OpenX is Open source software that helps publishers make more capital from online advertise. It is the most popular ad server key that puts control over online advertise back in the hands of publishers which is a open source software written in PHP using the Mysql database.

Openads is one of the most interesting open-source projects/companies on the planet. Period.

Openads, formerly known as phpAdsNew, is one of the more successful open source development projects. Its online advertising software is used by many thousands of domain owners who want to make a profit on their Web content by selling advertisements.

Sketchpad uses the little-known [canvas] tag to provide users and publishers with full control over the presentational qualities of their work. Directly accessing vector graphics, the [canvas] tag gives publishers real-access to their users' display. The [canvas] tag will be available in HTML 5.0.

Cortado is a Java applet that provides support for OGG Theora/Vorbis to Web publishers. It’s particularly useful to publishers that want to use OGG Theora/Vorbis in Browsers that do not yet support the HTML5 video element with Ogg.

Part of my job is finding and testing open sourced solutions for already prominent commercially available software. The concept is simple: If it's open sourced, it can be customized, be platform independent, and it can be free. In the business world, this poses two key benefits.

James Hall is a very experienced software and system engineer who is probably best known for creating and maintaining the freeDOS project for several years. James is eminently qualified to provide an oriention to FOSS and to discuss its sometimes obvious and sometimes rather nuanced significance.

Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Ecuador’s Internal Revenue Service, SRI Ecuador, has developed a stable, secure and affordable platform for its Internet-based tax return project using a combination of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

Earlier this month, the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed a complaint with the FTC alleging that professional sports leagues, Hollywood studios, and book publishers were all using copyright notices that misrepresented the law. Now, the group has launched a web site called Defend Fair Use that shows they are serious about making the complaint stick.