The OpenDocument Format has come under attack from Microsoft, which claims its Office Open XML format has significantly better performance.
Software patent campaigners have reacted with surprise to an apparent change in the European Commission's stance on those patents.
The International Organisation for Standardisation is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format, according to analyst group Gartner.
Linux may soon have a stronger open-source competitor on the desktop if FreeBSD's plans come to fruition.
The European Commission is reluctant to recommend the OpenDocument file format, even though the format has been endorsed by international standards groups.
Andrew Lippman thinks communities will be key to the future of communications tech.
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, is cracking down on developers who add last-minute changes to the kernel.
An estimated 27,000 people have been affected by an identity theft ring that was discovered earlier this month, according to Sunbelt Software, the security company that uncovered the operation.
New variants of the Mytob worm are using a phishing-style e-mail to fool people into downloading malicious code.
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