The Smithsonian Institution has begun adding historical photos to The Commons, Flickr's project to host publicly held images. Felix Nadar is one subject among hundreds from the Smithsonian Institution now visible at Flickr.(Credit: Smithsonian) The Smithsonian added 800 photographs from its collection of 13 million images, and 1,......

IM2GPS compares a sample photo (top left) to geotagged Flickr photos to find other similar shots (top right) to guess where the sample was taken.(Credit: Carnegie Mellon University) Thousands of others have taken the trouble to geotag their photos, so why should you have to jump through a lot ......

Chris DiBona's job--manager of Google's open-source programs--is a balancing act. Google consumes a lot of open-source software for its own highly profitable business. But as he oversees the search powerhouse's open-source work, DiBona has to ensure that the company reciprocates. It can't be all take and ......

Releasing 8.6 million lines of source code and expecting open-source programmers to join Google in its development is a technological challenge. But when Google does make its Android mobile phone software an open-source project later this year, it looks likely it will take a page from the Linux playbook ......

Canonical will announce Netbook Remix, its version of Ubuntu Linux tailored for mobile devices, in two weeks, Chief Executive Mark Shuttleworth said. "We're announcing it in the first week of June. It's called the Netbook Remix," Shuttleworth said in an interview with the Guardian. "We're working with ......