CIO.com - Open Source

More Details Emerge on the Fully Open 'Spark' Tablet

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Ever since the news broke last weekend that a fully open tablet is on the way, the excitement has been tangible in the Linux community.

Is WebOS the Next Desktop Linux, Java or Symbian?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

HP is taking WebOS open source with the hope that it can attract developers by providing a write-once-run-everyplace platform. However, Rob Enderle writes, history hasn't been kind to operating systems as only few survive, but while WebOS has risks it also has potential, if HP willing to invest properly.

How Open Source Licenses Affect Your Business and Your Developers

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Copyleft licenses have been the most popular choice for new open source projects. Recently, however, developers and companies seem to be moving from the GPL in favor of less restrictive permissive licenses for open source projects. What's behind the trend and how does it impact your business?

10 New Open Source Projects You May Not Know About

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

With so many open source software projects under way at any given moment, it can be difficult to keep tabs on all that's going on.

10 Open Source Shopping Carts to Run Your Ecommerce Business

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

For businesses that rely on online transactions, open source shopping carts are a good alternative to proprietary ecommerce software: They are a fraction of the cost and are supported by large communities of users and developers.

Tizen Project Releases Preview of OS Source Code

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Tizen project, which is developing an open-source operating system for devices like smartphones and tablets, is offering a download of the alpha release of the source code of the operating system.

Oracle's Big Data Appliance Brings Focus to Bundled Approach

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Oracle's Big Data Appliance product, which shipped Tuesday, gives enterprises another option for deploying projects based on Apache Hadoop open source technology.

LinkedIn Open Sources Search Engine

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The social networking company has released software it acquired with the IndexTank purchase earlier this year

A Rivalry Emerges As Apache Asserts OpenOffice Plans

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

There's been much uncertainty surrounding OpenOffice.org ever since Oracle decided back in June to donate the open source office productivity project to the Apache Software Foundation.

MIT to Open Source Educational Software

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology expands its OpenCourseWare to offer accrediation

Ubuntu Targets Smartphones, Clouds

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Ubuntu 11.10 has some jagged edges and documentation isn't easy to locate, but Canonical is certainly dreaming big with this latest update, dubbed Oneiric (dreamy) Ocelot.

Is Android Open? Not So Much, Study Finds

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Google's Android mobile platform may be based on the open source Linux operating system, but the extent of its own openness has long been a topic of considerable debate.

Windows Store Makes a Special Allowance for Open Source

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

With its app developer agreement, Microsoft makes a place for free and open source software in its upcoming Windows Store.

4 Strange Places to Find Open Source

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Open source is about more than code: it's about unlocking all possibilities. Here are four unusual projects made possible by open source.

Alfresco: an Open-Source ECM Alternative for SharePoint

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Companies that can't meet Microsoft's price for its SharePoint content management package might want to try Alfresco.