Open Source Helped by Recession
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: October 11, 2008Filed 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
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 14, 2008Filed 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
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: August 5, 2008Filed 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, 2008Filed 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, 2008Filed 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, 2008Filed 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, 2008Filed 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…
