Open Source

The truth about big data: It’s more than technology

Big data isn't a one-off project: It's a culture of collecting, analyzing, and using data

XML co-founder Tim Bray: Beware of spies in your software

Governments are a key offender, he stresses, advising use of HTTPS and OpenPGP to block software-based security threats

Facebook to release open source library for iOS interface development

Facebook to release open source library for iOS interface development

Async Display Kit, part of Facebook's Paper interface app for iOS, offers users better scrolling on devices

Docker acquires Orchard in a sign of rising ambitions

Docker's acquisition of Orchard -- and its Fig tool -- shows growing scope of the little company that's shaken up IT

This is the golden age of open source

We're in the golden age of open source, not a 'post-open source' society. More than ever, we must take its definition seriously

Chromebooks are freaking out Microsoft in a very big way

In today's open source roundup: Microsoft hits the panic button about Chromebooks. Plus: Firefox 31 has been released, and how to install additional desktops in Linux

VolksPC will run Debian and Android in one ARM-based computer

In today's open source roundup: A new distro will run Debian and Android. Plus: Android vampire apps, and take the Linux.com open source cloud project survey

GitHub takes center stage at OSCON

Oracle, Mirantis team up to grab Red Hat’s OpenStack crown

Mirantis will sell OpenStack with Oracle's Linux and VM offerings, as a strike back at Red Hat's OpenStack