At the US Department of Defense, open source and proprietary software are now on equal footing. According to Defense Department guidance issued yesterday (PDF), open-source software (OSS) should be treated just like any other software product.

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Virtualize on Your Desktop With Virtual Box

So often, I could be working on any number of machines. Primarily at work, I use Windows XP, although I will probably upgrade to Windows 7 in the next few weeks. On my Dell Latitude 2100 I dual boot between XP and Ubuntu 9.10 UNR.

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Gen. Mitch Werbell - American Warrior, Spy, Firearms Designer, and Inventer of the Sonics Supressor

I have been researching the African Brush Wars of the twentieth century when I can across the name Mitch Werbell (1918-1983), drilling down into his history was most interesting in itself.

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This is an excellent lesson in the security problems inherent in trusting proprietary software:

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I was involved in an email discussion the other day with a fellow Amateur Radio operator about a program called UI-View, a Windows-based application for the Automatic Position Reporting System.

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To maintain its developer ecosystem and protect its apps business, Microsoft has no choice but to loosen its grip on the Windows source code and drive down costs.

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Ever try to access local or federal government data and suddenly felt like you were released into a digitized version of Labrynith or immersed in a giant logic puzzle that's impossible to navigate? Government Web sites notoriously lack organization and are a frustrating maze to n …

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The secret to a more secure and cost effective government is through open source technologies and products. The claim comes from one of Silicon Valley's most respected business leaders Scott McNealy, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems.

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In a desktop media realm dominated by iTunes and Windows Media Player, Songbird is an open source player that dances to its own beat.

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Like Firefox, OpenOffice also comes with extensions that you can use to improve its functionality. Here, we have tested all the extensions and sorted out those that are useful for everyday use. Some of them are for general use while some are only meant for Writer, Calc or Impress.

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So, as a little digression from our normal content, I felt like writing a list of the top 10 reasons to work on open-source software…but being a born Californian, I felt I had to pay a little respect to my roots.

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The digital revolution has forced law enforcement and intelligence agencies to monitor threats such as cyber attacks and stolen computer data using technology that makes most Cold War–era equipment look like it was made from spare parts in someone's garage.

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An exhaustive list of clues that the era of Windows dominance may be coming to an end. Note, though, that it's an opinion piece on a Linux magazine's website.

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Several well-known American public figures were spies during World War II, declassified documents have confirmed. The celebrities include the chef Julia Child, the historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr, the film actor Sterling Hayden, and the baseball player Moe Berg.

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Recent release of personnel files has revealed the names of 24,000 spies that comprised the OSS during the Second World War. Some people have kept the secret for over 60 years. They can just now admit to their family what they did.

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Details about Child's background as a government agent come into the public spotlight Thursday with the National Archives' release of more than 35,000 top-secret personnel files of World War II-era spies. The CIA held this information for decades.

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"She was hired in the summer of 1942 for clerical work with the intelligence agency and later worked directly for OSS Director William Donovan, the personnel records show."

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The 750,000 documents identify the vast spy network managed by the OSS, which later became the CIA. President Franklin Roosevelt created the OSS, the country's first centralized intelligence operation.

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Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world.

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Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world.

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Why Is Proprietary Software So Bad?

One of the biggest arguments in the Linux world rages around proprietary software (software restricted by license and/or price). The majority of the Linux users out there are for pure FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software).

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In 1935 the most decorated Marine in American History, Smedley Butler, charged a cadre of Wall Street insiders of conspiracy.

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Sometimes, there isn't much you can do to kick-start your career. Not everyone can be lucky enough to get involved in a high-profile project at work, or to develop a talent in a technology that's suddenly in-demand.

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The CIA is under renewed scrutiny this morning. Lawyers and judges in Denmark and Spain have announced their push for evidence that the CIA directed secret flights through their countries.

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It was 1991, and the ruthless agonies of the cold war were gradually coming to an end. There was an air of peace and tranquility that prevailed in the horizon.

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