Open Source

Mozilla under attack for including Adobe DRM in Firefox

In today's open source roundup: Should Mozilla include Adobe DRM in Firefox? Plus: Switching from Windows XP to Linux Mint, and a Linux world map

New PostgreSQL guns for NoSQL market

The PostgreSQL database now natively supports the JSON format, making it an alternative to MongoDB

Are you safe when running Linux?

In today's open source roundup: Is desktop Linux safer than other operating systems? Plus: DRM comes to Firefox, and tweak tools for Linux

Hortonworks snaps up and open sources Hadoop security solution

Hortonworks has acquired XA Secure and is preparing to contribute its functionality back to the community as an Apache project

Hortonworks snaps up and open sources Hadoop security solution

Programmer entrepreneurs: Start anywhere, including Thailand

A $10 million startup might not impress Silicon Valley's Internet tycoons, but software entrepreneurship is a global enterprise

Is Red Hat locking customers into its version of OpenStack?

Red Hat will not support its Linux installations on any version of OpenStack except its own, sparking worries of vendor lock-in

Don’t celebrate OpenStack’s success just yet

OpenStack could become as mainstream in the enterprise as Linux in the long term, but there are hints that its road to adoption remains rocky

Salesforce.com ties Force.com to Heroku for richer app development

AV Linux review: A distro packed with audio and visual applications

In today's open source roundup: A review of AV Linux. Plus: Customize your Bash prompt, and Lenovo releases Chromebooks