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A close investigation of a common open source tool has uncovered more critical security holes in software used by developers to track and manage changes in computer code.

Linux vendors have rushed to distribute patches for a critical flaw in CVS, a widely used program for collaborating on software development, that could allow a malicious user unauthorized access to development code.

NetBeansIDE 3.6, a major revision to the open source platform, is now available, adding improved windowing and debugging and backing for J2EE 1.4.

Call it a back-to-basics movement or simply professionals seeking the best tools to get the job done well and on time. With enterprises putting a premium on productivity, a quiet revolution among programmers is eschewing the heavy, feature-filled IDE and turning instead to the venerable standby: the code editor.

Core Developers Network, a services company for integrating Java-based open source software projects, was officially launched on Wednesday, spawned out of organizations such as the JBoss Group LLC.

Not long after the second part of the most recent Perens interview went online, we got email from Larry McVoy. He said there were some factual errors in the Perens piece and asked what our policy was on corrections. We assured him that we always tried to make corrections when they were needed and asked what the errors had been. He pointed out two: Perens' claims that BitMover (McVoy's company, which produces BitKeeper,) had trouble making payroll and that McVoy was constantly threatening to sue him.

Linux has long been a fantastic platform for servers and is rapidly becoming a viable desktop alter­native, but gaming is an area of use in which Linux has never been particularly strong. Games for Linux are derived from a mix of community-driven home-brew games of varying quality and commercial ports of highly successful games originally developed for Windows. We'll take a look at what resources are out there for Linux gamers and profile some of the more popular games and tools available.

Those of you following the news have probably heard about a recent SSL authentication bug in Internet Explorer discovered by Mike Benham. This would be an excellent time to laugh at yet another Windows bug if it weren't for the fact that this same bug is found in Konqueror, the KDE browser. To understand the bug, let's take a look at how a browser correctly authenticates a Web server.

Traditionally, scripting languages help administrators manage systems with relatively small scripts. Python is used in this capacity as well as for larger applications such as installation programs. The latest effort, though, uses a library and tools from the PyGame effort to take Python into the realm of interactive gaming.

The latest trend in desktop computing has emerged from the effort to organize the ever-increasing number of digital devices entering our lives.

If you're a software developer working in a multiplatform environment, you might be interested in Seapine Software Inc.'s new update to its defect tracking software TestTrack Pro. Version 4.6 is the latest version of the company's multiplatform bug-tracking framework for software developers.