Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

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…

Android is set to become the number one choice for mobile application developers in the next 12 months as the Google platform pushes ahead of arch rival Apple, according to…

Open Source companies Red Hat and Canonical have highlighted serious concerns about a Microsoft plan to rid the world of rootkits, arguing that Redmond’s UEFI technology is “buggy”.

People have spent incredible amounts of time and effort making it easy to install Linux by doing little more than putting a CD in a drive. Asking them to go…

So there’s been some kind of security problem with Xbox Live accounts for a while now. Microsoft denies there’s been any compromise of its own data, yet still, for months…

Microsoft Corp is starting the new year much as it did the one just ended – grappling with weak computer sales tearing a hole in its core Windows business, while…

It’s been a few years since Microsoft really shot itself in the foot by making itself look really unfriendly, and someone at the company must’ve been missing the pain. A…

Seeking to transform the way its staff communicates and collaborates worldwide, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) will roll out Google Apps to its 110,000 employees, shedding along the way various…

The control of US military spy drones appears to have shifted from Windows to Linux following an embarrassing malware infection.

Unlike the past few years, Microsoft kicked off the year with a large set of fixes — seven, to be exact. While this batch is larger than Januarys have been…

Microsoft on Tuesday released seven security fixes, including one cited as “critical,” to correct eight vulnerabilities.  None of the patches addressed major, ongoing attacks, but several were notable because Microsoft…

AT&T – one of America’s largest internet, phone and TV service providers – is throwing up an open-source cloud running OpenStack to court application developers.

AfterShot Pro is based on technology inherited through Corel’s recent acquisition of Bibble, noted Stephens, who is the former president of Bibble.  Stephens said that Bibble found the Linux edition…