Drops unwanted code in open source developer laps Google has boxed up its unsuccessful Wave project and handed the unwanted code to open source developers.…...

Google has announced that despite Wave's demise as a Google App, its open source code will continue to be developed into a fully-functional application available...

The H Open: "Nearly three months after the last update, the Songbird developers have released version 1.8.0 of their open source media player, code named...

One of the Adobe MAX sessions this year focuses on the tie between open source game development and the Flash platform.

The organizers behind the 9th annual (SCALE) announced a call for papers today ahead of the event to be held February 25-27, 2011 in Los...

We’ve written before about the fact that both Mozilla and Google have been offering cash bounties for people who find bugs in their browsers, and...

A while back, we brought you a story about the Android Market licensing server, and the ways in which it can help developers protect their...

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Despite being one of the most tightly controlled technology companies on the market, Apple has a surprisingly complicated relationship with open source.

Network World: "The setiQuest project has released its first open source code in an effort to have anyone interested help search for intelligent life out...

The Cartoonist, our winning entry in the 2010 Knight News Challenge, emerged from two research programs.

We believe that everyone who considers themselves a computer enthusiast should have at least some experience with a Linux environment, but it can be daunting...

Simon Says: "Contributor agreements that aggregate the copyrights of open source code in favour of a single corporate sponsor are a sure sign of a...

Organizers of the JavaOne and Oracle Develop conference may be fielding more than a few emails and phone calls about refunds this afternoon.  Google, which...

After a problem-plagued relaunch of the link-sharing site last week, some Digg users seem to have taken matters into their own hands, and have been...