News (30)

  • Unexpected twists in Internet law

    Internet law in 2003 was full of surprises.

  • The future locations of Linux

    Where will Linux be in 2005? Hint: it won't be your desktop. Instead, embedded Linux will pop up in smart devices and more. Do you know where Tux is going?

  • Open source Aussies: Not poor, bearded loners

    Typical Australian open source developers are 26 years old and spend their days being bored in Canberra. Despite that, free software enthusiasts have more sex and earn more money than you might expect, a new survey reveals.

  • French kids get open source on USB

    To help make kids aware of alternatives to proprietary software, the Ile-de-France, the political district of greater Paris, will be giving 175,000 school children and apprentices a USB key loaded with open-source software.

  • Intel to offer open source developers for OLPC

    Intel has partnered with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and will initially provide its army of Linux and open source developers to help improve the OLPC software.

More News >

Features and Case Studies (19)

More Features and Case Studies >

Reviews (4)

  • OLPC XO

    The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is unique as the XO laptop it distributes. While the XO is not commercially available, our review provides an insight into what can be achieved in a laptop designed for children at a very low cost.

  • Asus EeePC 701

    The EeePC isn't for everyone in fact within about two seconds from picking it up you'll know if it's for you or not. For those it does appeal to, it's a brilliant little thing that fills a much lamented gap.

  • The computer is your friend

    Computers don't have personalities -- or do they?

  • SCO vs the Linux world...What's a Linux user to do?

    Commentary: SCO's lawsuit against IBM has sparked controversy in the open-source world - here are some things for Linux users to consider.

Create an e-mail alert for "open source"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
open source


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 2 $100
  2. Popularity: 2 acs
  3. Popularity: 3 amd
  4. Popularity: 2 apple
  5. Popularity: 1 bob
  6. Popularity: 1 case study
  7. Popularity: 2 child
  8. Popularity: 2 chip
  9. Popularity: 2 code
  10. Popularity: 2 communications
  11. Popularity: 1 cost
  12. Popularity: 2 desktop
  13. Popularity: 1 ethernet
  14. Popularity: 1 european union
  15. Popularity: 1 festa
  16. Popularity: 2 free
  17. Popularity: 2 government
  18. Popularity: 1 healthcare
  19. Popularity: 3 ibm
  20. Popularity: 4 intel
  21. Popularity: 3 java
  22. Popularity: 5 laptop
  23. Popularity: 2 law
  24. Popularity: 1 licensing
  25. Popularity: 17 linux
  26. Popularity: 1 merant
  27. Popularity: 3 microsoft
  28. Popularity: 1 minister
  29. Popularity: 3 negroponte
  30. Popularity: 2 nicholas negroponte
  31. Popularity: 1 non-profit
  32. Popularity: 9 olpc
  33. Popularity: 4 open
  34. Popularity: 1 roi
  35. Popularity: 2 sco
  36. Popularity: 3 software
  37. Popularity: 4 source
  38. Popularity: 2 spam
  39. Popularity: 4 sun
  40. Popularity: 2 sun microsystems
  41. Popularity: 1 systems
  42. Popularity: 2 t&b
  43. Popularity: 1 techrepublic
  44. Popularity: 2 tux
  45. Popularity: 1 use
  46. Popularity: 1 user
  47. Popularity: 3 windows
  48. Popularity: 2 xo
  49. Popularity: 2 xo laptop
  50. Popularity: 2 xp
Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Renai LeMay StartupCamp Melbourne: The review
    StartupCamp Melbourne looks to have produced just as interesting ideas as the Sydney event which immediately preceded it, but the Victorian start-ups appear to have stumbled during execution. Sydney 1, Melbourne 0.
  • Array Google should come clean on datacentres
    It's nice that Google says it has put an effort into making its datacentres more energy efficient, but the search giant's pledges won't mean much until it discloses just how many of the beasties it's actually running.
  • Array US shows what OPEL could have been
    Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured