I get a lot of junk email at my day job, usually from vendors that are trying to convince me that they are better than the competition, or just your typical spam. I usually empty my spam folder without reading anything but one heading did catch my attention (the title of this post). If you [...]

Interestingly, the issues involved with both of these groups overlap. As those in the open source community who either contribute to, use, or advocate open source projects, we understand the importance of keeping them vibrant and active. We understand how great it is to be a part of a growing project we believe in. We [...]

Many open source fans consider Apple a friend. But revelations about Apple’s previously secret agreement with iPhone developers show that when it comes to iPhone apps, Apple is an enemy of open source. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) goes so far as to call Apple a “jealous and arbitrary feudal lord.” Read more here.

According to the IIPA, an umbrella group for organizations like MPAA and RIAA, using open source softwares make you a pirate. Andreas Guadamuz, a lecturer in law at the University of Edinburgh, has discovered that an influential lobby group is asking the US government to basically consider open source as the equivalent of piracy. The International Intellectual Property [...]

The Symbian Foundation announced today that the Symbian platform is now completely open source. The Symbian Foundation has just finalized the open source release of the source code for the most popular mobile operating system in the world. It is hoped that this will will open the platform to innovations generally associated with open-source. The [...]

A few days ago, there was a post in Ubuntu Forum asking for user’s feedback on what applications they would like to see in Ubuntu. The surprise part was that the list of softwares has close-sourced softwares like Photoshop, iTunes etc. The plan is to make these applications available in the official repository so that [...]

Symbian has announced that the kernel of their immensely popular Symbian OS will now be open source. Currently, Symbian OS is the most popular mobile operating system and powers about half of the smart phones.

VideoLAN VLC Logo One player that doesn’t need any kind of introduction, a player that can play almost any media file, one that is Open-Source! Yes, VideoLAN project has finally released VLC 1.0.0 ‘Goldeneye’. Generally, to play some media formats, you would need to install a separate codec pack like K-Lite, but VLC eliminates the [...]

Suppose you have downloaded your favorite television series or a new movie, and you want to watch it in on your Television Set in your living room, what options do you have? Use something like this, or this? Or, you could try this.. You just need a simple software, DVD Flick. Even though there are a number of [...]