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The Impact of Secure OSs on Internet Security: What Cyber-Insurers Need to Know

February 4, 2012 12:00am PST

In recent years, researchers have proposed cyberinsurance as a suitable risk-management technique for enhancing security in Internet-like distributed systems. However, amongst other factors,...

Provided by: University of Southampton

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The Keys to the Kingdom: Limiting Active Directory Administrators

February 1, 2012 12:00am PST

Securing your Active Directory (AD) forest is a critical step for your enterprise. However, allowing a data center server operator to act as a domain administrator is the most potentially damaging...

Provided by: Quest Software, now a part of Dell

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Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution

February 1, 2012 12:00am PST

The importance of a solid Active Directory (AD) bridge in your diverse IT environment can't be minimized. An AD bridge allows Unix, Linux and Mac systems to coexist with a Windows infrastructure....

Provided by: Quest Software, now a part of Dell

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Flexible, scalable businesses with linux and IBM System x

January 31, 2012 12:00am PST

Linux® running on IBM System x® and BladeCenter® provides an open, reliable and secure IT environment that can easily scale as workloads demand. The IBM System x and BladeCenter families offer a...

Provided by: IBM

Blog Post

PC-BSD: a BSD for the workstation

January 30, 2012 10:19pm PST

If I were to pick any BSD for everyday desktop use at the moment, then PC-BSD would be my first port of call.

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PC-BSD: a desktop-focused BSD

January 30, 2012 10:19pm PST

PC-BSD closely tracks its FreeBSD parent, adds improvements where necessary, and has avoided additions that would detract from the experience. Here's hoping that PC-BSD continues this winning formula.

Discussion Threads

Not too fussed

January 30, 2012 8:54pm PST

Not too fussed As long as the installation steps are logical, complete, and unambiguous I am not fussed about text/GUI/colours/etc. Provided that the end result is a stable install of the...

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Blog Post

Untested buggy UEFI headed for prime-time

January 22, 2012 7:24pm PST

A leading Linux kernel developer says UEFI is big, bloated and bad for Linux.

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The old and new of BSD installers

January 17, 2012 8:46pm PST

A pair of BSD installers show two different ways of tackling the install process: one tried and tested, the other more modern. It's FreeBSD against PC-BSD.

Blog Post

Taking BSD one step further

January 17, 2012 8:45pm PST

PC-BSD is to FreeBSD what Ubuntu is to Debian, without most of the mess.

Blog Post

Linux.conf.au 2012: three threats and a balloon

January 17, 2012 1:59pm PST

The Linux operating system and other open software projects are under threat because they've failed to develop the sympathy for users manifested by companies such as Apple, according to luminary...

Blog Post

DIY: Track employee time with TimeTrex Standard

January 9, 2012 2:23pm PST

Say goodbye to those spreadsheets and punch clocks when you install TimeTrex Standard. Learn the ins and outs of the free, open source tool's install process.

Blog Post

Command line calendars and some little known uses for them

January 9, 2012 6:00am PST

Why would you want to use a command line calendar? Marco Fioretti tells you how they can be used and what the benefits are.

4 Latest comment by mfioretti

Blog Post

10 things that could make 2012 a banner year for open source

January 6, 2012 1:19pm PST

Is 2012 going to be The Year of Open Source? Jack Wallen thinks it very well might.

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Blog Post

10 resolutions for reducing annoying behavior in 2012

January 4, 2012 9:39am PST

Have you come up with some self-improvement goals for the coming year? Here are a few tongue-in-cheek resolutions you may want to add to the list.

13 Latest comment by DT2

Blog Post

Linux design needs to be out of the hands of developers

January 3, 2012 6:53am PST

Why does the Linux desktop suffer so much? Jack Wallen thinks he has the answer to this question that has been in play for a very long time. See if you agree with the conclusion Jack has drawn.

118 Latest comment by vancevep

Whitepapers

Florida Tech accelerates research with an IBM iDataPlex solution - A Cast Study

January 3, 2012 12:00am PST

Florida Tech is a leading private science and engineering university in Melbourne, FL, with degree programs in fields such as aeronautics, bioengineering and mathematics. Florida Tech worked with...

Provided by: IBM

Webcasts

What Makes OpenVOS Open?

January 1, 2012 12:00am PST

In this webcast, the presenter discusses about the arsenal of industry standard and open source applications available today on OpenVOS that make UNIX and Linux programmers immediately productive...

Provided by: Stratus Technologies

Blog Post

A 'massive' discovery at the LHC? Maybe, maybe not

December 14, 2011 3:17pm PST

Geekend contributor Ken Hardin highlights news about the Large Hadron Collider, gypsum, the sounds of sorting algorithms, and Star Trek noise command-line fun.

Blog Post

2011: A year full of right and wrong for Linux

December 12, 2011 7:13am PST

Jack Wallen reflects on the high and low points for Linux in 2011. Do you agree with his take on the year that was not so great for the Linux operating system?

67 Latest comment by skudera@...