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Microsoft re-releases Blue Screen of Death fix

Microsoft is re-releasing the patch that caused Windows systems to crash in February with a Blue Screen of Death. Read more »

Microsoft warns of flaw in 32-bit Windows kernel

Microsoft is warning customers of a hole in the kernel of 32-bit versions of Windows that could allow someone to install programs, change data or create new accounts with full user rights. Read more »

Microsoft patches critical hole in Windows kernel

Microsoft on Tuesday issued six security bulletins fixing 15 vulnerabilities, including a critical patch for holes in the Windows kernel and other Windows and Office components that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer. Read more »

Red Hat boosts enterprise virtualisation portfolio

Red Hat has released new components in its enterprise virtualisation portfolio, including a stand-alone hypervisor and management platform for servers. Read more »

GitHub picks Sydney sysadmins

Git-based online hosted service, GitHub, has chosen Sydney company Anchor to implement and manage its infrastructure. Read more »

Red Hat hypervisor tools to run on Windows only

Open-source company Red Hat will initially offer its hypervisor management tools for Windows systems only. Read more »

Red Hat adds virtualisation, cloud to RHEL

Open-source software company Red Hat has made a bid at cloud virtualisation with the release of the latest version of its operating system, which includes a built-in hypervisor. Read more »

Snow Leopard benefits to be longer term

Apple began shipping Snow Leopard on Friday, but the true importance of the Mac OS X update likely will emerge well afterward. Read more »

64-bit Snow Leopard defaults to 32-bit kernel

Apple's OS X 10.6 operating system Snow Leopard by default loads with a 32-bit kernel, despite running 64-bit applications. Read more »

Boom in requests for Linux drivers

A steady stream of manufacturers are requesting Linux drivers for their hardware, suggesting growing adoption of Linux operating systems among enterprises. Read more »

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The lost art of paying attention

People want their information the fastest way they can get it. Should we learn to reshape the way we communicate? Read more »

How to create LXC system containers to isolate services

This article shows you how to create Linux Resource Containers to run a full service or set of services, isolated from the host operating system. Read more »

Introducing Linux virtual containers with LXC

This article makes the case for using Linux Resource Containers (LXC), which provide the ability to create containers to virtualise processes or systems isolated from the host operating system. Read more »

2009: A Linux year in review

This article looks back over the year 2009 at developments in the world of Linux and Open Source. What do you think are the big stories? Read more »

The big Linux Achilles: Documentation

Linux does have one glaring Achilles heel -- documentation. This article has a proposed solution for this problem. Read more »

No more rebooting. Period.

Imagine updating your PC's kernel and not having to reboot. That dream has become a reality with the Linux operating system thanks to Ksplice. Jack Wallen shows you how you can have as close to 100-per cent uptime as possible. Read more »

10 reasons Linux should be your netbook operating system

Some users believe that Windows is the best netbook OS. But others think Linux is a much better fit. Check out his reasons and see if you agree. Read more »

The 10 most useful Linux commands

Maybe the command line isn’t your favorite place to hang out, but to be an effective Linux admin, you need to be able to wield a few essential commands. These 10 commands are guaranteed to simplify your Linux admin life. Read more »

Install OpenVZ on CentOS to create a virtual container

This article shows you how to install OpenVZ on CentOS. OpenVZ is an OS-level virtualisation product that allows you to completely isolate processes from each other, increase security by keeping bits separate, and tightly control resource utilisation. Read more »

10 reasons you'll want to install Ubuntu 9.04

Ubuntu's most recent release offers numerous improvements over an already solid OS. In fact, it could be the best overall release of a Linux distribution we've seen. Read more »

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Keys to kernel reliability

UNSW professor of operating systems, Gernot Heiser, explains how keeping drivers outside the kernel can increase reliability Read more »

Convergence of kernel philosophies

Gernot Heiser, professor of operating systems at UNSW, explains how monolithic kernels are taking some ideas from microkernels, but never shall the two meet. Read more »

Torvalds pleased that DRM music is dying

Linus Torvalds, coordinator of the Linux kernel, is pleased that music publishers have started selling more DRM-free music -- last year he said the technology was a lot of "hot air". Read more »

Torvalds: Stick to C for kernel coding

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Torvalds: Contributors' boss is not my problem

Linus Torvalds has revealed he sometimes doesn't even know who those involved in Linux work for. Read more »

Linux kernel is an invisible magician: Torvalds

The Linux kernel has reached a level of maturity where it mostly goes unnoticed and acts like an "invisible magician in the background", according to Linus Torvalds. Read more »

Torvalds: release timing was a mistake

Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel co-ordinator, admits that the timing of the Linux 2.6.24 kernel was a mistake. Read more »

If Torvalds quit Linux would anyone notice?

If Linus Torvalds stepped away from his position as coordinator of the Linux kernel, it is unlikely many people would notice, according to the man himself. Read more »

Linux is ready to go green: Linus Torvalds

The infrastructure and tools required to make Linux a green operating system are now in place, according to Linus Torvalds, who was in Melbourne attending Linux.conf.au -- Australia's largest Linux conference. Read more »

Ballmer's big Yahoo vision

ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber talks about Microsoft's $44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo. He analyses Microsoft's strategy in search, the potential impact on chief rival Google, and what it would mean, overall, in the competitive online-search market. Read more »

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Non-professional Oracle wrestling

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- The latest and greatest version of the Oracle database, 11g Release 2, was made available recently and as the resident technical person, it fell to me to take it for a spin. Little did I realise the hell that I had just walked into. Read more »

Microsoft adopts GPL for Hyper-V Linux components

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Mark this day in your diary: Microsoft has decided to use the GPL for some of its software. Read more »

iPhone OS 3.0 makes an entrance

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- iiPhone OS 3.0 and Firefox 3.5 release candidate get launched this week. More in this week's Roundup. Read more »

If PHP then goto is the future

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Few things can spark more religious fervour amongst programmers than the mention of a goto statement. Read more »

Google App Engine gets Java support

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google's App Engine gets Java support, Debian users get the choice of running the operating system on both Linux and FreeBSD kernels and Pia Waugh departs from her advocacy duties. Find out more in this week's Roundup. Read more »

The festive season not so festive

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This is still meant to be the festive season, isn't it? When they say you should show goodwill towards your fellow (hu)man, I don't think they meant redundancy payments. Read more »

The future remains yesterday

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Remember when MySQL was blazingly fast and cared little for SQL standards? When MySQL regarded a view as something nice from your window and a trigger was treated as a weaponry component? Those days are set to return with a MySQL fork called Drizzle. Read more »

Sysadmin hijacks San Francisco while Torvalds attacks security circus

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This edition of the Weekly Roundup looks at how one man has taken over the network of the city of San Francisco, take a glance at a local news start-up and Linus Torvalds calls out the IT security sector. Read more »

Windows XP's last hurrah

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- The mere fact that Microsoft will stop widespread sale of Windows XP at the end of the day has been a topic here and elsewhere for months. The most immediate question is, with Windows XP moving off the stage, just where is Windows Vista? Read more »

Resuming regular service

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- It wasn't all April fools this week. There were some important developments in the software world -- seriously. Read more »

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Mini-Confs Day 2

Mini-conferences continued to be the order of the day at Linux Conference Australia 2007. Read more »

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    In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

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    Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

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