The U.S. network backup software provider TOLIS Group is preparing a new version of its BRU Server data security product and promises significant enhancements.

It’s on everyone’s lips: the Swiss CERN’s 3-billion-Euro Large Hadron Collider(LHC) research project. Scientific Linux is part of it.

Simon Phipps is responsible for about 750 Open Source projects at Sun Microsystems. Linux Magazine Online spoke with the British developer about topics such as Java and the newly acquired MySQL.

The U.S. chip producer Atheros has decided to forward the development of Linux drivers for the 802.11a/b/g-WLAN chip by making the Hardware Abstraction Layer code (HAL), available under an open source license.

According to a report from Reuters, trading at the London Stock Exchange came to a standstill for seven hours because of computer problems on Monday.

Hardware manufacturer HP has released the source code for its Advanced File System (AdvFS), which it uses for the Tru64 Unix OS under the GPL, along with a Linux reference implementation.

Citrix has released version 5 of its virtualization solution, XenServer, claiming to have made more than 100 improvements to the product.

Ekiga, formerly known as GnomeMeeting, is an open source VoIP application with video support. The Ekiga project has recently incorporated major enhancements into its version 3.0 software.