An open memo from the U.S. DoD declares that open source software is no worse than traditional software, perhaps even useful.

Not long after the release of GNOME 2.8 comes a new version of NScripts. Included are a handful of new ease-of-use functions for GNOME's Nautilus data manager.

Today Linux distributor Canonical announced the official release of Ubuntu 9.10, code-named Karmic Koala.

Many a Linux user has already stumbled upon .pst documents, such as attached to emails in "Outlook Format." Microsoft now wants to publish documentation for the file format.

OpenSUSE awards two old and one new executive board positions to two community members and a Novell employee.

OpenThinClient, a Linux-based thinclient solution is available in version 0.4.5. The numerous enhancements to the open source suite include support for touchscreens.

The White House has announced that it will be using the free Drupal document control system for its whitehouse.gov website.

While Microsoft was assembling a promotional booth to celebrate their Windows 7 launch directly opposite the Japan Linux Symposium in Tokyo, Microsoft's biggest competitor couldn't resist spontaneously recognizing the textbook exercise in irony.