Best of Open Source Software Awards 2009

InfoWorld's 2009 Bossies spotlight today's Top 40 open source products for business and IT pros

Best of Open Source Software Awards 2009

Who's in charge of Android development: Google or developers?

Google says Android is an open development process, but partners say the company is running the show to ensure Android's commercial viability

Barnes & Noble, aided by Android, aims to disrupt the Kindle

The Nook has two important capabilities that could expand the market for e-book readers beyond Amazon's device

Old Android devices may not support Android 2.0

Motorola, T-Mobile, HTC, and Samsung won't say whether their older Android devices are upgradable to the new Google OS

Now open source: Several of Google's JavaScript tools

Closure compiler and related JavaScript libraries could help developers improve Web apps' performance

Features

Desktop Linux: Ready for the mainstream

Organizations can adopt Linux for many users, and save the high upgrade costs of Vista or Windows 7 more

Quiz

Linux admin IQ test

How much do you really know about the free OS? more

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Barnes & Noble, aided by Android, aims to disrupt the Kindle
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Barnes & Noble, aided by Android, aims to disrupt the Kindle

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The Nook has two important capabilities that could expand the market for e-book readers beyond Amazon's device

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