What is open-source software? Understanding the non-proprietary software that allows you to modify its code

Open-source software allows anyone to modify, enhance, or view the source code behind it. It can encourage collaboration in ...

What is software? A guide to all of the different types of programs and applications that tell computers what to do

Software is computer code that tells a computer how to perform a specific task. Software can include operating systems, ...
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Microsoft expands Windows CE source-code program

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 ...
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Open-source software allows for efficient 3D printing with multiple materials

A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a Ph.D. student in the ...
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Microsoft Opens Source Code to Integrators

Microsoft Corp. last week announced that its Windows source-code sharing initiative is being extended to some 150 systems integrators in more than 30 countries. A Microsoft spokesman said feedback ...

Your open-source custom ROM has a dirty secret, and Librephone wants to fix it

The Free Software Foundation's new Librephone project wants to reverse engineer the binary blobs our phones rely on.