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New LibreOffice release sparks record donations to Document Foundation

Free Microsoft Office rival gets an upgrade

By Jon Gold

Feb 13, 2017 2 mins

Enterprise Applications Microsoft Open Source

HoloLens Spectator View makes it easier to show off AR creations

However, it requires a special rig with a camera, a HoloLens, and 3D printed brackets

By Blair Frank

Feb 13, 2017 3 mins

Enterprise Applications Microsoft Open Source

What’s next for open-source Spark?

A crowd of more than 1,500 gathered Wednesday in Boston to hear about the future for the open-source big data engine

By Jon Gold

Feb 8, 2017 5 mins

Big Data IBM Open Source

Lessons from the rise and fall of an open source project

The story of the CyanogenMod mobile firmware project perfectly illustrates the opportunities and perils presented by the open source software model.

By Paul Rubens

Feb 8, 2017 8 mins

Android Open Source

FreeDOS 1.2: Why DOS is amazing in 2017

DOS in 2017? You betcha. FreeDOS 1.2 lets me play my favorite classic video games, as well as run classic DOS word processors.

By Bryan Lunduke

Feb 6, 2017 6 mins

Computers and Peripherals Open Source

AT&T will prove 5G using open-source SDN technology

AT&T teams with the Linux Foundation on critical open-source SDN infrastructure software to demonstrate new 5G applications

By Steven Patterson

Feb 3, 2017 5 mins

AT&T Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business

AT&T wants to be the Linus Torvalds of network software

The carrier has released ECOMP, the operating system for its network, as open source

By Stephen Lawson

Feb 2, 2017 3 mins

Open Source SDN Telecommunications Industry

Raspberry Pi roundup: Secret messages from your washing machine, smelling the fruit, and Rubik’s Cubes

Or, if you prefer, non-secret messages from the dryer, and robots solving problems for you, whether you wanted them to or not!

By Jon Gold

Feb 1, 2017 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Open Source

Google open-sources Chrome browser for iOS

Complications involving the required tie-in to Apple’s WebKit engine had prevented the move in the past

By Paul Krill

Feb 1, 2017 2 mins

Google Open Source iOS

Wine 2.0 brings MS Office 2013 compatibility to Linux

If you run Linux and happen to use Windows software, it’s time to grab Wine 2.0

By Bryan Lunduke

Jan 26, 2017 3 mins

Microsoft Open Source Small and Medium Business