Red Hat has launched a social-networking project called Mugshot to promote the use of open-source software for digital media.
Intel on Wednesday released open-source software intended to give Linux full-fledged 3D graphics support and to give the chipmaker an advantage over rivals ATI Technologies and Nvidia.
Sun Microsystems will open-source Java, it just has to figure out how to do it, company executives said on Tuesday.
Linux founder Linus Torvalds has defended his protection of the Linux trademark and claims that sublicensing the trademark is a loss-making operation.
Apache Harmony, a project which plans to create an open source implementation of Java, has called on the Java business community to donate software.
General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle.
Sun Microsystems is grappling with applying an open-source philosophy to its Java software as the company weighs risks and benefits over whether it should jump in further or not. But some experts are suggesting a middle ground.
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The Linux, Windows and Solaris versions of StarOffice share file formats, finally making it available to most computer users. Like its predecessor, StarOffice 6.0 is a full-fledged office suite and won't cost a cent when you download it from the Net.
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