Michael Myser

Following the release Tuesday of a new interoperable version of Linux, analysts said the standard should go along way towards preventing a serious roadblock to widespread acceptance of Linux: the fragmentation of open-source distributions. The Free Standards Group (FSG), in its announcement Tuesday of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0, said the updated standard will […]

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, known as CERT, this week recommended that Windows XP users install Service Pack 2 (SP2) using Windows Update or Automatic Updates from Microsoft Corp. CERT cited “significant changes to improve the security of Windows XP” in making its recommendation. But with computer manufacturers issuing hardware and driver update advisories, […]