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Minix operating system gets open source NetBSD code infusion
Minix, the Unix operating system that inspired Linus Torvalds to create Linux, has been expanded to give users a wider range of commands and features, thanks in large part to a Google Summer of Code project from last year.
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Unix inventors win Japan Prize
The inventors of Unix, one of whom also created the first master level chess-playing machine, have been awarded the prestigious Japan Prize for their work in building the Unix operating system in 1969.
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Attachmate will retain Novell Unix patents
Novell has clarified that Attachmate will retain Novell's Unix copyrights.
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Anglia Water signs managed security service contract with SU53
Anglia Water has signed a managed security service contract with SU53 for the upgrade of its SAP Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) solutions.
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Oracle to release 59 critical patches in security update
Oracle will release 59 patches to fix security weaknesses affecting hundreds of products, according to a notice on its website.
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Appeal decision means new legal battle over Unix
A new legal battle over Unix copyright looms, following a shock US appeal court decision in favour of SCO's claim that it owns the Unix copyright.
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SMBs offered new Netgear firewall
Netgear has announced the availability of its ProSafe 8-Port VPN Firewall, the model FVS318G.
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Seeing the datacentre as a living organism
VMware believes every business can be like a Google, and have a datacentre that is highly efficient and automated -- and eventually so completely virtualised it operates not as a collection of networked machines but as a living organism.
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Sun bolsters xVM with new virtualisation buy
Sun has announced plans to acquire desktop virtualisation vendor Innotek, as part of an ongoing effort to woo developers to support its own Sun xVM platform.
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Samba developers to be handed Microsoft's secrets
Samba developers are to be offered access to Windows protocols thanks to an agreement with Microsoft.
