Open Source

Novell Pushes Benefits Of Microsoft Protection

Microsoft and Novell celebrated the third year of their interoperability agreement at a conference in Seattle

15 years ago

OpenOffice Launches Mouse With 18 Buttons

OpenOffice.org has copied an idea from the gaming community, after launching a mouse with programmable buttons...18 in total

15 years ago

Firefox Celebrates Fifth Birthday

Firefox is five years old today, and is celebrating the fact that almost a quarter of Internet users are now…

15 years ago

Ex-MySQL Boss Says EC Would Be Wrong To Oppose Sun Deal

Former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos says "there's no rational argument" for preventing Oracle from acquiring all of Sun

15 years ago

Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Due Next Week

Mozilla's open source competitor to Microsoft Outlook is to be updated with a new version of Thunderbird expected next week

15 years ago

Hands On: Nokia N900 – A Good Cheap Option?

Nokia may have started from the idea of a pocket computer, but this is a geek-friendly Linux smartphone that straddles…

15 years ago

EC To Object To Oracle’s Sun Acquisition, Say Reports

The EC is likely to make a formal objection to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, because of the inclusion of…

15 years ago

Microsoft Takes Teachers To Brazil

Amid calls from local authorities to use open source software and cut costs, Microsoft is holding a teachers' conference in…

15 years ago

Microsoft Invests £60K In Open Source Apache Foundation

Microsoft may have helped its status with the open-source community by reiterating its pledge to deliver $100,000 (£60,700) to the…

15 years ago

Sony Ericsson Launches Xperia X10 Android Smartphone

Sony Ericsson has taken the wraps off its first Google Android-based device, the Xperia X10, which will go on sale…

15 years ago

Ditch Microsoft, Save £269m Says Hungarian Open Source Group

Despite a struggling economy and public debt, the Hungarian government continues to spend millions on Microsoft licences when cheaper alternatives…

15 years ago

Review: Red Hat’s Fedora 12 Beta Operating System

eWEEK Labs' tests show that Fedora 12 will provide the latest and greatest versions of popular open-source applications, as well…

15 years ago

Russia Waits On EC For Sun Oracle Deal Approval

Oracle withdraws its petition to obtain antitrust clearance to do business in Russia after its acquisition of Sun Microsystems

15 years ago

Motorola Droid To Hit US Shores Next Week

Motorola's attempt at an iPhone killer, dubbed the Motorola Droid, is to be launched in the US next week

15 years ago

Red Hat To Push Open Source With EnterpriseDB Deal

Red Hat has invested in open-source database vendor EnterpriseDB, to push further into IT infrastructure

15 years ago

Google Releases Mobile OS Android 2.0

Google's long-awaited mobile OS, the Android 2.0, is expected to make its first US appearance on the upcoming Motorola Droid…

15 years ago

White House Opts For Open Source Website

The Obama administration drops proprietary software driving Whitehouse.gov for the Drupal open-source content management platform

15 years ago

EC Warned Of Oracle MySQL Dangers

Former MySQL business adviser Florian Mueller and members of the EC believe that Oracle owning MySQL through its acquisition of…

15 years ago

Google Says GMail and Wave Paving Way For Chrome OS

A Google executive said complex Web applications such as Gmail and Google Wave are paving the way for major adoption…

15 years ago

Symbian Discusses Open Source OS Plans

The Symbian Foundation says it is well on its way toward the goal of open-sourcing the Symbian OS

15 years ago

Free Software Campaigner Stallman Attacks Oracle Sun Deal

Digital civil liberties organisation Open Rights Group, Knowledge Ecology International and software developer Richard Stallman tell the EC in a…

15 years ago

SCO Axes CEO Darl McBride

Controversial Unix vendor The SCO Group has terminated the services of its CEO, Darl McBride, according to a filing with…

15 years ago

Open Source Will Change Enterprises, Says BT Guru

Software licences are a fiction, and open source is ready for use by every consumer, says Jeremy Ruston, BT's head…

15 years ago

Google Claims Chrome OS Faster Than Other Linux Distros

Google reports third-quarter profit of $1.64 billion ($1bn), a 27 percent boost from its profit of $1.29 billion in the…

15 years ago

Open Source Could Save UK Schools £60 Million A Year

A national partnership has been launched today at Bletchley Park, to encourage UK local authorities to look at implementing open…

15 years ago

Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Review: Likely To Remain Desktop Favourite

The beta of Ubuntu 9.10, otherwise known as Karmic Koala, contains the expected core open-source updates, but includes a number…

15 years ago

Stallman slams Microsoft’s Codeplex Foundation

It may come as no surprise to some that GNU founder Richard Stallman has launched a stinging attack on Microsoft's…

15 years ago

What if Microsoft’s Codeplex Foundation Is On The Level?

After a bruising summer of fighting between Microsoft and open source activists, not many people took Microsoft's open source body…

15 years ago

Open Source Enthusiast To Advise Conservatives

Tom Steinberg, co-founder of mySociety, the site behind online tools such as TheyWorkForYou.com has agreed to help the Conservative party

15 years ago

Government Open Source Policy Lacks Teeth

The UK government's open source policy is not policed effectively, leaving UK public sector in thrall to greedy proprietary software…

15 years ago