The Mozilla Foundation has released a new version of Firefox, codenamed Namoroka, downloadable online now.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is giving away a series of large cash prizes for the discovery of Mersenne prime number discoveries. A record breaking 12-million digit prime recently scored its finders a $100,000 cash prize.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is holding a rally in Boston, Massachusetts today to campaign against Microsoft and proprietary software, ahead of the release of Windows 7 on 22 October..

The web site of open source organisation the Apache Software Foundation, was taken down yesterday after hackers compromised the SSH key for one of its servers.

The traditional pub quiz faces many threats. Now joining the music-round-destroying Shazam app, Wikipedia has launched an official iPhone app.

In an unusual turn of events, Apple has dropped their legal action to ban forum discussions regarding iPhone and iPod hacking, after a countersuit from the EFF helped to change their minds.

The European Union has launched a new satellite location service that dramatically enhances the accuracy of the existing US GPS system..

The summary of Microsoft's plans for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and netbooks, as announced at Computex

Microsoft has welcomed the latest round in the European browser debate after the European Commission apparently accepted its proposed measures.

Linux bosses have hinted that there will be a new netbook based on the Linux Moblin OS announced this week at the Intel Developer Forum

A series of key Microsoft patents are reportedly on the verge of being sold to an open-source advocacy group..

A US federal judge has issued a ruling to halt sales of the RealDVD disk-copying tool..

Infamous BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has been bought by Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X.

The Recording Industry Association of America has been awarded a $1.92 million decision against a woman accused of sharing music online..

Microsoft has said that it will offer European Windows users a choice of browser as a way of settling its ongoing legal feud with the EU, confirming earlier hints..

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.

We've all had great ideas in idle moments that are either forgotten or impractical, but these are people who identified technological advances and made them happen..

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.