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23 September 2011
News: Microsoft, Red Hat spar over secure boot-loading tech

Is Microsoft using a next-generation computing boot-loading technology to lock out the use of Linux and other OSEs on certain computers? While Microsoft has denied malicious intent, one Red Hat developer maintains that this may be the case.
22 September 2011
News: NetbootCD: A Handy Tool for Managing Linux Distributions

If you're like many Linux fans, you keep multiple different flavors of the free and open source operating system on hand. After all, each Linux distribution tends to have strengths in particular areas, so it's nice to be able to choose which one you run, depending on the task at hand.
20 September 2011
News: Microsoft gets Casio to sign Linux patent protection deal

Lest we forget that Microsoft still insists Linux violates 235 of its patents, Microsoft issued a reminder today. It announced a patent licensing deal with Casio Computer Co. Ltd. that "among other things, will provide Casio's customers with patent coverage for their use of Linux in certain Casio devices," Microsoft says.
17 September 2011
News: Seven Ways to Celebrate Software Freedom Day

Today is Software Freedom Day, and that means fans of free and open source software around the globe are celebrating all the ways it improves our lives.
News: Are Mobile-Style Interfaces Leaving Desktop Users Behind?

Microsoft certainly made a big splash with the early preview of Windows 8 it offered this week, and it's easy to see why: the new platform looks to be a surprisingly radical departure from the traditional Windows paradigm.
06 September 2011
News: Countdown to Ubuntu 11.10: The First Beta Version Arrives

Just a few weeks following the official feature freeze on Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot,” the first beta version of Canonical's free and open source Linux distribution was released on Sept. 1.
02 September 2011
News: Security rundown for the week ending Sept. 2

A mish-mash of security issues came up this week, everything from how to protect virtualized environments to a system that protects copper in utility sites from robbery and a story about digital certificate thefts.
31 August 2011
News: Hackers break into Linux source code site

As Linux fans know, there are two kinds of hackers: the good guys who develop free software, such as the Linux kernel, and the bad guys who break into computers.
30 August 2011
News: Linux Foundation chief: 'You are an idiot' if you don't give back to open source

Linux is the granddaddy of all open source projects, the blueprint for the decentralized development processes. And some of those who use the Linux code, free for the taking, don't give back in equal measure. Still, the time for cajoling those users -- even commercial projects like Ubuntu leader Canonical -- into participating is over, says Jim Zemlin, executive director of the nonprofit Linux Foundation.
24 August 2011
News: As Windows XP Turns 10, It's Time to Say Goodbye

It was exactly 10 years ago today that Microsoft first began shipping Windows XP, and today the operating system can still be found on close to half of the world's computers, according to StatCounter.
23 August 2011
News: Tired of Patent Wars? Use Open Source Instead

As a geek and longtime tech reporter, there are few things I love writing about more than cool new technological innovations. It never ceases to amaze me what we humans can come up with, particularly when some good technology is fueling the effort.
18 August 2011
News: Linux Foundation releases specification to ease licensing headaches

The Linux Foundation and FOSSBazzaar on Wednesday released a new specification to ease the pain of license compliance for open source software. The Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) is a data exchange specification that tracks license information in a standardized way and allows it to travel across the software supply chain.
22 July 2011
News: Linux 3.0 a steady step forward

Bucking standard conventions in software versioning, Linux Torvalds has designated the new release of the Linux operating system kernel, posted Friday, as version 3.0, even while maintaining that the release is only a routine update.
19 July 2011
News: Yahoo and open source

Yahoo is a well-known user of, and contributor to, open source projects. The company is most closely associated with Hadoop, and rightly so, as it is this open source project's biggest contributor. Last month, it sponsored the Hadoop Summit 2011, in which its internal Hadoop experts, and others, ran a collection of workshops on the distributed workload operating system. It even announced that Yahoo had collected some top Hadoop engineers and spun off a new company, Hortonworks. Hortonworks hopes to sell Hadoop consulting services to enterprises.
05 July 2011
News: Microsoft patent division taking cash from at least 5 Android vendors

One of Microsoft's hottest new profit centers is a smartphone platform you've definitely heard of: Android.
28 June 2011
News: Android, Red Hat Prove Linux's Merit on Phones and Servers

Debate over Linux's viability on the desktop may rage unabated in light of the recent changes made to Canonical's Ubuntu, in particular, but there's no questioning the operating system's strength in the server and mobile arenas.
08 June 2011
News: Say Goodbye to Google Search Portals for Linux, Mac and More

Fans of Linux, Microsoft and Macs used to be able to search for information about those topics on Google using specialized search tools that narrowed the results to a focused set of highly relevant Web sites.
04 June 2011
News: 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux, Day 3: Where's my iTunes?

OK, so Ubuntu Linux is all installed and ready to go. Now what?
31 May 2011
News: Google establishes Chrome OS center in Taipei

Google has established a software engineering center in Taipei to work with Asian laptop makers on computers running its Chrome OS, a Google executive said Tuesday.
25 May 2011
News: Next MeeGo TV platform may boost connected sets

Due to a reporting error, the story, "Next MeeGo TV platform may boost connected sets," posted to wire on Tuesday, misstated the name of analyst firm Parks Associates.