Likewise announced today that over 100,000 organizations have downloaded Likewise Open, its cross-platform integration software used for joining desktops and servers running Linux, Unix and Mac OS X to an organization's existing Active Directory environment.

"Android is poised to take over as the leading smartphone operating system in 2011 after racing into the number 2 position in 2010," said Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Devices Technology and Trends team.

The XWiki development team announced the availability of XWiki Enterprise and XWiki Enterprise Manager 3.0.

Today Google announced plans to bring its ultra high-speed fiber network to Kansas City, Kansas.

The organizers of LinuxFest Northwest 2011 (LFNW) are busy making arrangements for attendees to experience outstanding open source presentations, exhibits, and fun with something for everyone on April 30 and May 1 at the Bellingham (WA) Technical College.

Red Hat today announced Sohaib Abbasi, chairman and SEO of Informatica Corporation will join its Board of Directors and Dr. Steve Albrecht, Professor of Accounting at the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University, will rejoin the Red Hat Board.

The Linux Foundation, today announced the Top Five 2011 Linux.com Linux Gurus, including the Ultimate Linux Guru.

Google Summer of Code has brought together over 4,500 students from around the world with over 300 open source projects and together have created millions of lines of code.