Open-source source platforms for big data have exploded in popularity. And in the past few months, it seems like nearly everyone is feeling the fallout. Cost, flexibility and the availability of ...

OpenSSL is why you see that little padlock next to a web address in your browser. It's one of the core implementations behind ...

While the individual project retirement announcements may seem insignificant, taken as a whole, they constitute a watershed event. To help practitioners and industry watchers appreciate the full ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Linus Torvalds is a giant of open source. And the story of how he created Linux as a student (Just For Fun, as the title of his book would have it), and then ruled (somewhat grumpily) over the ...

What if the future of artificial intelligence wasn’t locked behind corporate walls, but instead, open for everyone to explore, innovate, and shape? The rise of open source AI is turning this vision ...

Open source may not provide much in terms of direct revenue to its vendors, but it creates a hugely valuable ecosystem, much like soccer. Matt Asay Contributing Writer Matt Asay is a veteran ...

Spring Data provides the boilerplate code and plumbing to enable you to interact with various NoSQL repositories in a Spring-consistent manner. Depending on your needs, you could even find the ...

Almost by default, open-source developers get very little insight into who uses their projects. In part, that’s the beauty of open source, but for developers who want to monetize their projects, it’s ...

Raising its stakes in open-source software, IBM plans to create an open-source project around Cloudscape, a specialized Java database, CNET News.com has learned. In conjunction with the LinuxWorld ...