Open Source

Microsoft Claims Speed Edge With Open Source Python Type Checker

Microsoft's Pyright runs independently of Python, intended to give it a performance boost over rivals such as Mypy – but…

5 years ago

Mozilla Releases Free File Transfer Service, Firefox Send

Mozilla gives ability for users to send encrypted files up to 2.5Gb in size with launch of Firefox Send

5 years ago

Amazon Web Services’ DocumentDB Takes Aims At MongoDB Workloads

Amazon's new managed non-relational database service raises questions about the future of open source in the cloud era

5 years ago

JavaScript Code Compromises Bitcoin Wallets

Popular JavaScript library injected with malicious code to steal coins from cryptocurrency wallet

5 years ago

Study Finds Lukewarm Corporate Engagement With Open Source

Companies expect developers to use open source tools at work, but few make substantial contributions in return

5 years ago

IBM Spends $34bn To Secure Open Source Giant Red Hat

Big Blue's biggest acquisition sees it acquire open source cloud giant to expand subscription-based software

5 years ago

GitHub Introduces ‘Revolutionary’ Automation Features

Developers will now be able to automate workflow processes by running actions directly on the site — as well as…

6 years ago

EU To Rule On Microsoft GitHub Purchase In October

Controversial proposal by Redmond to acquire GitHub to face European antitrust decision on 19 October

6 years ago

Microsoft Buys Code-Sharing Site GitHub For $7.5bn

The move means changes for developers - but also big Microsoft competitors such as Google, Facebook and Amazon

6 years ago

ARM, HPE, SUSE To Build UK Supercomputer For AI Research

The supercomputer is to be powered by ARM and SUSE Linux and sited in clusters at Edinburgh, Bristol and Leicester…

6 years ago

GitHub Inspection Discovers 4 Million Flaws In Public Code

Bug hunting. First inspection run of public code libraries reveals four million vulnerabilities

6 years ago

MongoDB 4.0 To Offer Multi-Document ACID Transactions

No need to choose relational databases anymore, says MongoDB, with upcoming addition of ACID transactions

6 years ago

Torvalds Releases Linux 4.15 With Improved Meltdown, Spectre Patches

CPU security issues required the longest Linux kernel development cycle since 2011, as Linus Torvalds releases Linux 4.15

6 years ago

Mozilla Fixes 32 Security Flaws, Accelerates Performance In Firefox 58

In its first major update in 2018, Mozilla adds incremental capabilities that help to make the Firefox Quantum browser faster…

6 years ago

Barcelona Aims To Oust Microsoft In Open Source Drive

The Catalonian capital is aiming to supplant proprietary software including Outlook, Office and Internet Explorer by the spring of next…

6 years ago

Arrival Of Open Banking To Spearhead ‘Technological Revolution’ In Finance

Open Banking: New rules that require banks to share information with third party providers come into effect. But what does…

6 years ago

2017 Year In Review: Kubernetes Enables A Multi-Cloud World

ANALYSIS: 2017 was a transformational year for the open-source Kubernetes container project which is now supported on all three major…

6 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Novell

Not many tech firms come from the US state of Utah, but for many years Novell was the bedrock of…

6 years ago

Google To Release AI Vision Kit For Raspberry Pi Zero W

The kit includes all the elements needed to make artificially intelligent vision gadgets, with AI tasks carried out on an…

6 years ago

Munich Approves €49.3m Windows 10 Migration Plan

The city Linux desktop programme has come to an end with the vote to spend more than €50m euros to…

6 years ago

CA Technologies CTO: We’ve Had To Adapt To Stay Relevant

CA WORLD 2017: CA Technologies UK CTO Rob Coleman explains the shift at the company and why its accelerator programme…

6 years ago

CA ‘Modern Software Factory’ Boosted By DevOps, Automation & Security Updates

CA WORLD 2017: CA releases 20 new products and enhancements as it preaches the power of change through software

6 years ago

GitHub Notifies Developers If Their Software Project Has A Security Issue

GitHub says move is an important step for open source security

6 years ago

Tech Quiz: Mozilla Firefox

What does the fox say? Find out with our Mozilla Firefox quiz!

6 years ago

Mozilla: Superfast Firefox Quantum Is Most Significant Update Since 1.0

Firefox Quantum turns up the speed to attract users in major update to the open source browser

6 years ago

Microsoft Azure Project Olympus Completed As It Looks To Platform Security

Redmond's hyperscale cloud hardware design completed, as it now seeks security standard with Project Cerberus

6 years ago

OpenStack Aims To Improve Integration With Cloud Native Technologies

At OpenStack Summit in Australia, open-source cloud effort announces series of initiatives to help improve integration

6 years ago

Samsung DeX Offers Linux On S8 Handsets

Open source desktop experience for mobile...trial sees Linux distributions run on Galaxy devices

7 years ago

GitHub’s Diverse Community Will Be The Make Or Break Of Future Software Development

At 10 years old, GitHub needs its diverse community of users more than ever

7 years ago

Major Firefox ‘Quantum’ Upgrade Brings Speed Boost & New Interface

Firefox version 57 brings together speed improvements that have been introduced over the past few months with a new minimalist…

7 years ago