HP's 'End Run' Around Windows, Sep 05, 2008

As Hewlett-Packard steps up efforts to make Microsoft's operating system easier to use, some want to devise a rival version with Linux

It's been tough lately for companies like Red Hat and Novell that bet their business on open source. Here's a look at the haves and the have-nots

In the tech industry these days, when you lift a rock you often find a bunch of Indian programmers hard at work under it. So it goes with the LiMo Foundation, which is building a stack of open-source middleware and an application programming interface to run mobile phones.

After weathering an acrimonious split from Intel and harsh criticism from critics, One Laptop Per Child is reorganizing—and looking for a new CEO

When the iPhone (AAPL) appeared last year, fans hailed it as the first handheld product to deliver a full Internet experience. While there was some truth to that claim, the iPhone is just the beginning. Equipped with more advanced semiconductors, handhelds—including the iPhone—may soon equal or surpass PCs as tools for work and play.

But who's doing the buying? While the cash-flush software maker wants to make acquisitions, Novell itself could be a target

More users opt for free service rather than paying for vendor support, but as open source catches up in the region, this may change

How Red Hat's founder developed a business model that steered a course between those of proprietary and open-source software vendors

Bitter political foes South and North Korea are to jointly develop a version of Linux.

Although the rumored mobile platform is yet to be announced, software developers already sense a big business opportunity

Open-source software maker Red Hat Inc. said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter profit jumped 17 percent year-over-year, driven by strong demand for its Linux software as well as sales of new products and subscription-based services.

Is the search titan's complaint against Microsoft and its Windows Vista desktop search overblown? The bloggers debate

What most people don't realize is that the story really isn't about patents at all—it's about a rational actor trying to protect its privileged position.

The Redmond giant said open-source software violates hundreds of its patents; bloggers ask which ones, and how it plans to collect

Inspired by Linux, the OScar project aims to build a car by tapping the knowledge of a volunteer team. It won’t be an easy ride, but their journey is important

Red Hat Inc., a provider of open source Linux software and services, on Wednesday said it has agreed to collaborate on carrier-grade telecommunications products with Nokia Corp., the world's top mobile phone maker.

Red Hat Inc., which distributes the open-source Linux operating system, this week raised the annual base salary of its president and chief executive officer by 50 percent to $600,000

Shares of Red Hat Inc., the largest distributor of the Linux operating system, tumbled more than 7 percent Friday after a Wall Street analyst suggested that Oracle Corp. may soon introduce its own Linux products.

With 4,000 students and just 21 computers, the Cotton Hill Girls High School in the south Indian city of Trivandrum wouldn't appear to be at the vanguard of anything related to information technology. Yet the 71-year-old school is abandoning Microsoft (MSFT) Windows software in favor of its free, open-source rival, Linux.

Disagreements over what should be included in the free software license's next version have pitted the movement's leaders against each other