Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Microsoft has clarified the licensing for retail versions of its Office 2013 productivity suite, confirming that boxed editions of the software are licensed for a single PC only and that…

Thanks to skyrocketing signups, Gmail has become the biggest email provider on the Web, beating out Microsoft’s combined Hotmail and Outlook.com, as well as Yahoo Mail. Will the newly unveiled…

Microsoft has increased the price of Office for Mac by up to 17 per cent, another move in the software giant’s territory battle with Apple in the personal computing market.

Rumors have existed for quite some time, that Yahoo and Microsoft could kill their search deal early, but we’ve heard nothing substantial enough to suggest this is going to happen….

Microsoft’s Surface Pro has been given the teardown treatment, and according to the screwdriver-wielders over at iFixit, it’s just as hard to repair as a MacBook Pro.  The Surface Pro…

Microsoft used to think of the open source software community as a cancer, but now maybe it’s a lifeline. Although the bulk of Microsoft’s profits come from its Windows and…

The latest data on smartphone sales from analyst house IDC shows an increase in the reach of the global Android/iOS operating system duopoly, with RIM and Microsoft left squabbling over…

Microsoft has issued a tranche of security updates, with no fewer than 57 bugs reported across Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, and other programs. But what’s more embarrassing for the company…

Just as Internet users in general have defected in huge numbers from Microsoft Internet Explorer over the past several years, the business world, as well, is becoming less dependent on…

Nokia’s former luxury phone maker Vertu has launched its first ever Android smartphone, the Vertu Ti, selecting the Google operating system over Windows Phone because it is more established.

New Samsung laptops that destroyed themselves when booting Ubuntu Linux can be bricked by ANY operating system – including Windows – according to a top embedded developer.

Here’s the good news for Microsoft: The 128GB version of its Surface Pro tablet is in so much demand that it sold out in a day. Here’s the bad news:…

But the question remains how many units were available to begin with. There are several threads on Reddit where users complain retail locations like Best Buy and Staples only had…

After months of work, the Linux Foundation’s UEFI Secure Boot pre-bootloader for independent Linux distros and software developers has finally been released. 

Microsoft will release 12 patches for 57 vulnerabilities next week for Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office.  A spattering of enterprise products, including Microsoft Office and Windows Server, and developer tools,…