Microsoft Wednesday said it is expanding a program that provides access to the source code for its Windows CE .Net operating system, allowing device manufacturers, chip makers and systems integrators ...

As part of its effort to deal with the threat of open-source software, Microsoft plans to let device makers modify more of the source code of its specialized Windows CE operating system. But some say ...

Hewlett-Packard Co.’s decision to drop its HP e3000 system was unpopular with users, who are fighting back with a plan to keep the midrange line’s MPE operating system source code alive so they can ...

Hoping to boost the use of its Windows CE software in devices, Microsoft Monday plans to announce that it will share more of the operating system’s source code and allow device makers to make changes ...

In recent years, software giant Microsoft has been releasing the source code for some of its oldest operating systems under MIT open-source licenses. Examples include MS-DOS and GW-BASIC, and now ...

Samsung's i8910 Omnia HD smartphone runs the Symbian OS The Symbian OS is found on almost half the smarphones in the world and it is now all in the open source realm. That doesn't mean you are going ...