Open Source

Major Firefox ‘Quantum’ Upgrade Brings Speed Boost & New Interface

Firefox version 57 brings together speed improvements that have been introduced over the past few months with a new minimalist…

7 years ago

Linus Torvalds Wants Attackers To Join Linux Kernel Development

Speaking at the Open Source Summit in L.A., the Linux creator said he wants hackers to join Linux before they…

7 years ago

Microsoft, Facebook Partner On AI Framework Interoperability

The new open-source ONNX format will help developers move between AI frameworks with greater ease

7 years ago

Red Hat Launches Open-Source Ansible Tower AWX Automation Project

Nearly two years after Red Hat acquired Ansible, the flagship Ansible Tower technology is going open source

7 years ago

Oracle Proposes Java SE Release Cycle Change

More speed vicar? Oracle proposes to dramatically increase the release cycle tempo of Java SE

7 years ago

Linux 4.13 Kernel Launches With Accelerated Security Feature

Fourth new Linux kernel milestone of 2017 is now available, providing improved performance and security features including Kernel Transport Layer…

7 years ago

OpenStack Touts Easier Deployments With Pike Release

Sixteenth release of OpenStack offers range of improves and aims to remove deployment pain from IAAS cloud

7 years ago

New Canonical Services Aim To Simplify Cloud & Bare Metal Kubernetes Containers

Canonical's new consulting services offer reference architectures and support for Kubernetes Canonical deployments

7 years ago

Oracle Considers Handing Java EE Over To Open Source Foundation

Oracle says it will still participate in development, but thinks Java EE would be better off under open source leadership

7 years ago

Docker Enterprise Edition Updated To Enhance Containers-as-a-Service

New edition promises to modernise applications and drive update of Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS)

7 years ago

Amazon Web Services Joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation

ANALYSIS: AWS is now a member of the open-source effort that is building Kubernetes, but that doesn't mean it will…

7 years ago

Microsoft Coco Framework Promises Speedy Blockchain Service

Open source framework to help firms handling thousands of transactions per second in a secure manner

7 years ago

Firefox 55 Adds Web-Based VR App Support Through WebVR

Firefox 55 hopes to spread reach and aid cross-platform development of VR, alongside new features and improvements

7 years ago

Microsoft Touts Speedy Deployments With Azure Container Instances

Cloud battle ratchets up as Microsoft offers new service for speedy deployment of Azure containers

7 years ago

Facebook, Ford Foundation & GitHub Donate £229,990 To Open Source Bug Bounty Program

Internet Bug Bounty receives cash donations to expand its Internet safety program.

7 years ago

Servers Affected By Serious Flaw In Unix-Like Systems

Linux, BSD and Solaris are all affected by memory management bugs that could allow attackers to execute malicious code

7 years ago

Microsoft joins Cloud Foundry Foundation To Strengthen Open Source Commitment

New Microsoft integrations with the open source platform now available for customers

7 years ago

Toyota Adopts Open Source Software For In-Car Systems

Spread of open-source software continues into vehicles with Toyota opting for Linux-based platform

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Unix

Unix was one of the most popular server operating systems, but its life has been marred by bitter legal battles

7 years ago

Yahoo Open Sources Daytona Testing Framework

Testing, testing...Yahoo releases automated performance testing and analysis platform Daytona to open source

7 years ago

Snowden Advocates the Need for Open Source And OpenStack

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says that open source and OpenStack can help users avoid the silent vulnerability of things they…

8 years ago

Google Fuchsia Operating System Gains New Look Interface

Android replacement? Development of mysterious smartphone OS continues with new look user interface

8 years ago

OpenStack Summit Emphasizes Emerging Deployment Models

The OpenStack Summit kicks off with discussion on moving beyond just the private cloud model to a managed private-cloud-as-a-service approach

8 years ago

Docker Expands Enterprise Focus As Container Ecosystem Matures

Docker discusses initiatives at DockerCon that that will help enterprises implement containers as the open source technology evolves and matures

8 years ago

Docker Opens Ups Container Platform With LinuxKit And Moby Project

At DockerCon 17, Docker announces a pair of new projects to help developers and organisations build their own container-optimized Linux…

8 years ago

Facebook Upgrades Workplace Among Other Developer Updates

Slew of developer announcements from Facebook includes new deep learning framework for mobile devices

8 years ago

Mark Shuttleworth Returns As Canonical CEO, Slams Some ‘Free Software’ Users

Ubuntu founder has choice words for some free software users - calls them anti-social and haters

8 years ago

Elastic Brings Search And Analytics To Google Cloud Platform

The complete Elastic stack will now be available on GCP with Google's latest cloud partnership

8 years ago

Canonical Ends Linux Smartphone Ambition, Looks To IoT And Cloud

Canonical ends phone and convergence shell Unity, and concentrates on the cloud and IoT

8 years ago

Microsoft To Shut Down CodePlex & Tells Users To Migrate To GitHub

CodePlex has seen falling demand even as GitHub has grown to become the web's biggest open source code repository

8 years ago