclipse Innovation Grants Program, the awards are in recognition of individuals who have made innovative and creative contributions to Eclipse development.

IBM offers developers easy access to Linux offerings

The IBM Linux Speed-start program is providing a free Software Evaluation Kit (SEK) loaded with the latest IBM middleware that has been ported to Linux.

Linux on the desktop: KDE beta 3.3 released

The latest version of KDE beta 3.3 has been deemed stable enough for a public release candidate. The KDE team requests that all testers try and break this release as soon as possible, as the bug reports are invaluable to the developers.

Torvalds settles Linux trademark dispute down under

When Linus Torvalds gets involved, the world usually listens. The Linux world, at least.

Novell planning combination SUSE/Ximian Linux desktop

Novell announced that it has set a spring deadline for the release of its new corporate Linux version that merges two Linux applications recently acquired.

Government agencies worldwide adopting Linux with IBM

The implementation of Linux open source code, along with IBM's prowess, is gaining ground in government around the world.