Virtualization provider VMware has purchased open source firm SpringSource for $420 million.

With Apache 2.2.13, developers have closed security holes in the popular webserver.

Samba Project developer Chris Hertel has clinched a contract with Microsoft to write protocol documentation.

The new version 2.0 of the virtual desktop solution Verde now comes with offline access. Manufacturer Virtual Bridges, together with IBM and Canonical, want to market the software as Open Virtual Client.

The young Gitg project, which visualizes a graphical representation of git data for Mac OS X under Gtk+/GNOME, allows check-ins and merges in its newest release 0.0.4, among other things.