In today`s technology roundup: Spam may soon reach 95%, Microsoft exec claims Windows is safer than Linux, and Microsoft and Pfizer challenge Viagra spam.
Open source continues to gain mind share among companies looking to cut costs, says Willie Appel, international VP of executive directions at Meta Group.
The Linspire 4.5 operating system has been made available through software republisher Phoenix Global Software.
In today`s technology roundup: Phishing flaw on alternate browsers?, a R600 lap top, simplifying Linux for cell phones, and phone spammers named and shamed.
Futurex 2005 will be co-located with LinuxWorld in Sandton this year.
Oracle has unveiled its Application Server 10g Release 2, featuring software development tools for Linux, Solaris, HP-UX and Windows.
Archos has chosen Linux as the operating system for customising its new wireless portable video device.
In today`s technology roundup: OSS urged for poor nations, Microsoft won`t bundle desktop search with Windows, and MySQL worm now harmless.
Equation Business Solutions has announced the Asterisk Linux-based Internet Protocol (IP) PABX solution.
Security experts have identified one of the first worms to target computers running the MySQL open source database software, but say the threat is low.
The UWC Free Software Innovation Unit has released a public beta preview of its Kinky application framework and new e-learning system.
ITWeb`s open enterprise event will highlight the issues around implementing open standards and open source.
Dumisani Mtoba, senior systems engineer at Sun Microsystems SA, discusses the advantages of the OpenOffice and StarOffice productivity suites.