Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Secure Boot, in its current form doesn’t lock Linux out of a computer, but it starts us down a path where access to particular hardware on a PC can be…

Microsoft recently considered building its own online marketplace to compete with the likes of Amazon and eBay, but has since abandoned the plans, sources claim.  The effort, known within Redmond…

The Open Source Business Alliance (OSBAGerman language link), a confederation of German open source providers and users, and its French counterpart, the Conseil National du Logiciel Libre (CNLLFrench language link)…

The government has quietly backtracked from its publicly declared preference for using open source over proprietary software.  The Government Digital Service (GDS) published its Service Design Manual in March, laying…

An updated Windows 8 from Microsoft will NOT be the “miracle cure” for traditional PC makers in need of a sales and profits injection. And that’s according to IT biz…

Microsoft has sensationally abandoned its controversial plans to restrict the sharing of Xbox One games, and has also removed daily online authentication requirements for its forthcoming console. 

Today Microsoft announced a new program that will see schools around the world able to purchase the company’s Surface RT tablet hybrid in bulk at a reduced per-unit rate.

According to a report from Bloomberg Businessweek, Microsoft are offering $100,000 or more to companies to build apps for Windows Phone.  The payment aims to entice developers to create apps…

This month’s Patch Tuesday saw five updates in total — one rated “critical” and four “important.” But a key Windows vulnerability discovered weeks ago by a Google engineer still hasn’t…

Hewlett-Packard is now a Google Apps reseller, as it continues to lean more on Google-related products and tries to make itself more relevant in the age of the mobile device. 

June’s Black Tuesday patch update from Microsoft has rolled into town with five bulletins, including a solitary critical update that tackles flaws in all supported versions of Internet Explorer.

On Friday the 7th of June the German Parliament decided upon a joint motion to limit software patents (see English translation by BIKT). The Parliament urges the German Government to…

The U.S. government should allow disclosure of how often NSA taps into user data, argue Facebook, Microsoft and Google.

It was one of those blink-and-you-miss-it moments. In Monday’s WWDC keynote, Apple executive Eddy Cue was running through the new iOS 7 version of Siri, when he happened to mention…

Brits on benefits will be able to purchase a refurbished Windows 7 PC from as little as £24 if they sign up to a one-year broadband deal, thanks to a…