Wikia Search opens up to broad participation

Wikia Search, the open-source search engine that is the brainchild of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, will begin letting anyone participate in building its index by adding, deleting and rating Web pages. 'This is a complete overhaul of everything,' said Wales. ...continue reading 'Wikia Search opens up to broad participation'

Microsoft open policy faces scrutiny

Microsoft may have a way to go to placate a market that often views the software giant as a bully not to be trusted. The fact that the market tends to scrutinize every move that Microsoft makes, looking for ulterior motives, may make it even harder for the company to overcome market skepticism. ...continue reading 'Microsoft open policy faces scrutiny'

Via releases laptop design as open source

Via Technologies released the hardware design for a low-cost laptop with WiMax support under an open-source license on Tuesday, a move intended to make customization easier and shorten design cycles for system makers. ...continue reading 'Via releases laptop design as open source'

Via releases laptop design as open source

Via Technologies released the hardware design for a low-cost laptop with WiMax support under an open-source license on Tuesday, a move intended to make customization easier and shorten design cycles for system makers. ...continue reading 'Via releases laptop design as open source'

Google puts open-source project back up

Google has reinstated an open-source project just days after pulling it in response to a copyright-related takedown notice. ...continue reading 'Google puts open-source project back up'

Google backs open-source CERT group

Google has thrown its weight behind a fledgling security reporting group for the open-source community. ...continue reading 'Google backs open-source CERT group'

Google takes down open-source project after DMCA complaint

Google has removed an open-source project that enables the proprietary CoreAVC high-definition video decoder to run in Linux following a complaint from the codec's developer -- but the project could soon return. ...continue reading 'Google takes down open-source project after DMCA complaint'

Black Duck buying Koders for code search

Black Duck Software plans to announce Monday that it has purchased the assets of Koders, maker of a code search engine and other tools, for an undisclosed sum. ...continue reading 'Black Duck buying Koders for code search'

Sun looks to free up the rest of Java

Sun Microsystems is stepping up efforts to boost Java usage in Linux shops by working to remove some final encumbrances in the open-source Java platform. ...continue reading 'Sun looks to free up the rest of Java'

Ray Ozzie talks open source, mesh

Microsoft has 'dramatically' changed because of open-source software, the company's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said Thursday as part of a wide-ranging discussion during the annual Most Valuable Professional summit in Seattle. He also talked about Microsoft's mesh concept and the importance of virtualization. ...continue reading 'Ray Ozzie talks open source, mesh'

Open Source Census launches

The Open Source Census, an effort to pin down hard statistics regarding the implementation of open-source software around the world, gets underway on Wednesday. ...continue reading 'Open Source Census launches'

SaaS providers cut costs, but users won't get discounts

Nine out of ten software-as-a-service providers will rely on open source software by 2010 to save money, but the cost savings likely won't be passed onto customers, Gartner says in a new research note. ...continue reading 'SaaS providers cut costs, but users won't get discounts'

Report: Number of GPL v3 projects tops 2,000

The number of open-source projects that use the GNU General Public License Version 3 has grown to more than 2,000, according to Palamida, which sells software and services for tracking open-source code within a customer's code base. ...continue reading 'Report: Number of GPL v3 projects tops 2,000'

MySQL-GlassFish bundle surfacing for developers

The GlassFish and MySQL communities have announced that an optimized bundle of the open-source application server and database management system (DBMS) is coming together, just weeks after Sun Microsystems completed its $1 billion acquisition of MySQL. ...continue reading 'MySQL-GlassFish bundle surfacing for developers'

EnterpriseDB open-sources GridSQL

EnterpriseDB announced Tuesday that it is open-sourcing GridSQL, its grid product for data warehousing and business intelligence (BI) applications, under the GPLv2 license. The product works alongside EnterpriseDB's main offerings, a PostgreSQL-based open-source database and an application server. ...continue reading 'EnterpriseDB open-sources GridSQL'

Microsoft gives open source a big hug

In a major turnaround for Microsoft, the company Thursday promised 'greater transparency' in its development and business practices, outlining a new strategy to provide more access to APIs and previously proprietary protocols for some of its major software products, including Windows and Office. ...continue reading 'Microsoft gives open source a big hug'

Roy Fielding quits OpenSolaris project

Roy Fielding, co-founder of the Apache HTTP Server Project and a key contributor to the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), has quit Sun Microsystems' OpenSolaris community, accusing Sun of retaining too much control over the open-source counterpart to its Solaris operating system. ...continue reading 'Roy Fielding quits OpenSolaris project'

Red Hat's JBoss dons Black Tie to target BEA Tuxedo

Red Hat Thursday revealed a JBoss middleware project aimed at displacing BEA's Tuxedo transaction-monitoring engine, which has a significant legacy install base. ...continue reading 'Red Hat's JBoss dons Black Tie to target BEA Tuxedo'

Open Solutions Alliance creating European office

The Open Solutions Alliance (OSA) is adding a chapter based in Europe, the group is expected to announce Tuesday. ...continue reading 'Open Solutions Alliance creating European office'

Sun to acquire MySQL for $1 billion

Sun Microsystems will pay $1 billion for Swedish software company MySQL, whose open-source database is used for some of the most widely visited Web sites in the world. ...continue reading 'Sun to acquire MySQL for $1 billion'