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Open Source Helped by Recession

Open Source Helped by Recession

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: October 11, 2008
Filed under: Computers, Software

With the financial world witnessing what many stockbrokers have never seen in their lifetime, things are changing faster now than they normally do in finance. This change will also bring about big changes in the software industry

Open Source can now be copyrighted

Open Source can now be copyrighted

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 14, 2008
Filed under: Computers, Software

The idea of Open Source is for the community at large to help improve the project and for computer software to be made available for free public download without the problems of copyright in most retail software. Today things have…

Seven new LiMo open-source phones launched

Seven new LiMo open-source phones launched

By: Peter Chubb | Posted: August 5, 2008
Filed under: Cell Phones, Handsets

Things are beginning to heat up in the world of open-source mobile systems, as a number of companies have launched seven more cell phones which are based on the LiMo (Linux for Mobile) software platform. With these seven new phones,…

Microsoft Equipt vs open source and free software

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: July 5, 2008
Filed under: Computers, Software

The computer users of the world have been getting more interested in open source and free software for some time now and Microsoft’s new Equipt subscription service is aimed at defending the Office franchise. As we reported the other day,…

Open Source Symbian OS vs Android by Open Handset Alliance

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: June 25, 2008
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones

There is a battle coming and the major winner in this battle of the brands will be the consumer thanks to Open Source, cheaper prices and better support. The new Open Source Symbian OS is being formed and will see…

Open Source vs. Profit: Google Android (iPhone 3G), Linux (Microsoft Vista)

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: June 24, 2008
Filed under: Computers, Software

The world of software for computers, cell phones and other gadgets has been changing to benefit the consumer for a while now and today change is moving faster than ever. Thanks to the world of Open Source we have many…

VIA Linux Portal to offer drivers, documentation and open source code

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: April 29, 2008
Filed under: Computers, Software

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the launch of a beta version of the VIA Linux Portal as part of an initiative designed to extend collaboration with the Open Source community. The…