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Hugh Pickens writes 'In the aftermath of Microsoft's recent decision to contribute 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community, Christopher Smart of Linux Magazine talked to Linus Torvalds and asked if the code was something he would be happy to include, even though it's from Microsoft. 'Oh, I'm a big believer in 'technology over politics.' I don't care who it comes from, as long as there are solid reasons for the code, and as long as we don't have to worry about licensing etc. issues,' says Torvalds. 'I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease. I believe in open development, and that very much involves not just making the source open, but also not shutting other people and companies out.' Smart asked Torvalds if Microsoft was contributing the code to benefit the Linux community or Microsoft. 'I agree that it's driven by selfish reasons, but that's how all open source code gets written! We all 'scratch our ow

Verizon is accelerating the launch of its 4G network for an unknown purpose that might involve Apple, a leak maintains. Although the provider has officially postponed its Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G network to the second half of 2010, a purported veteran source of TechCrunch now says the network build out is being accelerated with an early 2010 release once again in mind. The accelerated schedu...

The Trail Blazers have offered Andre Miller a two-year contract with a team option for a third year, a source close to the process said Friday.

ABC News' Charles Gibson investigates the source of america's energy addiction.

The country singer and Dean Sheremet have been apart 'for quite some time,' a source tells PEOPLE

Glyn Moody has a thoughtful piece taking a long look at the never-ending battle between pragmatists and purists in free and open software. 'While debates rage around whether Mono is good or bad for free software, and about 'fauxpen source' and 'Faux FLOSS Fundamentalists,' people are overlooking the fact that these are just the latest in a series of such arguments about whether the end justifies the means. There was the same discussion when KDE was launched using the Qt toolkit, which was proprietary at the time, and when GNOME was set up as a completely free alternative. But could it be that this battle between the 'purists' and the 'pragmatists' is actually good for free software — a sign that people care passionately about this stuff — and a major reason for its success?' of this story at Slashdot.

Tehran - At least 30 people were killed or injured after an Iranian plane was on Friday forced to make an emergency landing in the airport of Mashad in north-eastern Iran, the Fars news agency reported. Fars quoted informed local sources as saying th...

The A's and Cardinals are close to completing a trade that would send outfielder Matt Holliday to St. Louis, league sources tell ESPN The Mag's Tim Kurkjian.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - CIT Group Inc is planning a large debt exchange offer within weeks as part of its plan to restructure itself, and any asset sales are likely still some time away, a source close to the company said on Friday.

The federal government's relationship with open source software became a theme at this year's OSCON, where keynote presentations centered on emerging U.S. initiatives to establish an open government platform.