Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

A French laptop buyer has won a refund from Lenovo after a four-year legal battle over the cost of a Windows license he didn’t want. The judgment could open the…

The Spark, an open source tablet that will be available for purchase by May this year, is part of the Linux-based MeeGo project, which is hosted by the Linux Foundation,…

Germany’s cyber security agency today recommended that Windows 7 users run Google’s Chrome browser, citing the application’s sandbox and auto-update features.

Following up on its 2009 release of Bloomberg’s Open Symbology (BSYM), a system to identify securities across global asset classes, Bloomberg LP is opening its market data interfaces to anyone,…

Microsoft’s decision to align its volume licensing pricing with the euro could leave UK customers facing a “significant rise” in cost. 

The OpenStack open source cloud project will push Microsoft’s Hyper-V out of its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) framework, blaming poor support from Microsoft.  OpenStack Cloud-building software.

UK hybrid TV service BT Vision plans to be the first customer to discard Microsoft’s Mediaroom software, almost imminently, after at least a year-long effort to put in completely new…

In a classic story of greed, manipulation, and sweet retribution, a lawsuit between the state of Wisconsin and Microsoft found that Microsoft had overpriced its software and deceived consumers, and…

IBM’s putting its weight behind an Oracle-backed OpenOffice push rather than follow Google, Red Hat and others on an independent effort.

Redmond has a track record of working through intermediaries on open-source projects rather than getting directly involved and OpenStack on HyperV looks like a casualty of this policy.

Linux users face increased inconvenience getting a weather forecast from March onwards when the Met Office will withdraw its web-based weather gadgets and replace them with desktop widgets – for…

Apple is making inroads on the client side of enterprise computing, with one-in-five information workers now using one or more Apple products for work, says Forrester Analyst Frank Gillett.

Microsoft is preparing to launch a new persistent virtual machine feature on its Azure cloud platform, enabling customers to host Linux, SharePoint and SQL Server there.

Global economic woes may continue to dampen spending forecasts for IT departments around the world, but that isn’t stopping large companies from adding more Linux servers to their operations.

The administration of Spain’s autonomous region of Extremadura is moving to a complete open source desktop, replacing the current proprietary desktop platform, confirms the region’s CIO, Teodomiro Cayetano López. The…