We trace the rise of free open source software—code that can be freely modified and shared—from philosophical outlier to modern powerhouse Underlying every piece of software you use is source code ...

The head of Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency believes that Europe must invest in open source to achieve technological ...

When someone buys a new smartphone, often they're preoccupied with the camera specs or the size of the screen or its storage capabilities. It's easy to overlook one of the most foundational aspects of ...

Should all academic software be released as open source by default? In this special guest feature, Neil Chue Hong (Software Sustainability Institute), Simon Hettrick (Software Sustainability Institute ...

Like a benevolent Borg, open source sweeps across the software universe year after year, bringing innovation to everything it touches. And year after year, InfoWorld’s Best of Open Source Awards, aka ...

Tired of being taken advantage of some open source communities are pushing for and getting license changes to curb bad corporate behavior. It has been an interesting year for open-source software ...

Some information security insiders raised a red flag when Russian requests to review security software code became known. The controversy may be a tempest in a teapot. Moscow’s recent demand to ...

Over the past several months, I’ve written about how software security testing has evolved to keep up with the speed of software development. That evolution is critical. Software security is important ...

Hackers are distributing a newly discovered form of trojan malware that offers full access to infected Windows PCs. Dubbed FlawedAmmyy, the malware is built on top of leaked source code for a ...

The way Microsoft patched a recent security bug has made several security and software experts believe the company might have lost the source code to one of its Office components. Experts reached this ...