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The Free Standards Group (FSG), the organization behind the Linux Standard Base, this week launched what it hopes will become an open source answer to the Microsoft Developer Network, giving programmers a single resource for building and testing LSB-compliant applications.

The book-scanning contract between Google and the University of California has made the Association of American Publishers (AAP) even more distressed over Google's project to digitize millions of volumes from libraries.

Google has expanded its controversial book search service to allow people to download whole copies of books in PDF format to their computers, with the ability to print them out.

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed suit against Google over the search company's Google Print Library Project, the organization announced Wednesday. The project, which involves scanning library books without seeking copyright holders' permission, has proved controversial with publishers. This is the second suit to be filed against Google by a US body representing writers and publishers.

While vendors claim users can score big gains from server consolidation, users say there is still a long way to go.

Patch management vendor New Boundary Technologies is expanding the range of its software beyond Windows to answer user demands for cross-platform support that will address vulnerabilities, regardless of where they exist on the network.

One given in the world of IT is that to succeed, you must never stop learning. With that in mind, four recent books on Linux are definitely worth your time. These four titles will help provide the guidance you might need to the open-source operating system.

With Sun Microsystems Inc.'s show of support for Linux on Intel, what is the future of the Sparc chip? Will it go the same way as Digital's popular but doomed Alpha processor?

For hackers or 'script kiddies' to attack and severely damage a Web site or corporate server it's almost a point-and-click exercise using widely available 'downloadable exploits'.