Open means:- Free from limitations, boundaries, or restrictions.Hence can be accessed by others.

Procurement,upgrade and continued use of Open Source Software is mostly at minimal cost! Open Source Copyright laws allow for copying, redistribution, sharing and modification of software productswithout paying royalties/licenses.


Examples include: Mozilla, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenOffice, etc. Open source refers generally to any computer software whose source code is either in the public domain or, more commonly, is copyrighted by and distributed under an open-source license such as the GNU General Public License (GPL) http://www.gnu.org/ . Such a license gives users the freedom to run the program for any purpose, to study and modify the program, and to redistribute copies of either the original or modified program (without having to pay royalties to previous developers).
Open source software may or may not be "free". However, commonly used open source software products are free.

Latest Updates

Lenovo shows its first tablet, the LePad
Computerworld
Lenovo has shown off its first tablet computer, the LePad, and will launch more tablets later this year in a bid to carve out some share in the emerging market dominated by Apple's iPad.

 


The First Ever Smartphone with Dual-Core Technology
www.openworld.co.ke

LG Optimus 2X glorifies smart phone technology with the very first dual core mobile processor integrated in a fully-loaded phone. It is everything that a tech-savvy individual has ever hoped for in mobile technology. With a tremendously advanced and speed intensified 1GHz 2 Nvidia Tegra dual-core chipset, this mobile phone is going to redefine navigational and web-browsing speeds on smart phones.


 

The five hottest business technology trends to watch in 2011
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A lot of the critical technology trends that dominated the business world in 2010 will continue to accelerate in 2011 while several new trends will develop enough momentum to become significant. Here are my top five tech trends that businesses should keep a close eye on for the year ahead.