A vulnerability affects all versions of the OpenSSH client released in the past two decades, ever since the application was released in 1999. The security bug received a patch this week, but since the OpenSSH client is embedded in a ...

Before there was an iPhone, iMac or Macintosh computer, Apple had Lisa. The Lisa computer which stands for “Local Integrated Software Architecture” but was also named after Steve Jobs’ eldest daughter  ended up as total flop when it released in ...

Last week computer giant IBM unveiled it’s own, bespoke typeface. The font is called IBM Plex. It’s designed by IBM designers, and will (say FastCoDesign) be “be used almost everywhere letters appear”, from software and websites, to press releases, visitor passes, and ...

Almost two years ago, The Document Foundation announced it was going to bring LibreOffice to the cloud. With the release of LibreOffice 5.3, that day has finally come. LibreOffice’s new MUFFIN-based interface gives users a more flexible document creation experience. ...

Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation.  No, you don’t need to rub yours eyes: we did just write that. The company says it is “joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member to better collaborate with the open source community.” ...

OpenToonz, the open source version of the Toonz animation software used by Studio Ghibli, was released to the public this weekend. If you want to get your hands on the software, OpenToonz can be officially downloaded at Github.io. The robust ...

Compared to other technology companies, Apple is known to lock down its code. However, last year the company decided to open source Swift, its rapidly growing iOS and OS X app development programming language. Going one step ahead, Apple has decided to bring ...

Dell wants push more users from Mac and Windows to Linux with it’s Project Sputnik effort. In a world of PCs dominated by Windows and Macs, Dell’s line of “Project Sputnik” laptops with Ubuntu Linux have secured a cult following. ...

With one announcement, the animation software game may have changed forever. Toonz, the software used by Studio Ghibli to produce films like The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo and The Wind Rises,will be made free and ...

After months of preparation, the European Commission (EC) released its broad 5-year roadmap in early May for information and communications technology (ICT) policy, the Digital Single Market Strategy, or DSM. The plan is structured around three main pillars or goals, ...

Malta is one of those places where the small size allows one to see significant migrations to GNU/Linux desktop in their full glory. Notice the ascendance of GNU/Linux in the same week that school started that year. The peak usage ...

Open what? Open source is a term referred to software whose source code is freely available. this doesn’t always mean free as in no price attached, but rather the software is freely available to the public. Open source software is governed by ...