Stories about: Open Windows

Since the dawn of time -- or, at least, the dawn of personal computers -- the holy wars over desktop operating systems have raged, with each faction proclaiming the unrivaled superiority of its chosen OS and the vile loathsomeness of all others.

Weak encryption used by Microsoft's wireless keyboards can be cracked in a matter of moments, a pair of Swiss security researchers said this week, giving hackers a way to snatch passwords and financial account information in real-time and from a distance.

Microsoft and Novell on Wednesday swung open the doors on their Windows/Linux interoperability lab and said its initial focus will be around three projects involving virtualization, management and identity federation.

A freshly installed copy of Firefox is a great software package, but what makes this open-source browser so special is the ability to customize it via extensions and themes to really make it yours. The problem is, there are so many available add-ins, it's tough to know what's worth installing and what's just going to junk up your system.

The Trojan horse that pumped up spam volumes in January is at it again, researchers said today, and is now spreading over instant messaging and engaging in attacks on rival malware.

The next version of IBM's Lotus Notes collaboration suite, due out later this year, will include built-in capabilities for word processing, spreadsheets and more that meet the OpenDocument format (ODF) standard, allowing users to share information with others -- regardless of which applications were used to create the documents.

Apple has set the release date for its latest Mac OS X – code-named Panther. It will hit the market on October 24, along with a Panther Server product.

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced that several of its products are now available for the Linux operating system and touted the benefits of Linux desktops during a press conference here on Wednesday at the LinuxWorld conference.