Oracle highlights Solaris Unix plans
Solaris 11, due next year, will feature improvements in availability, security, and virtualization.read more
View ArticleCobol comes to the cloud
Micro Focus updates Visual Cobol to include access to Azure and the Java Virtual Machineread more
View ArticleIBM refreshes Power systems to keep Unix sales edge
IBM has updated its Power systems lineup with higher-density blades and faster processors for its mid-range Power 750 server, looking to keep its momentum in Unix sales as the market inches back to...
View ArticleIBM reports solid quarter, raises full-year guidance
IBM on Tuesday reported quarterly sales growth across all its major divisions and raised its earnings outlook for the full year, the latest sign that business spending in the IT sector continues to...
View ArticleOracle returns growth to Sun server business: IDC
Oracle logged a small milestone in its Sun acquisition during the first quarter, expanding sales of Sun's server hardware for the first time in three-and-a-half years, IDC reported Tuesday.read more
View Article2011 timeline of major high tech awards: Cryptographers, Unix pioneers lead...
The public key encryption scheme developed by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman in the mid-1970s - and influenced by the work of Ralph Merkle - has now made them all pretty darn famous some...
View ArticleUsenix: Dartmouth expanding diff, grep Unix tools
With some funding from Google and the U.S. Energy Department, a pair of computer scientists at Dartmouth University are updating the venerable grep and diff Unix command line utilities to handle more...
View ArticleNvidia releases new Unix driver to fix high-risk privilege escalation...
Graphics chip maker Nvidia released a new version of its Unix driver on Friday in order to address a high-risk vulnerability that can be exploited by local users to gain root privileges on Linux...
View ArticleOracle adds more cloud finesse to Solaris
Further emphasizing Larry Ellison's fresh enthusiasm for cloud computing, Oracle has updated its Solaris Unix operating system with a number of new capabilities to give it greater cloud capabilities,...
View ArticleFind the next big prime number, win cash and glory
By participating in GIMPS, a distributed computing project to find Mersenne prime numbers, you could win $3,000 or more, not to mention mathematics immortalityread more
View ArticleHistory of the O'Reilly cover animals
O’Reilly’s cover designer tells the story of how they came to use animals on the covers of their popular booksread more
View ArticleNo, programmers don't code all day
A new survey finds out what software developers already know: writing code is only one part of the jobread more
View ArticleIn their own words: Unix pioneers remember the good times
We caught up with the pioneers who brought us the Unix operating system and asked them to share some memories of the early days of Unix development.read more
View ArticleDid Mark Shuttleworth smear Mir opponents with Tea Party label?
Mark Shuttleworth has labeled opponents of Mir as "the Open Source Tea Party." Was this an insult or a compliment? Plus: A review of Xubuntu 13.10, and Unix will live on forever. read more
View ArticleAs Unix fades away from data centers, it's unclear what's next
Linux is gaining ground today, but a cloud OS or some other new technology may become more important in time. read more
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