Syntext, Inc. is happy to announce the release of Serna Free Open Source XML Editor! Serna is a powerful, easy-to-use WYSIWYG XML editor based on open standards for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Sun Solaris/SPARC.

Summer releases of the latest smart phones from Apple, Blackberry, Google and Palm have excited geeks all over the world. The big question on the mind of Linux users has to be "Can I sync my Linux machine and my cool new phone?" We decided to find the answers specifically for the new Palm Pre.

In four years, Michael Arrington has gone from knowing relatively little about the Internet or journalism to presiding over the hugely popular, influential and profitable Palo Alto-based TechCrunch network of blogs. Now, Arrington appears to be on the verge of entering the computer hardware business.

One of the topics I've seen of late is that, according to general sales numbers, Netbooks soared and were a huge success, while Mobile Internet Devices (MID) more or less did an epic faceplant and a fail of monumental proportions.

While hard numbers remain elusive, business adoption of Linux on the desktop appears to be growing, motivated at least in part by the need to stretch IT budgets during the current economic slump.

A Californian hospital is using Linux virtual desktops to provide patients with email and web access.

With websites like Hulu taking off, old school TV companies have frequently complained that they don't make as much money online as they do on standard TV. Apparently, though, this is changing.

Mobile carriers may start giving away netbooks for free, and Linux-based application stores could help them profit by doing it, the head of a Linux advocacy group told Chinese companies on Monday.