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With stories flying around about Bing cheating and JC Penney gaming Google with paid links, it's hard to trust search engine results, but in the end if you create good content, chances are you'll get good results.

It appears Nokia could be on the verge of dropping Symbian and MeeGo in favor of a new OS, and that could spell trouble for IT departments who are supporting these mobile operating systems.

Seems odd that Microsoft would releases a framework for creating web sites using open source tools. While it's clear such a move could benefit Microsoft by attracting users it might not otherwise find, it's not clear what's in it for users.

It's difficult to understand the different license rules associated with any open source project. This article looks at different license models with a focus on open source content management.

In this Q&A interview, Lucid Imagination CEO Eric Gries talks about what it's like building a company on top of open source search engine Lucene Solr.

Steve Jobs released a firestorm of reaction when he went after Android at Monday's earning call, but he also started an interesting debate on what constitutes open source software.

It's not open source, of course, but the Freemium model offers a fully functioning free version of a service or software. Users who want additional features (or content) over and above the free version have to pay. For software vendors in particular it offers a way to scale quickly and build a user base.

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the Verizon iPhone was all but a done deal. But what would this phone look like and what would it mean to Verizon's Android sales?

When Google introduced Android and made it open source, it provided instant entree into mobile and offered a path for keeping Google relevant for many years to come, even as the focus shifts from web search to mobile.

In the case of the cell phone market, being open source could end up confusing consumers and watering down the Android label as phone makers and providers customize endlessly across various versions of the OS.

With Android already on millions of devices, the upcoming Google Music service will have a waiting audience, but is Google prepared to run a commercial music service?

In this interview, Walker discusses his relationship with the community and how a product built on Microsoft .NET ended up as open source. Shaun Walker is co-founder and CTO at open source web content management vendor DotNetNuke. Walker developed the original version of DotNetNuke, which is built on the Microsoft .NET platform. We asked him about managing an open source product while staying commercially viable.

Could some upstart kids from NYU with an open source social networking platform give Facebook a run for its considerable money? You never know.

Aquia released the first fully-functional open source social software suite this week. It is built on the Drupal platform and is expected to compete with established, proprietary Enterprise 2.0 software vendors.

Google has made it clear by recent actions that it's going straight after Apple and Microsoft, but is this the smartest approach for a company that sells ads for a living?

In a surprising move today, Google chose to feature the HTC Droid Incredible instead of its own Nexus One on Verizon. Could it be a sign, they are backing off from their branded phone?

When the Onion decided to hack Drupal 4.7 to make it work for a larger audience than Drupal could handle at the time, it diverted so far from the core build, it was difficult to upgrade after that. Companies considering open source solutions may want to learn from this cautionary tale.

Apple always finds a way to create lust for its products using a savvy mix of superior design, big build-up and marketing magic.

In a case, dripping with irony, record label EMI was forced to stop selling digital singles from Pink Floyd albums after the courts in the UK ruled it violated a 1999 contract between the band and the record label. That a record label, which fought digital music for so long would be forced by the courts to stop selling digital songs because it violated a band's rights is just too funny.

Google seems to develop new tools every week defying the stereotypes of the large, slow company, but with each new tool, it gathers more information about us and at some point, we have to consider if the trade-off is worth it.