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Survey: 11% of Americans think HTML is an STD, software is ‘comfortable clothing’

Let's check in on how confused the American people are on technology, today, in 2014.

By Colin Neagle

Mar 4, 2014 2 mins

Data Center HTML Open Source

Open source challenges a proprietary Internet of Things

Linux Foundation believes it has the code for unlocking Internet of Things and bringing success

By Patrick Thibodeau

Mar 4, 2014 6 mins

Apple Data Center Open Source

Canonical CEO: Ubuntu wants to power everything from smartphones to the cloud

CEO Interview: Canonical's Jane Silber dishes on going your own way, the perils of crowdsourcing and her bold vision for the future of Ubuntu

By Christopher von Eitzen

Mar 3, 2014 14 mins

Open Source Operating Systems Smartphones

Unix: Making better use of the find command

The find command is one of the most basic Unix commands, but that doesn't mean you're making good use of its many features.

By Sandra Henry Stocker

Mar 1, 2014 5 mins

Data Center Open Source Operating Systems

Wind River outfits VxWorks for ‘Internet of things’

VxWorks features a modular architecture and the option to run a 20KB micro-kernel

By Joab Jackson

Feb 27, 2014 3 mins

Enterprise Applications Open Source Operating Systems

Examining the ridiculous names of open source projects

Some open source projects have the most ridiculous names, and even more ridiculous stories behind them.

By Bryan Lunduke

Feb 27, 2014 3 mins

Open Source Operating Systems

U.S. Senator trying to ban Bitcoin clearly doesn’t know much about Bitcoin

Senator Joe Manchin has called for a ban on Bitcoin in the aftermath of the decline of Mt.Gox.

By Colin Neagle

Feb 27, 2014 2 mins

Data Center Open Source

Atlassian packages Git aid kit for the enterprise

The development tools provider has also updated its Jira issue tracking tool

By Joab Jackson

Feb 26, 2014 3 mins

Enterprise Applications Open Source

Google Glass backlash escalates to violence

A Google Glass user was physically assaulted and robbed for wearing the device in a bar this week.

By Colin Neagle

Feb 26, 2014 3 mins

Data Center Open Source

Munich opts for open source groupware from Kolab

Munich aims to use as much open source software as possible

By Loek Essers

Feb 26, 2014 3 mins

Data Center Open Source