Open Source

Microsoft ‘Has Acknowledged The Enterprise Role Of Linux’

Three years on from Microsoft's deal with Novell, the real importance is coming through, says Novell's OpenSUSE community manager, Joe…

15 years ago

Developer Ponders Release of Linux Malware

The lack of malware on Linux may be about to change after a developer admitted he has developed a 'package…

15 years ago

Government’s New ICT Strategy Could Save £3.2bn

UK public services will be delivered via a government cloud and app store, with an emphasis on green IT and…

15 years ago

New Competition Commissioner Won’t Change Oracle Sun Case

The EC is due to make a decision on whether to sanction Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun on 27…

15 years ago

US Air Force Upgrading Playstation 3 Linux Cluster

The US airforce is buying thousands of PS3s as part of a move to expand its supercomputing project, but there…

15 years ago

Dell Modifies Chrome OS For Mini 10v Netbook

A Dell employee has gotten Chromium OS, the code behind Chrome OS that Google released to open source, to run…

15 years ago

Web Apps And ‘Windows As A Runtime’ Open New OS Doors

Two trends are working to expand the viability not only of Linux but of Mac OS X, Solaris and other…

15 years ago

US Senate Asks EC To Roll-Over On MySQL Oracle Concerns

A group of US senators have asked European Commission antitrust regulators to end their investigation of Oracle's acquisition of Sun…

15 years ago

Microsoft Opens Up With Five Web Specs

Redmond has made five web specifications available under the Open Web Foundation Agreement.

15 years ago

First Else Linux Phone Gets Teasing London Launch

You can't touch it yet, but the iPhone-killing entrepeneurs behind this Linux device claim it really is something Else

15 years ago

Oracle Bemoans Length Of EC Sun Ruling Then Asks For Extension

Despite arguing vehementally that every day the EC didn't make a ruling on its acquistion of Sun, Oracle has asked…

15 years ago

Google Founder Points To Chrome-Android Merger

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has said that Android and Chrome will likely converge over time into a single operating system

15 years ago

Open Source Poses “Huge Risk” To Organisations

European CIO of GE has said that open source is only useful for internal "playground" uses, despite other parts of…

15 years ago

Microsoft Responds to Chrome OS By Pushing Windows 7

Microsoft issued an official response to news of Google releasing its Chrome Operating System to open source for developers

15 years ago

Analyst Questions Business Uptake Of Google Chrome OS

IDC analyst Al Hilwa said Chrome Operating system will take some hard selling by Google and its partners to get…

15 years ago

10 Things Google Needs To Remember About OS Security

The history of Windows security has shown that desktop operating systems are vulnerable, but there are even more potential attack…

15 years ago

Google Reveals Chrome OS Security Details

After months of extravagant claims, Google has given more detail on why its new operating system is more secure than…

15 years ago

Google Releases Chrome OS To Developers

Google has released the Chrome operating system to open source for developers, but said end users would not be able…

15 years ago

Mozilla Targets Security And Stability With New Firefox Beta

Mozilla is aiming to improve the speed, stability, and security with the new beta of its open source Firefox browser

15 years ago

EC Questions Security Of Open Source Software

European authorities want to see a level playing field for open source but have expressed concerns about the security of…

15 years ago

Microsoft Open Sourcing Internet Tools

At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft announces the release of Version 4.0 of the .NET Micro Framework and says it…

15 years ago

Novell Plug-In Lets Linux Developers Use Visual Studio

Signs emerge of a bridge between Windows and Linux - but will developers take it?

15 years ago

Open Source Code Lifted For Windows 7 Download Tool

Microsoft admits that a third-party developer lifted open-source code from the GPLv2-licensed ImageMaster project in creating its free Windows 7…

15 years ago

New Mozilla 3.6 Beta Fixes 190 Bugs

A second beta of Mozilla Firefox 3.6 fixes plenty of bugs, while a survey shows the five-year old browser now…

15 years ago

Platform Computing Launches Cloud-Building Software

Platform Computing has launched a new software package called Platform ISF, which creates a shared computing infrastructure from heterogeneous resources.

15 years ago

eWEEK Webinar Bridges Windows And Linux

eWEEK Europe presents a webinar on 9 December, designed to help you get the best out of combining Microsoft and…

15 years ago

Review: Novell’s OpenSUSE 11.2

Novell's OpenSUSE 11.2 comes packaged with some of the best open-source software, while setting itself apart from Linux rivals with…

15 years ago

Nokia N900 On sale For £470

Nokia's long awaited N900 Linux-based phone-cum-computer, is now available in the UK, for a price of around £470 without a…

15 years ago

EC Schedules Sun Oracle Hearing For 25 November

The EC and Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes have scheduled the Oracle-Sun hearing for 25 Nov at the EC offices in…

15 years ago

Cisco Steps Up To Google, Microsoft And IBM

Guido Jouret, CTO of Cisco's emerging technologies group, explains how Cisco solutions such as Pulse, Show and Share are different…

15 years ago