Sean Michael Kerner

Microsoft  is confirming “very limited, targeted attacks” against its Windows Server DNS (Domain Name System) Service. The attackers are attempting to exploit a vulnerability in the DNS Service that could potentially allow for arbitrary code execution to run with the same privileges as the DNS Service itself. DNS  is a core server service that translates […]

High quality and brilliance will get you everywhere with Google. The company today said it has accepted an unprecedented number of student coders to its third Summer of Code program. First it said it would accept 600 students for this year’s program; a month ago it increased that number to about 800. Today Google said […]

There are tens of thousands of open source projects in the wild, but how do you determine what’s good and what’s not? Simply looking at the popularity of a project on SourceForge.net is enough for some, but with the increased diversity of open source code repositories, that’s not going to cut it for the rest. […]

Management software maker LANDesk is set to embrace 802.1x for network access control (NAC). To date LANDesk has used other approaches to NAC, including DHCP . LANDesk’s move to 802.1x is part of what the vendor considers the maturation of the NAC marketplace, both in terms of vendor solutions and customers’ needs. 802.1x is an […]

Though the final release of the open source GPL version 3 license is still likely several months away, software vendors are already ramping up their efforts to help track violations. While the new license is intended to help extend and protect software freedom, there are at least two software vendors that are likely to profit […]

With over a million downloads, you’d think that open source CRM vendor SugarCRM was doing just fine on its own. As it turns out, it’s getting by with a little help from its friends. SugarCRM is growing via its SugarExchange marketplace, which offers production-quality, third-party extensions for a fee. The vendor said there have been […]

Though Linux continues to gain steam as an operating system for mobile phones, Symbian remains a dominant mobile OS. Thanks to a new effort from cell phone giant Nokia , the divide between applications targeted at Linux and those for Symbian may be getting a whole lot narrower. The Nokia Open C Plug-In extension for […]

Years of legal wrangling between AOL and the open source instant messenger GAIM has resulted in a settlement forcing GAIM to change its name. Enter Pidgin. GAIM has provided support for AOL’s AIM protocol in an open source client. But AOL never liked the fact that GAIM includes “AIM” in its name and has finally […]

The Debian GNU/Linux Project has released its latest distribution codenamed Etch. The new release updates the popular community Linux distribution with fully integrated installation and secure update options. Debian’s Etch release is also significant in that it is the core base of over 30 other Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Xandros and Linspire. It could also […]

The Linux Foundation is updating the Linux Standards Base (LSB) and making it easier for Linux vendors and application developers to ensure compliance. The goal of the LSB has long been to define a core set of APIs and libraries so ISVs can develop and port applications that will work on LSB-certified Linux distributions. LSB […]

Internet application testing vendor RadView plans to migrate its flagship product to an open source model using the General Public License (GPL), internetnews.com has learned. The announcement is expected to be made on Wednesday April 11. The move to open source its products could have implications for commercial vendors in the sector, such as Hewlett-Packard’s […]

Tagging has taken off in the Web 2.0 world as a way to organize and find items of interest. And for the most part they’ve existed only in the browser view of the Web. In the upcoming Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 release, tags will move to the e-mail world, too. The new feature could well serve […]