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Open source malware now accounts for as much as 10% of the overall malware marketplace as criminals cotton onto the many benefits of adaptable code.

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Community-based project checks free and open source software.

HP is evaluating Google's open-source Android operating system for use in some its PCs and mobile devices.

Fedora and Ubuntu back Sun technology.