Sean Michael Kerner

Linux creator Linus Torvalds is expected to soon release the final Linux kernel of 2008, loaded full of stocking stuffers for users of the open source

There is a way to make money from Linux even in a down economy -- it's called subscription revenues. Linux vendor Red Hat yesterday reported growth in

Some might argue it was a middling year of news about open source and the Linux operating system. Whatever the sentiment, 2008 proved another year of

What a year for networking! No, not on Facebook or LinkedIn, but in how people actually connected to the Internet before they hooked into their social

Networking giant Cisco today revealed its take on the current state of IT security. The major trends? Vulnerabilities are on the rise, with blended and

The Free Software Foundation (FSF), the group behind the popular GPL open source license, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Cisco and

Opponents of open source often use the specter of potential patent infringement charges to protect their proprietary turf. Questions over patent validity

Open source business intelligence (BI) vendor Jaspersoft has closed a new round of financing -- thanks to backers that now include Linux vendor Red Hat,

It will take some time, but the Domain Name Service (DNS) is on its way to be secured around the world with DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions). A new

How confident is Novell's CEO Ron Hovsepian about the appeal of Linux? He is calling the open source operating system a key driver helping to push the

IBM is taking another step forward in its bid to undercut Microsoft's dominance on the PC. Together with Ubuntu Linux backer Canonical, Big Blue is now

Linux users are getting closer to full Microsoft Silverlight functionality to view rich media applications on the Web. The Novell-sponsored Moonlight