Today, in a break from the ordinary, Microsoft released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. The code, which includes three Linux device drivers, has been submitted to the Linux kernel community for inclusion in the Linux tree. The drivers will be available to the Linux community and customers alike, and will enhance the performance of the Linux operating system when virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.

This is the second upgrade of Djigzo open source email encryption gateway. This new release adds a Certificate Authority module that enables secure creation and distribution of certificates to customers and other email contacts. Certificates can be easily imported into any mail client.

Djigzo Email Encryption Gateway is an email server that encrypts and decrypts both your incoming and outgoing email. Two encryption standards are currently supported: S/MIME and PDF encryption. Djigzo is fully open source. The product now has full automatic encrypted remote backup, as well as support for encryption on BlackBerry handheld devices.

VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced it has been named one of the Top 20 Companies to Watch in 2009 by Linux Magazine. The prestigious list of companies features vendors that are well positioned to spur Linux and open-source adoption in the coming year while delivering on the immediate needs of the marketplace.

The FreeBSD Project announced this week the release of FreeBSD Version 7.1. FreeBSD 7.1 provides Dtrace support as well as userland and driver updates, and extends ongoing work on multi-processor scalability. The release includes other improvements that enhance the functionality of FreeBSD 7.0 and introduces some new features. Highlights of the FreeBSD 7.1 release include:

Discretix, the leading provider of embedded security and DRM (Digital Rights Management) solutions, and MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced a partnership aimed at bringing a new class of multi-scheme digital rights management protection to the mobile Linux device category. The two companies have demonstrated the integration of MontaVista Linux and Discretix CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) November 19-21 at Embedded Technology 2008 in Yokohama, Japan.

CoSoSys announced today the release of its latest version of Endpoint Protector 2008 which features support for Red Hat Linux 5 and Fedora 9 as server operating systems. The new version comes to support CoSoSys' ongoing effort to include a wider range of Linux distributions to better adapt to varying hardware requirements of companies around the world.

R1Soft®, developer of Continuous Data Protection®, today announced the upcoming release of a free beta version of Hot Copy for Linux, a new command line utility that takes instant, readable and writable snapshots of disks or volumes on any Linux server, providing an unprecedented level of flexibility for IT administrators.

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization, will offer discounted certification exams at LinuxWorld Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 12 - 13, 2008 for their popular LPIC-1, LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 certification programs. In addition "beta" exams for the new LPIC-3 "Security" elective will be offered free to participating LPIC alumni interested in assisting with the development of this enterprise-level speciality exam.

Norman's SandBox technology continues to lead the fight against malware, helping security experts more quickly and accurately mitigate security threats. As security challengesbecome more complex, Norman's tools are evolving to make analysis and reverse engineering tasks in security labs straightforward and more efficient. The latest update to the Norman SandBox products will save our users even more time from processing malware samples.