Finally open source gets some mainstream press

News.com's Dan Farber tells what's at stake for users' privacy as a result of a federal judge's ruling that Google must turn data over to Viacom.

On this week's EIC Squared podcast, CNET News.com's Dan Farber and ZDNet's Larry Dignan discuss the week's big stories.

Text messaging may be huge right now, but Don Reisinger believes it won't last forever. And with the advent of chatting applications for cell phones, he thinks its end may be near.

An open-source Twitter might create a true communication utility.

Report finds that most of Yahoo's top 20 Internet properties receive a greater share of traffic from a Google search, rather than a Yahoo search.

Zimbra may get caught in the crossfire between Yahoo! and Microsoft.

Apple's market share is on the rise. Is it ready to support popularity?

Recent media reports have Microsoft whispering into the right ear of News Corp. and Time Warner's AOL about potential partnerships, while Yahoo is whispering in their left.

Novell is trying to co-opt Microsoft into its marketing for Linux. Is this wise?