Like most Twitter users, I have no plans to flounce off the platform if Elon Musk’s US$44 billion deal is successful. But it seems like a good idea to prepare for change. Mr Musk thinks Twitter should ...

FRAMINGHAM (07/29/2008) – IBM and Websense are separately issuing their semiannual security trend reports this week, and the picture isn’t pretty for Web sites, open source software, and social ...

A NEW social network is challenging Twitter, and it offers more characters, more privacy, less abuse, and fewer ads. Ready to make the switch? Mastodon promises Twitter users they will be able to ...

TikTok’s potential U.S. ban has sparked a flurry of development within the open social web community. Several new applications are being built that could one day serve as a TikTok replacement for ...

Decentralized open source social network Mastodon is rolling out its latest release, version 4.5, which brings support for Quote Posts to all server operators, along with other features for admins, ...

One of the most exciting things about open-source software is the sheer diversity of projects that are always under way. Aiming to recognize some of the most promising of those projects, Black Duck ...

I published a version of this article on Medium eight years ago. This version is updated with new references and arguments. Over the last few years, I’ve been a part of lots of discussions — across ...