Open Source Subnet

Wi-Fi router's 'pregnant women' setting sparks vendor rivalry in China

One Chinese vendor is claiming its Wi-Fi routers are safer for pregnant women even though it acknowledges that there is no evidence that other routers pose a risk.

Open Source Community

By Colin Neagle

Can LibreOffice successfully compete with Microsoft Office?

A strategy that involves challenging the dominance of Microsoft Office seems doomed, but LibreOffice may have a puncher’s chance. Here’s what the open source longshot needs to compete.

Paul Rubens

By Paul Rubens

Kicking Google out of my life: Day 1

Just to see if I can do it, I'm removing every trace of Google in my digital life. Easier said than done.

Linux Tycoon

By Bryan Lunduke

Scenes from Red Hat Summit 2015

Here’s what Boston’s Hynes Convention Center looks like as we count down to kickoff for Red Hat Summit 2015.

Jon Gold

By Jon Gold

MEAN vs. LAMP for the future of programming

LAMP diehards take note: The flexible simplicity of MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, and Node.js is no joke

Peter Wayner

By Peter Wayner

Verizon calls New York City's report on FiOS failure a 'union tactic'

Verizon has refuted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's claims that it hasn't held up its end of a past-deadline deal to offer its FiOS service to city residents.

Open Source Community

By Colin Neagle

Numbers show how badly Verizon FiOS has failed in New York City

New York City has conducted an audit that shows how short Verizon has fallen from its promise to fulfill all requests for its fiber-based FiOS service by 2014.

Open Source Community

By Colin Neagle

7 command line tools for monitoring your Linux system

Here is a selection of basic command line tools that will make your exploration and optimization in Linux easier.

Gearhead

By Mark Gibbs

How to install Debian Linux 8.1 in a VirtualBox VM

There are so many Linux distros available now that it’s hard to choose the one that will be the best for your purposes, but unless you’re looking for something with a specialized focus, Debian Linux has to be one of the...

Gearhead

By Mark Gibbs

IBM commits to Apache Spark compute engine

Big Blue will embed Spark in its platforms and offer itas a service on its IBM Bluemix cloud. It will also an donate its IBM SystemML machine learning technology to the Spark open source ecosystem.

Thor Olavsrud

By Thor Olavsrud