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Microsoft Corp. has signed up the first commercial open-source vendor for its Shared Source licensing program, the company announced last month at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco.

HP ProCurve last month unveiled additions to its wiring closet, aggregation and core switch lines, featuring support for power over Ethernet, a revamped programmable ASIC and more flexible media options.

SWsoft last month announced upgraded open source software that it says enables customers to move a virtual server and its contents to a new physical server without service interruption.

There should be some empathy for those IT vendors tasked with developing products that aim to protect and manage the infrastructures upon which businesses are built and livelihoods depend.

The success of Linux and other open source projects has depended heavily on the support and investment of major IT companies, Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison said.

Whatever the technological and economic advantages of open source software, there is a potential legal risk from software that doesn

Microsoft released the first beta of System Management Server R2 and said the software would be generally available in May. SMS R2 includes two prominent features, a new catalog service that will let users download third-party patches directly into SMS and a new vulnerability-scanning engine to discover misconfigured software.

Oompa-Loompa (also called OSX/Oomp-A or Leap.A) - both the original Trojan horse and two variants that have been found in the wild - pose some level of danger for Mac users. This document outlines the way this Trojan horse functions, how it transmits itself to other users, and how Mac users can protect themselves.