Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

The United Kingdom government has formally adopted the open document format (ODF) as the standard format for government documents.

A new Linux distribution is looking to overcome the limitations of Debian on ARM, by running both Linux apps and Android apps in native mode.

Mozilla’s Firefox OS continues its slow march across the globe, with carriers set to begin shipping devices running the open source, browser-based smartphone platform in additional developed markets this week.

Microsoft is on the verge of announcing its biggest round of job cuts in at least five years, as the software giant looks to slim down its operations in the…

Microsoft is thinking about buying an Israeli security company that yesterday posted instructions on how to change Active Directory passwords by exploiting a design flaw.

Microsoft officials are beginning to sound the support warning bell for customers running a number of its popular products, including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, and more.

Microsoft released six security bulletins to patch 29 CVEs on Windows and Internet Explorer; two are rated critical, three are rated important and one is rated as moderate. Microsoft’s Dustin…

Whatever Microsoft is doing to get punters adopting Windows 8.x isn’t working, at least if the latest figures from Netmarketshare showing its older operating systems growing faster than its latest…

Linux’s quest to become the default operating system for motor vehicles has taken a step closer to reality, with the Linux Foundation releasing downloads of code from its Automotive Grade…

As the support for the Microsoft (MS) Windows XP service is terminated this year, the government will try and invigorate open source software in order to solve the problem of…

Linux, the most widely used open source operating system in the world, has scored a major publicity coup in the revelation that it is used on 94% of the world’s…

Google wants to take some of the stress out of working with Microsoft Office files in the Google Drive app suite. At Tuesday’s Google I/O keynote, the company announced native…

Microsoft has unveiled its first phone after completing its takeover of Nokia’s handset division – and the device is powered by Android.  The operating system, developed by Google, is usually…

Microsoft has finally fixed an Exchange Online outage that left affected users without access to email for almost nine hours on Tuesday, prompting many to vent their frustration online as…

Microsoft is once again throwing huge sums of money at customers to try to convince them to buy its products. The company is offering up to $650 toward the purchase…