Tips on keeping your Ubuntu Linux server secure

Get advice on administering user accounts, setting up filesystems and monitoring log files in this excerpt from The Official Ubuntu Book.

D.C. court protects confidentiality in piracy reports

A Superior Court judge in the District of Columbia has ruled that a software trade group does not have to disclose who alleged that a Virginia company was using pirated software.

Long-winded Longhorn aims at server security

Tech.Ed conference presentation details some of the changes that can be expected in the coming server operating system.

Vista desktops to relieve admin pain

A Microsoft partner details the good things and five things that "make your life miserable" in the upcoming operating system.

IBM beefs up array of Unix servers

IBM has added quad-core capabilities to four of its entry-level Express System p servers.

IBM gobbles up ISS (and 1986 IBM PC spot)

Another day, another IT Blogwatch, in which IBM buys Internet Security Systems. Not to mention IBM's 1986 PC commercial...Jaikumar Vijayan has the story:IBM's planned purchase of Internet Security Systems Inc. will add a range of network security and managed services capabilities to its current range of identity and access management products, analysts said today. IBM this morning announced plans to acquire Atlanta-based ISS in an all-cash deal worth $1.3 billion -- the largest acquisition for IBM since its purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2002.