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Zero-day flaw found in web encryption
News After they found the flaw, Ray and Dispensa disclosed their findings to the Industry Consortium for the Advancement of Security on the Internet (Icasi), a tech association that consists of Cisco, IBM, Intel, Juniper Networks, Microsoft and Nokia.
[November 5, 2009, 14:54]
Sun signs up to rivals' security standards
News Despite the accord on security specs, continued political battling among Sun and IBM and Microsoft could still sidetrack an industry consortium's efforts to promote Web services. Sun had been devising its own rival Web services security...
[June 27, 2002, 15:52]
Microsoft frowned at for smiley patent
News Mark Taylor, the executive director of the Open Source Consortium, said on Friday said this is such a basic concept that he would not have been surprised to see it posted as a fictional patent on a technology site.
[July 22, 2005, 17:15]
Distro choice
Talkback Most of these companies are also Open Source Consortium members: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/marketplace/europe hmmmmm. "Ubuntu was not chosen as the maturity of the distribution and official support was not proven"
[November 21, 2006, 16:29]
Linux consortium takes on Red Hat
News UnitedLinux, a consortium of four second-tier Linux companies working to catch leader Red Hat, released its first version of the open-source operating system on Tuesday. And as expected, two partners in the effort, SuSE in Germany and the SCO Group...
[November 20, 2002, 7:58]
Has IBM's standards move started something?
Blog There's been support from open source consortium The Linux Foundation, where executive director Jim Zemlin applauds and supports IBM's efforts towards "raising the bar in the standards develolpment proces".
[September 29, 2008, 9:23]
BBC releases iPlayer beta
News The Open Source Consortium met with the BBC Trust recently to discuss concerns about the iPlayer's lack of compatibility with other platforms. The BBC's online, on-demand TV iPlayer was released for public download on Friday following its launch a...
[July 30, 2007, 8:35]
Symbian's mission to woo North America
News It's a new era for Symbian, as it makes the transition from its past as an independent software developer controlled by Nokia into an industry consortium responsible for creating an open-source mobile operating system.
[December 5, 2008, 9:45]
European Net registrars boycott ICANN
News The Internet Software Consortium, an open-source development group that operates one of the 13 root servers, said its root server answers more than 272 million queries per day. A fight has broken out between a key Net standards body and Web address...
[January 18, 2002, 11:36]
CeBIT 2000: MobileLinux can't compete with Symbian
News On Thursday at CeBIT, the Symbian consortium dismissed as hype Transmeta's claim that MobileLinux would establish itself as the dominant platform for the mobile Internet. The message from the Symbian camp is that MobileLinux, backed up by the hype...
[February 25, 2000, 11:54]
iPlayer petition wins 16,000 signatures
News Business interest group, the Open Source Consortium, has also voiced concerns around the issue and is due to meet with the BBC to discuss how it can be resolved. More than 16,000 people have now signed an e-petition protesting about the way the BBC...
[August 21, 2007, 8:23]
Acrobat reader for Linux ready
News Adobe is cozying up to Linux on the desktop; in 2004 it joined a Linux consortium and started hiring staff for open source work. Adobe will restore Linux support for its PDF-viewing software with a version 7 release this week, ZDNet UK sister site...
[April 12, 2005, 9:30]
Japanese giants to cooperate on Linux
News Members of the new consortium will agree on key developments and share information concerning modifications for specific hardware platforms. Because Linux is open source software, the companies will be able to make developments and share...
[July 13, 2000, 13:51]
IDC: 'Linux is now mainstream'
News IDC collected the data, but Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a Linux consortium funded by major computing companies, funded IDC to integrate the data into a single study, IDC analyst Al Gillen said.
[December 16, 2004, 7:40]
Clarification
Talkback They used this excuse to the press, the BBC Trust, to OFCOM, to the Open Source Consortium, and to everyone. Tom, Of course, more than happy to clarify: Who is spinning what, exactly, and why? BBC, the story, distract attention and damage control.
[March 17, 2008, 15:58]
Sendmail flaw tests new security body
News The agency helped notify other companies and the Sendmail Consortium, the open-source project that develops the mail-server code. A critical flaw in Sendmail, the Internet's most popular email server, has become the first test for the US' newly...
[March 4, 2003, 7:36]
New flaws expose Net to attacks
News The Internet Software Consortium, which manages the open-source BIND software, recommends that administrators upgrade their servers to BIND 9.2.1. A network protection firm on Tuesday revealed three new flaws in the software on which the Internet's...
[November 14, 2002, 8:04]
iPlayer download version reaches Mac and Linux
News The Open Source Consortium (OSC) was one of the most vocal groups about the lack of a multi-platform iPlayer when it was first released. The download version of BBC iPlayer is now available for Mac and Linux users.
[December 22, 2008, 7:47]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog My money’s on Apple to do it either first or best, as part of a drive into that infamous digital home, but don’t overlook the possibility of a consortium of Far Eastern companies, high on open source and tired of playing second fiddle to...
[June 10, 2005, 18:55]
Novell plans LinuxWorld announcements
News In other news, at its opening keynote speech by chief executive Jack Messman, Novell also plans to announce membership in established open-source groups -- the Eclipse programming tools consortium begun by IBM is a likely candidate -- and new...
[January 19, 2004, 10:35]
