Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

We are now in a hyper-innovation mode when open source is no longer really competing against proprietary software, which can’t keep up, but is instead competing with other open-source projects. 

Microsoft has already ruffled more than a few feathers with the exclusionary potential of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, and this past week the open source community has been…

The United States Supreme Court signaled skepticism about broad software patents Monday when it ordered reconsideration of an online advertising patent.

SAN FRANCISCO–A jury today unanimously decided that Google did not infringe on two of Oracle’s patents.  In the decision at the U.S. District Court of Northern California, the jury in…

Microsoft has relaunched its famous “buy a PC and get a Xbox 360 for free” deal, where students living in the US or Canada have the opportunity to receive a…

Microsoft said last week that a skew toward more exploits on Windows Vista can be attributed to the demise of support for the operating system’s first service pack. 

Microsoft has issued guidance on how to fix problems created by its last bunch of patches.  Redmond’s patches for May brought pain to Windows XP users who have installed the…

Microsoft said that Motorola had infringed nine different patents, but the ITC only found one to be violated by the American phone manufacturer.

The US International Trade Commission issued a limited exclusion order banning certain Motorola Android devices from being imported to the U.S. after determining that the devices infringe on a patent…

Well THAT was quick. Just six months after Google Chrome eclipsed Mozilla’s Firefox to become the world’s second most popular Web browser, Chrome finally surpassed Microsoft’s Internet Explorer on Sunday…

The company is being sued for $15bn – almost as much as the $16bn raised in its record breaking initial public offering – for tracking users against their wishes, even…

So, the OEMs make money from installing crapware onto PCs, and now Microsoft is making money removing it. Makes you realize why more and more people are buying Apple hardware.

In the latest sign that Microsoft’s high-stakes bet on a new, unconventional mobile platform isn’t paying off, numbers released Wednesday show that Redmond’s overall share of the wireless operating system…

But probably more important to Microsoft than the money is the partnership the two companies have built over the past six years. They’ve made mutually beneficial moves in the fight…

Get ready, gang: Android may be on the brink of its biggest change yet — a shift that could redefine the platform and send waves through the entire mobile market.