BBC overlooks 97000 Linux users

The BBC has apologized for dramatically underestimating the number of open source users who visit its site.

Ashley Highfield, director of BBC Future Media and Technology, said in an…

Cray stretches Linux in supercomputer

The day after Google announced a new initiative to pack Linux into mobile handsets, supercomputer designer Cray is announcing a system it claims will be its biggest computers to use the open…

MontaVista Software Acquires Korean Company

MontaVista Software, Inc. announced that it has purchased a Seoul-based company to meet the growing demand from Korean device manufacturers and software developers for MontaVista embedded Linux…

Red Hat and Sun Collaborate to Advance Open Source Java Technology

Red Hat announced an agreement with Sun Microsystems to advance open source JavaTM software. Red Hat has signed Sun’s broad contributor agreement that covers participation in all Sun-led open…

Google Enters the Wireless World

Google took its long-awaited plunge into the wireless world today, announcing that it is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers that could…

SaaS solution for Open Source

OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced the availability of OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX) Enterprise…

The open approach to IP-PBX design

A PBX connects a number of private extensions through a trunk line or lines to the public phone system, routing outbound and incoming calls and providing features such as voicemail and…

China's Linux Market Grew by 29.2% and Desktop Has Great Potential

CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235), recently…

Environment Canada opens up to open source

Environment Canada is using an open source model for its Model of the Environment and Temperature of Roads (METRo) forecasting system, in an effort to help provide the community of meteorologists…

Linus Torvalds on Open Source: A Much Better Way to Do Things

"Linux really wouldn't have gone anywhere interesting at all if it hadn't been released as an open source product. I also think that the change to the GPLv2 from my original 'no money' license was…