Is open source getting to Microsoft?

Microsoft's decision to not enforce patents on Web services standards underscores the growing acceptance of core open-source tenets.

The software giant on Tuesday published the Microsoft…

Alleged GPL violation spurs accusations, lawsuit

Alexander Maryanovsky, the developer of Jin, a Java-based chess client, has filed a lawsuit in Israel that alleges multiple violations of the GNU General Public License (GPL). In the suit,…

MythTV vs Windows Media Centre: is Linux still in with a chance?

When it comes to media center software, can the Linux solutions hold up against Windows XP Media Center and the looming Vista Home Premium with MCE built-in?

Funnily enough, the answer is…

Government Votes For Open Source

With growing support from policy-makers and adoption by the Department of Defense (DoD), Linux has rapidly moved beyond the curious alternative to become the platform of choice for many government…

Fedora Core 6 Test3 Released

The Fedora Project announces the third and final test release of the Fedora Core 6 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and ppc/ppc64 architectures, including Intel based Macintosh…

Massive desktop Linux migration kept quiet

Why has the country's biggest known desktop Linux implementation gone relatively unpublicised for so long?

This week I wrote about Kennards Hire's project to migrate its whole IT…

Wine 0.9.21 Released

This is release 0.9.21 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.

What's new in this release:
- OpenGL restructurations.
- The usual assortment of MSI improvements.…

Mozilla hacker responds to "611 Defects, 71 Vulnerabilities in Firefox"

A few days ago Slashdot trumpeted the headline "611 Defects, 71 Vulnerabilities Found In Firefox", based on a post by Adam Harrison who had applied his company's static code analysis tool to the…

Microsoft gives go-ahead to open-source Web services

Microsoft is pledging not to assert its patents pertaining to nearly three dozen Web services specifications--a move designed to ease concerns among developers by creating a legal environment more…

Linux: the new OS celebrity

The mobile industry is a lot like Hollywood. Celebrities hop in and out of the fame limelight at startling speeds; just like various technologies in wireless. Right now, WiMAX is the darling of…