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Digital Trends - In a move that could have wide repercussions in the technology industry, A Texas jury has fined technology giant Google $5 million for infringing on a patent held by Bedrock Computer. However, in this case it’s not the amount of money involved—Google easily has $5 million to spare—but the nature of the patent: Bedrock’s U.S. patent 5,893,120 covers a technology that’s related to the Linux kernel. In theory, if the patent and infringement ruling holds up, Bedrock Computing require license fees and royalties from any company using Linux or operating systems derived from Linux—and that includes Google’s Android. Some companies have apparently already decided to pay for licenses rather than contest the issue, and the jury verdict strengthens Bedrock’s hand.

PC World - The Document Foundation on Friday announced a second beta for LibreOffice 3.4, the offshoot of the OpenOffice.org codebase, one week after Oracle said it would no longer sell a commercial version of the productivity suite.

PC World - After months of breathless anticipation by Linux fans around the globe, Canonical's cutting-edge Ubuntu 11.04, or "Natty Narwhal," is slated to make its grand debut on the world's stage next Thursday.

Mashable - Just a little more than a year since its launch, the iPad is already accounting for more views on website pages than longstanding open source operating system Linux.

PC World - The next version of Canonical's Ubuntu Server, version 11.04, due out April 28, will set the stage for the open-source operating system's greater usage in the enterprise cloud, company officials said.

PC Magazine - The latest version of the popular Linux distribution, which introduces a new interface and lots of new compatibility features, will be available for download April 28.

PC World - Much of the world's attention may currently be focused on Ubuntu 11.04, which makes its final debut next Thursday, but that doesn't mean the other Linux distributions are suspended in breathless inactivity.

PC World - The next version of Fedora will be the first major Linux distribution to use the radically updated GNOME as its default desktop interface.

PC World - Almost a year after Google announced its open-source, royalty-free WebM video format, YouTube began transcoding newly uploaded videos into the format. YouTube says the majority of its most viewed videos are available in WebM, which would equate to around 30 percent of all videos hosted by the site.

PC World - With the final version of Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" just around the corner, excitement about the new Linux release is reaching a fever pitch. Now, adding fuel to the proverbial fire, Australian tech vendor Kogan just announced two new ultraportable laptop PCs that will come with Natty Narwhal preloaded.

PC World - It's hard to say for certain what prompted Oracle to do an about-face on Friday and release OpenOffice.org to the community. After all, it was only a few short months ago that the company made clear its intentions to keep control of the productivity suite itself, spurring the creation of the Document Foundation and its LibreOffice fork.

PC World - Like most operating platforms, MeeGo has had its critics almost from the beginning. Ever since Nokia announced its effective abandonment of the Linux-based mobile operating system earlier this year, however, many observers have been quick to sound MeeGo's death knell.

PC World - The open-source OpenOffice.org will transition to "a purely community-based open-source project" as Oracle abandons the commercial version of the Open Office productivity suite it acquired along with Sun Microsystems, the company has announced.

PC World - Oracle announced Friday that it will no longer sell a commercial version of the Open Office productivity suite, and that the open-source OpenOffice.org will be transitioned to "a purely community-based open-source project."

PC Magazine - Oracle announced today that it is moving away from developing the free OpenOffice.org office suite itself, and will turn it over to the open-source developer community.

Appolicious - Google’s Android mobile operating system is a big hit all over the world, but Google is facing some legal action over its open-source OS. And this time it’s not from another tech company with something like a patent dispute -- it’s from South Korea. The country.

Digital Trends - Nokia may have left MeeGo out in the rain, but LG could be the one to bring it an umbrella. LG is said to be in talks to adopt MeeGo, an open source platform, on some or all of its smartphones, reports Reuters. ZTE and China Mobile may also be developing handsets based on the fledgling, still unfinished operating system.

Digital Trends - When Sony debuted the PlayStation 3 back in 2006, it was the heavyweight of the console world, packing graphics power and high-definition Blu-ray capabilities into a very expensive package. (Of course, in those days, a PS3 could also run PS2 games—and run Linux. But we digress.) A little over four years later, Sony has announced that worldwide sales of PlayStation 3 systems have topped 50 million units. Moreover, Sony says sales of the PlayStation Move motion controller for the PS3 have surpassed 8 million units worldwide.

Reuters - Technology firms such as LG Electronics are moving toward adopting the Linux-based MeeGo operating system after Nokia abandoned it, one of the project's leaders said.

PC World - The Firefox 5 beta is only a month away thanks to Mozilla's speedy new development cycle, but you needn't wait until then to try the new browser.