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 ...

When someone buys a new smartphone, often they're preoccupied with the camera specs or the size of the screen or its storage capabilities. It's easy to overlook one of the most foundational aspects of ...

We trace the rise of free open source software—code that can be freely modified and shared—from philosophical outlier to modern powerhouse Underlying every piece of software you use is source code ...

More often than most IT managers care to admit, upgrading one part of a software and application infrastructure forces more changes down the line. To the extent that ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

The rise of computational science has led to unprecedented opportunities for scientific advance. Ever more powerful computers enable theories to be investigated that were thought almost intractable a ...

You may have heard of open source software before, but you likely have not considered just how widespread it is. Android, for example -- which is still the most prevalent mobile operating system ...

Microsoft is considering the release of source code for a popular tool used to build Windows programs. In a blog posting last week, Shawn Burke, a development manager at Microsoft's Windows Forms team ...

Open-source code has been around for a long time, and there’s no doubt it has its advantages. Smaller companies that are looking for common software solutions such as word processors or spreadsheets ...