Have you been wondering about Microsoft change of heart on open source? Thank Bill Gates for that.

I know that the Tux Brigade and open source diehards like to paint Microsoft as some great big bad monopolistic company that is out to destroy everything Linux and turn open source into a bad word; and ... continue

Google Contractors Maliciously Tamper Competitor’s Data, Fired Immediately

There's always a few bad apples out of a bunch of good ones. According to OpenStreetMap, an open source mapping project that is a direct competitor with Google Maps, user accounts that were attached to Google Internet ... continue

A Very WordPress World

Since 2003, an open source, Internet-oriented software package has done what is exceedingly rare within that community:  becoming not only immensely popular and wildly loved, but also profitable.  Matt Mullenweg has managed to turn what began as ... continue

Microsoft kills Works in favor of ad-supported Office, OpenOffice and Google Docs still free

Microsoft is finally putting useless and cumbersome Microsoft Works out of its misery. In other news, Microsoft was still making Microsoft Works. In lieu of a frustrating and pointless version of Works, PC users can look forward to ... continue

Microsoft once more taps Open Source

Microsoft, the company that people love to hate just because it’s Microsoft, is often slammed because of its perceived closed and proprietary nature when it comes to its software. Even when they announced that ... continue

Inside Google’s Open Source Browser

We're gaining some new insight into Google's browser project from an unlikely source: a comic book. The folks over at Google Blogoscoped say they received the book in the mail from Google. While it certainly seems like ... continue

Google Unveils Open Source Security Tool

Google has just introduced a new open source cryptography utility called KeyCzar. The toolkit provides "encryption and authentication for both symmetric and public-key algorithms," explains Google's Steve Weis. KeyCzar offers the ability to rotate keys without having ... continue

Moodle Gets a Spot on Amazon’s Cloud

Moodle is moving into Amazon's Web Services cloud platform. The open source educational management system will now offer its university-targeted services through Amazon's interface. Moodle customers will get virtually unlimited storage space from the deal. ... continue

Best Buy Selling Free Software

Best Buy is now selling a packaged version of the free Linux OS Ubuntu for $19.99. The program you buy is the same exact one you can download at no cost from Ubuntu's web site. So why ... continue

Nokia Shifts To Open Source

Just a day after announcing its acquisition of location-based social network Plazes, Nokia has another new property under its belt. The mobile maker has bought out cell phone software developer Symbian -- a company of which it already ... continue

Reddit Opens Up To Open Source

Reddit is opening its code up to developers. The site has announced plans for open sourcing of the social news protocol. It has launched a new development site and is actively soliciting programmer input. Reddit's alien ... continue

Facebook Platform a Claytons Open Source Effort?

Ive received two emails from Bob Bickel suggesting that Facebook's decision to open source its platform is a claytons effort. Bob suggested that I print them in full so I have: "Facebook continues to look like the Microsoft ... continue