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Wikipedia's founder builds an open-source search engine: Jimmy Wales invests in a "distributed" effort to index the Web, part of his plan to build an open alternative to Google.; By Farhad Manjoo Jul 27, 2007
The World Bank goes open-source: With its brand-new, freely downloadable BuzzMonitor "super-aggregator," the bruised bank hitches a ride on the Web 2.0 bandwagon.; Andrew Leonard Jun 18, 2007
Nixon goes to China, the Linux version: Microsoft and Novell make a deal to support free software?; Andrew Leonard Nov 2, 2006
Algae, open source and India: Phytoplanktonic petroleum and the reincarnation of Tenali Ramakrishna.; Andrew Leonard Aug 23, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Down with self-referential navel gazing! Or, Wikipedia and me, Part 2. And did I mention me?; Aug 11, 2006
Bill Gates goes open source: To combat AIDS, Microsoft's founder learns from Linux.; Andrew Leonard Jul 20, 2006
Firefox -- the flag bearer of free software: Mozilla's browser is taking market share away from Microsoft. Sometimes, slow and steady really does win the race.; By Sam Williams Nov 16, 2004
Electoral geek supreme: Electoral-vote.com's anonymous tallier outs himself as a pioneer of open-source operating systems.; By Andrew Leonard Nov 1, 2004
How India is saving capitalism: For one Silicon Valley company, hiring Indian programmers wasn't about greed, it was about survival. A special report from Chennai, globalization's ground zero.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Apr 1, 2004
SCO, open source and the world: While a small Utah company launches a frontal assault on free software, the rest of the globe is saying: Gimme some of that!; By Sam Williams Dec 22, 2003
Fear, uncertainty and Linux: SCO claims IBM and Linux have ripped off its old program code. Linux advocates say that's bunk. Nothing will become clear until SCO shows its hand in court.; By Farhad Manjoo Aug 18, 2003
AbiWord up: Booms come and busts go, but open-source developers keep improving the alternatives to Microsoft's "standards."; By Andrew Leonard Nov 15, 2002
Mozilla rising: Netscape won't dislodge Internet Explorer from its hegemony over browser space. But its open-source sibling is aiming at even bigger game: Windows.; By Farhad Manjoo Sep 10, 2002
Buy Linux. It's the law: A San Diego lawyer says California's state government should be forced to dump Microsoft in favor of open-source alternatives. But can free software get into politics without getting dirty?; By Farhad Manjoo Aug 27, 2002
Gnutella bandwidth bandits: The file-trading network's developers are discovering that even their wide-open, free-for-all technology might need a little policing.; By Farhad Manjoo Aug 8, 2002
"Same job. Different cubicle": With the promise of stock riches now a distant dream, VA Linux's former programmers keep the open-source faith.; By Sam Williams Jul 31, 2002
Spam vs. spam: The only way to stem the flood of unwanted e-mail may be to harness a million eyeballs and an army of open-source hackers.; By Andrew Leonard Jun 24, 2002
Stop. Pay toll. Download.: Backers of a next-generation multimedia compression technology want to charge a controversial fee -- but instead their plan is fanning interest in free, open-source alternatives.; By Damien Cave Mar 6, 2002
Genome liberation: The information that details who we are is too important to be privately owned.; By Annalee Newitz Feb 26, 2002
End of an affair?: Hackers love their TiVos, and the company is fond of its hackers. But as in any relationship, sometimes one party goes a bit too far.; By Damien Cave Jun 20, 2001
No recession for free software: Hackers scorn the theory that the economic downturn could hurt open-source software.; By Andrew Leonard May 18, 2001
Patents are your friends: Can open-source programmers use intellectual property laws to protect themselves from corporate software snatchers?; By Damien Cave Mar 21, 2001
Crafting the free-software future: At VA Linux's SourceForge, thousands of programmers are collaborating for both love and money.; By Ed Frauenheim Mar 6, 2001
"AntiTrust": A clunky computer-age thriller in which geeky programmers sell out to code zillionaires -- any resemblances to the living or dead are purely coincidental.; By Stephanie Zacharek Jan 12, 2001
Open-sourcing the Apple: A hacker reviews the beta release of Mac OS X -- and dreams of toppling Microsoft.; By Jordan Hubbard Nov 17, 2000

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