Open source code lets users judge how secure a program is, Adelman said. When you can't see the code, you can't see for yourself just how secure it is or isn't. "You know exactly what you're ...

This guide offers insight on installing and setting up Open Devin, an AI software engineering tool, on a Windows system. Open Devin is an open-source project that has gained popularity in the ...

1] Audacity. Audacity is a free and open-source audio editor for Windows 11/10 and other operating systems. It has a multi-track editing timeline that enables you to edit, record, and mix audio ...

Microsoft has contributed source code under the GPLv3 to Samba, the file server software that enables Linux servers to share files with Windows PCs. No, I'm not making this up.

QWinFF is a free open source video converter for Windows 11/10. It is also available for other operating systems including Ubuntu, FreeBSD, and Fedora. It is based on FFmpeg which is a command ...

The company open-sourced Visual Studio Code, launched a free Visual Studio Dev Essentials program, pushed out .NET Core 5 and ASP.NET 5 release candidates, unveiled Visual Studio cloud ...

One day, Microsoft could "open source" the code that underpins the OS---giving it away for free. So says Mark Russinovich, one of the company's top engineers.

"It's a new Microsoft," engineer and Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich tells attendees at an open-source conference. Still, an open-source Windows shouldn't be expected anytime soon.

The SolarWinds & Log4j hacks showed open source vulnerabilities. A study looks at the open source community’s efforts to “credit-rate” risk.

Former Windows Division chief Steven Sinofsky has offered some context and a defense for Microsoft's war on open source in the 1990s and early 2000s. Sinofsky has fired off a series of tweets in ...