It's a topic of fierce debate among high-tech cognoscenti: What's more secure - "open source" code such as Linux and Apache, or proprietary "closed source" operating systems and applications ...

Symbian, which powers most of Nokia's phones, has been shipped in more than 330 million devices worldwide. But in the last few years, Symbian has seen more than its fair share of changes.

What are some examples of open-source software? Some of the most famous software systems are open source, such as Linux, the operating system that Google’s Android mobile system was built on top of.

When you choose an operating system for medical devices, you can easily get confused by the wide choice of options. They may differ in the nature of their source code, cost, size, architecture, ...