Red Hat's stiff competition in an area hurt by weak spending makes it difficult to justify the company's lofty valuation. (read on...)

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced its 2013 Linux Training Scholarship Program is open for applications. (more here...)

If you want a really fast computer, then Linux is your operating system and Intel may be your chip manufacturer. (more here...)

Red Hat made its first $1 billion commercialising Linux. Now, it hopes to make even more doing the same for OpenStack.         (more here...)

NUREMBERG, Germany, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSE® today announced that the Calzedonia Group, one of Italy's most popular retail chains of intimate apparel and accessories, has reduced IT operational ... (more here...)

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA - MARCH 30: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by the U.S. Military prior to transmission.) U.S. military guards watch detainees in a cell block at Camp 6 in the Guantanamo Bay detention center on March 30, 2010 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. U.S. President Barack Obama pledged to close the prison by early 2010 but has struggled to transfer, try or release the remaining detainees from the facility, located on the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

"It is clear that they do not trust their military doctors," the physicians said. (more here...)

Journalist Michael Hastings Dead at 33

Michael Hastings, most recently of Buzzfeed but well-known and respected for his reporting in Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and elsewhere, had died at the age of 33. According to Buzzfeed, he was killed in a car accident early this morning in Los Angeles.   (more here...)

Obama: US will meet Taliban ahead of Afghan-led peace process

On the agenda could be the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. (more here...)

Muhammad Naeem a representative of the Taliban speaks during a press conference at the official opening of their office in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. In a major breakthrough, the Taliban and the U.S. announced Tuesday that they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan as the Islamic militant movement opened an office in Qatar. American officials with the Obama administration said the office in the Qatari capital of Doha was the first step toward the ultimate U.S.-Afghan goal of a full Taliban renouncement of links with al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police. (more here...)

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at House Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act. Republicans in the House of Representatives on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change U.S. abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the GOP war on women. (more here...)