AP - The Conficker worm, a nasty computer infection that has poisoned millions of PCs, will start ramping up its efforts Wednesday to use those machines for cybercrimes. It’s unclear whether everyday PC users will even notice, but this is as good an excuse as any to make sure your computer is clean.

Jonathan Schwartz says Sun’s in great position to take advantage of burgeoning interest in cloud computing — and avoids hints on IBM.

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Prominent open source executives make the case for lower-cost alternatives during the economic crisis.

Browser-based gaming could get a whole lot more immersive than those Flash games we all know and love.

An exec at the software giant argues that Microsoft is open to working with open source. And in the current down economy, the strategy is paying off.

From the blogs: What would Oracle get from buying Red Hat?

As Tuz stands in for Tux, enhancements in the latest kernel add BTRFS and a slew of additional improvements.

After two years of development, Novell debuts its latest flagship Linux platform.

Eclipse 4 and Swordfish could change what the IDE has been all about.