The new OpenOffice.org release offers a handful of tweaks and improvements. But with an independent Sun now largely out of the picture, what's in store for the project's future? Red Hat, IBM Firmly in KVM Virtualization Camp

 Big Blue might have been a prime mover behind the Xen open source hypervisor, but along with Red Hat, it's now putting its efforts behind its rival technology. Red Hat Talks Up Open Source Cloud Plans

 Linux vendor details initiatives aimed at expanding infrastructure and applications through cloud-based open source projects at its Open Source Cloud Computing Forum. ActiveState Debuts Open Source Business Suite

 New premium offerings roll out as ActiveState looks to enhance community development efforts. Salesforce Offers Visual App Builder

 Build your apps on Force.com visually by picking just forms and fields with Visual Process Manager. Codesion Steps Out From CVS's Shadow

 Everyone knows that CVS is a legacy tech for code repositories, right? Facebook Makes Major PHP Push With HipHop

 Social networking giant says new runtime aims to bring open source PHP to scale. Free Ride Over for Microsoft Azure Users

 February 1 was the date the company had named to begin charging for Azure services. Drupal Opens the Garden to Boost CMS

 Open source effort offers users a preview of version 7 with its new Drupal Gardens effort, aimed to simplify implementation of the popular CMS offering.