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Will new Skype owners deal differently with open source? There is growing speculation, especially given its deal with Digium, that the new owners of Skype may take a different attitude.

10 interesting Google Chrome OS mock-up designs. Transparent windows and dialog boxes and more make these mock-ups look unlike any other OS.

Red Hat seeks respect for JBoss and ecosystem. The company has made a slew of announcements at Red Hat Summit.

Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and Linux released. It lets you run any combination of Windows and Linux OSs concurrently, and is reportedly much faster than previous versions.

Sharp to introduce new mobile Internet tool. It's a netbook-like device that doubles as an e-book and runs Linux.

While Novell's report yesterday that its quarterly Linux revenue soared 22 percent year-over-year was a positive note, and one that was expected, the real upshot of the company's earnings report was that every other part of its business sank. Overall, its revenues slipped to $216 million for the quarter, compared to $245 million for the comparable quarter last year. Despite the company's drum pounding about the promise and growth of its Linux business, Novell is a public company that needs revenues to come from more than one aspect of its business.?

As Matt Asay notes, Red Hat's financial performance has been much rosier during the recession, but there are also questions arising about why Red Hat's revenue growth is slowing. Both companies need more than just Linux business to grow over the long run, and there are good reasons to believe that Red Hat may be the one of the two that pulls a rabbit--or a series of them--out of its red hat.?

GNOME 2.26's 5 best features. It has solid Exchange/Outlook mail compatibility, improved CD/DVD burning, better support for multiple monitors, and more.

Is Ballmer conceding victory to Linux netbooks? He acknowledges that buyers are extra sensitive to prices now.

French police switch from Windows to Linux. Department cuts costs by 70 percent.

Sun deal could make IBM unbeatable in Unix server market. It would give IBM nearly two-thirds share of the Unix systems business.

Red Hat's JBoss Developer Studio 2.0 - Portfolio Edition is now available. It adds Enterprise Application, Portal, SOA and Data Services Platforms.

Top open source web commerce apps. From Zen Cart to PrestaShop, survey respondents picked the free winners here.

Nokia updates Qt open-source developer platform. It's the first major update to the cross-platform application framework since the Trolltech acquisition.

The real reason for Microsoft's TomTom lawsuit. Was there intent to force Tom Tom to violate the GPL?

Red Hat's JBoss draws patent suit. A small software company filed a lawsuit on Wednesday.

GENIVI no threat to Microsoft in near term. The alliance's open source in-vehicle infotainment platform isn't at odds with Microsoft's plans.

How to make Thunderbird more social. Postbox is an email client and address book app for OS X and Windows built on Mozilla Thunderbird code.

Snakebite network to allow open source developers to test projects on multiple platforms. It's a centralized server farm.

How Mozilla can save Windows Mobile. Its Fennec browser could result in? extensibility and durability on Microsoft's end.

Red Hat makes it easy to lose proprietary middleware for JBoss. The company has started offering migration tools to enable enterprises to go to JBoss.

Android moving to mobile Internet tablets, media players. A new branch--Cupcake--makes it possible. Also, Telenav GPS comes to the Android G1.

Which is the best netbook OS? Here is Ubuntu vs. XP vs. Windows 7. Also, which sites are mobile-friendly for small screens?

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Red Hat is expanding its open source JBoss SOA platform.....

LinuxWorld is no more.....

Mixing Windows and Linux: How do you manage choice?.....

Q&A: Red Hat's JBoss comes into its own.....

SugarCRM named best open source technology.....

Build your own cloud with Eucalyptus.....

Sun says open source storage is catching on.....

FOSS for students.....