The 10 coolest open-source software tools in 2025 include software for developing AI agentic applications, managing streams ...

Even as it takes first step toward open-source Solaris, firm says it's considering a similar move with its server software product. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Network management tools have come a long way from the early command-line products with arcane, text-based configuration files that kept everyone except the resident (typically Linux) guru in the dark ...

Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, ...

Linden Lab on Monday released as open-source software the viewer used to access Second Life and plans to follow suit with the server software that powers the company's virtual realm. The initial move ...

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 ...

FEW IN IT continue to nurse doubts about the capabilities of open-source software. Yet when companies weigh open-source Web and database servers against costly commercial alternatives, open source ...

While many proprietary project management tools are available on the market, open-source project management software provides an alternative for those who prefer to use free, customizable and ...

If you’re a software developer today—or a cloud engineer, or a data scientist, or anyone who works with code—then open source software is like the air that you breathe. But open source wasn’t always ...

Even as Sun Microsystems took its first step to make its Solaris operating system open-source software, the company said it's considering a similar move with its server software product. Sun is ...

Outsiders will be able to modify the viewer software; Linden Lab plans to follow suit with the server software, too. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...