The top feature of Apple's Safari 5 is that it incorporates technology from the open source Readability project. Since it is open source users of other browsers can use the Apache 2 licensed bookmarklet too

The WordPress development team have nearly completed the next major version, version 3.0, of their open source blogging and publishing platform, adding a new default theme and a number of new features

Canonical have re-structured the support options for Ubuntu. Now known as the Ubuntu Advantage, these combine Landscape system management with access to technical support, indemnification against IP infringement and access to a range of knowledge sources.

Many new articles document the demise of Microsoft in an era where mobile devices occupy more of people's attention and Microsoft clings on to lies

My Ubuntu rants hold not a candle to this reasoned, impassioned commentary on what's wrong with open-source software in general — and the Ubuntu project in particular — from Benjamin Humphrey, who just happens to be a Ubuntu contributor. It appears in the nearly never-negative OMG! Ubuntu! blog with the title "Many hands make the light work; few make it shine."

Dropbox is a great way to synchronize files across multiple machines. A free basic Dropbox account gives you 2GB of storage, while pro paid accounts give you 50GB or 100GB of storage space. Dropbox works great on desktops; there are clients for Linux, Windows, and OS X. There are GUI tools provided to manage the Dropbox and set it up for these operating systems.

"Open-Source Could Mean an Open Door for Hackers," says a new article from Robert Lemos, but the facts just don't add up and suspicions arise that Microsoft is in fact partly funding these claims

Microsoft is sponsoring LinuxTag in order to be end up "injecting Microsoft content into the conference" and putting people off