Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

The Raspberry Pi project, which aims to sell tiny £16 Linux-based computers to help kids learn about real computing in schools, has said it is now testing beta versions of…

An anti-patent campaigning group has called for a boycott of Apple products in a bid to get Cupertino to drop its lawsuit strategy against Linux and Android.

Nokia’s Lumia handset is barely shifting at all, according to figures from consumer price-comparison site Mobiles Please, though it still manages to be the best selling Windows Phone.

The Pentagon has approved a version of Android running on Dell hardware to be used by DoD officials, along with the BlackBerry. The approval of Android by the DoD is…

Although a renewed search deal between Google and Mozilla is welcome news to millions of Firefox users, Mozilla has three big ideas for 2012 and beyond that will see it…

The Apache Software Foundation has confirmed that a new build of the OpenOffice suite will be out next year, and has warned rogue developers that it – and only it…

Motorola Mobility, which Google has agreed to acquire, uses technology in its Android smartphones that violates a patent held by Microsoft, the International Trade Commission has found. However, Microsoft failed…

Only a few years ago, Apple’s iPhone clearly ruled the smartphone roost. Recently, it’s been clear that Android has taken over

Facebook will begin adding photos of its users to third-party adverts appearing in users’ news feeds come early next year, so if you’re the sort who’s a bit free with…

An unpatched critical flaw in 64-bit Windows 7 leaves computers vulnerable to a full ‘blue screen of death’ system crash.

Novell’s years-long antitrust case against Microsoft came to an abrupt end in a federal courthouse in Salt Lake City after jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict, leading…

Microsoft is capitalizing on a recent Android malware scam by giving away free Windows Phones to five Android users with the worst malware horror stories. Ben Rudolph, Microsoft’s Windows Phone…

If you’re reading this on Chrome, you’re part of a wave that has ditched Internet Explorer or Firefox and helped vault Google’s browser to the top Web browser spot worldwide.

Munich’s LiMux project has announcedGerman language link that it has exceeded its annual target for migrating the city’s PCs to its LiMux client. To date in 2011, the project has…

Brace yourself for the next passing of the torch in the tech industry. Google, the leader of the Internet era of computing through the aughts, now has a US$200 billion…