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 Open source stands up for its rights

Open source stands up for its rights

Insight commentary Open source developers need to guard their intellectual property rights if they want to compete with the big boys, says consultant.

Friday, September 12 2008 08:48 AM

Tags: Open source, Copyright, Creative Commons, Open-source Developer, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property, software, financial, software-as-a-service, U.S.


Commercial desktop Linux unready: Japan

Commercial desktop Linux unready: Japan

News China, Japan and Korea have allied to create an open-source desktop operating system because commercial versions just don't make the grade, according to a senior Japanese official.

Tuesday, November 11 2003 01:35 AM


Support issues top OSS concerns

Support issues top OSS concerns

News Worries about training and support pose biggest barrier to open-source software adoption among Asian businesses, Sun executives say.

Wednesday, October 24 2007 06:44 PM

Tags: Support, Open source


Five reasons to hire open source developers

Techguide Afraid an open source developer will be a liability to your organization? TechRepublic's Jack Wallen offers some reasons to think otherwise.

Thursday, August 20 2009 08:15 PM

Tags: Open source, Protocols and platforms, Human resources, Trends, Apache Software Foundation, Open-source Developer, Open-source Community, Microsoft Windows, proprietary software, hiring


Sun: We screwed up on open source

News Simon Phipps, Sun's chief open source officer, says the company alienated open source developers from 2001 to 2002 but is now healing the rift.

Tuesday, June 24 2008 11:13 PM

Tags: Open source, Officer, Open-source Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, software, Project GlassFish, sourcing, Java, application server


Open source developers reach for the cloud

News Forty percent of open source developers are planning to use cloud services, far more than among the general developer population, finds new survey.

Thursday, January 22 2009 06:40 AM

Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Virtualization, IBM Corp., Google Inc., Open Source, Survey, Developer, Evans Data Corp., Environment, Amazon.com Inc.


Google shows off Chrome OS tablet ideas

News Mock-ups of a Chrome OS tablet emerge much more quietly than Apple's iPad did. In some ways, Google's Chrome OS could be a better fit for tablets than for netbooks.

Wednesday, February 03 2010 11:03 AM

Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Open Source, Google Inc., iPad, Tablet, Operating System, Web Browser, Video


Mozilla calls on coders to build Web-tool index

News It is asking programmers to help build an Open Web Tools Directory in a bid create a comprehensive index of all open source developer tools available.

Thursday, July 09 2009 10:11 AM

Tags: Open source, Web servers, Business applications, R&D, Database, Web Browser, Tool, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, data entry


The latest from Facebook: 'Open Stream API'

News The social-networking giant will let developers tap into and tinker with the Twitter-like flow of user content that Facebook calls the "stream".

Tuesday, April 28 2009 11:21 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Interfaces, buses, I/O, MySpace, Twitter, Photo-sharing, Developer, API, social networking, contact management, Facebook


Scripting flaw threatens Web servers

News A vulnerability found in newer versions of the PHP Web server scripting language allows attackers to crash, and in some cases control, computers over the Internet.

Tuesday, July 23 2002 11:12 AM


Lindows opens second Sneak Preview

News Lindows.com this week released a second Sneak Preview of its Linux-based operating system.

Friday, April 12 2002 01:10 PM


Apple guru combats month of bugs

News Open-source developer is attempting to ensure that a patch exists for every flaw found by the Month of Apple Bugs project.

Thursday, January 04 2007 09:50 AM

Tags: Security, Mac OS


VA Linux aims to be "leading Linux company"

News 

Friday, June 01 2001 03:30 PM


SCO Web site under attack

News  update The SCO Group's Web site is blocked by a denial-of-service attack, as the company becomes caught in an increasingly acrimonious row with the open-source community.

Tuesday, August 26 2003 07:34 AM


Sun's Jxta dives into the P2P fray

News One of high-tech's next great battles will be around the standards that define how PCs and mobile devices find each other, and how they swap information and software over the Internet. And Sun's bid is Jxta.

Friday, April 27 2001 09:43 AM


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Use Live USB Creator to install Fedora 12 from a USB stick

Open Source

Vincent Danen walks you through the use of the Live USB Creator tool to install or boot Fedora 12 from a USB drive.


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Making the case for Filipino IT entrepreneurship

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Filipinos are again over the moon with the masterful performance of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao in yesterday's bout against Ghana native Joshua Clottey. This guy never ceases to give his..... by Melvin G. Calimag

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