Microsoft Corp. is expanding a source-code sharing program for its Windows CE mobile operating system and giving users and software developers the ability to alter the code, provided that they do so ...

For years, owners of Vizio smart TVs have had little control over the software running on their sets—software that can track ...

Microsoft is also in serious talks to extend the Shared Source Initiative program to ISVs. In an interview with CRN, Microsoft Shared Source Product Manager Jason Matusow said expanding source code ...

Open Invention Network (OIN), the only organization dedicated to mitigating patent risk in open source software (OSS), today announced the preservation of the source code that makes up OIN 2.0’s Linux ...

The release was not spontaneous, nor was it a leak, as the IRS had already been considering releasing the code as a way to demonstrate a commitment to public trust and enable independent assessment of ...

Open-source security is a mess - IBM and Red Hat bet $5 billion and 20,000 engineers can fix it ...

Done right, openness creates a stronger business structure and a larger surface area for value creation than closed software.