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Why Google released Closure tools. The release of Closure Tools by Google under an open source license is about putting muscle behind Javascript.

Microsoft Linux: Why one free software advocate wants it. An ex-Microsoft employee says Windows is doomed, and FOSS will rule.

Vint Cerf plugs Android into the Interplanetary Net. He has added a software stack to the open source Android code.

Q&A: Ubuntu 9.10 security. What are the most notable security features introduced with Ubuntu 9.10, and how can you work with them?

Barnes & Noble, aided by Android, aims to disrupt the Kindle. The Nook has two capabilities that could expand the market for e-book readers beyond Amazon's.



E-Book Ecosystem Should Look to Open Source

Although it's tough to get on a plane or a train these days without seeing someone reading an e-book, typically using Amazon's Kindle, e-book readers were hardly an overnight success. I remember seeing them 10 years ago, maybe a few years before that. It took a long time for design, capacity, book delivery infrastructure and other issues to start making them a success. Now, open source and open standards are starting to take their rightful place in the growing e-book market. Barnes and Noble's new Android-based Nook e-book reader (seen here) is a case in point.


In Embracing an Open eBook Standard, Sony Could Pick Up Market Share

Sony appears to have made a shrewd move in adopting the open ePub standard--and focusing exclusively on it--for its Reader line of digital books and eBook devices. The company's Reader devices competes most directly with Amazon's increasingly popular Kindle, and with the iPhone's eBook capabilities, and many of readers of eBooks are getting books from Amazon, where they can only be read on those devices. Sony also has its own online store for eBooks. While copy protection will still apply in Sony's strategy, here's more on how Sony can benefit from embracing a very popular open standard.


Three Open Source E-book Readers Worth a Look

OSbooksmIf you're heading to the beach this summer, you might want to take along something good to read. Dead tree books are so last century and e-book readers are all the rage. While Kindles are cool, they're not the only game in town for reading the latest best seller. Try these open source options for mobile devices and netbooks instead.

 



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Apple Safari 4 beta borrows from Chrome and Firefox. The tabs on top layout is straight out of Google's Chrome browser.

Amazon must open the Kindle. O'Reilly maintains: Open allows experimentation. Open encourages competition.

37 Signals doubts the free model. Free is not the future.

Red Hat and Citrix ratchet up open source virtualization relevancy. Both are taking aim at VMware.

New rival for Microsoft's SharePoint. Ingres and Alfresco have a software appliance that bundles the Ingres database with Alfresco's content management.

KDE 4.2: 10 tips for getting started. This version is loaded with new design concepts and features.?



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Zemanta helps write rich e-mails in Gmail and Yahoo Mail. Windows, Mac, and Linux users can take advantage of this browser plug-in.

Behind the scenes of Microsoft's ongoing patent war against Linux. Microsoft has become friendlier to open source, but it continues a subversive fight against Linux.

21 of the best free Linux games. Here are full descriptions, in-depth feature summaries, reviews and more.

Time for Kindle to go open source. Amid the buzz over the launch of the new Amazon Kindle, nobody is bringing up an open source future for it.

Is that Windows 7 or KDE 4? A group of testers couldn't tell the difference.