Submitted by wpbasti
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According to Gadget Lab, app writers have somehow just realized that the reason open source fails in customer-facing use cases (as opposed to back on the server in a locked room) is that it splits like a bead of mercury into (Read More)
Submitted by louisgray
from Google Reader:
"Open" is a great thing. Everyone likes it. Unfortunately, nobody agrees what open is. There are many meanings, but in general, I think "open" must be the opposite of "closed". In the world of abstract things like software, p (Read More)
OStatic blogs:
Google is a company well-known for taking risks with various kinds of software projects, and the upcoming Chrome OS will be one of its most ambitious projects yet. The open source operating system, which Canonical and the Ubu (Read More)
Daily DIY:
Instructables user peterdr has put together a really excellent tutorial on how to build his CT-1 open-source hardware intervalometer for Canon and Nikon digital cameras. There's more info about the project at his personal we (Read More)
Submitted by wpbasti
from YouTube:
Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web built around the core tenets of speed, simplicity and security. http://www.chromium.org. (Read More)
The Inquisitr:
If there is one thing about the tech blogosphere it is its predictability. Just as you could predict the almost breathless press that surround Google’s announcement that yes they were working on an operating system, yes they (Read More)
OStatic blogs:
If you're looking for an easy to use open source project management tool to manage the workflow of your software development team, then take a look at Retrospectiva. It's powerful software on its own that becomes better when (Read More)
Submitted by seoguru
from blog:
In un colpo solo possiamo tenere aggiornati i nostri software freeware con Seven Updates, un progetto open source, un programmino veramente utile che ci evita di ripassare i vari siti web alla ricerca degli aggiornamenti dei (Read More)
TechNewsWorld:
Google just keeps invading new territories, and its latest target is your computer's operating system. It's officially released the open source code for its Chrome OS, an operating system that will turn up in third-party v (Read More)
Submitted by ghosttie
from Google Reader:
I was trying to think of something coherent to say about the Digital Economy Bill published this week, but I'm too damned angry right now.I'm a self-employed media professional working in the entertainment industry, who earns (Read More)
OStatic blogs:
On a regular basis, we at OStatic round up our ongoing collections of open source resources, tutorials, reviews and project tours. These educational toolkits are a big part of the learning mission we try to preserve at the si (Read More)
Submitted by komakino
from blog:
Gdgt has a VMware image of the open source Chrome OS version that Google released yesterday. Engadget put together a video showing how to install and use it. If you’re curious to see it in action (as I was), this is far easie (Read More)
Submitted by GeekLad
from Google Reader:
PortableApps.com Installer 1.0 has been released. The PortableApps.com Installer allows you to quickly package your PortableApps.com Format portable apps in an easy-to-use installer without having to write or compile any cod (Read More)
LXer Linux News:
Google unveiled its Debian Linux- and Chrome browser based "Chrome OS" today and announced the open-sourcing of the project. Due to ship on netbooks in late 2010, the lightweight, cloud-oriented Chrome OS offers seven-second (Read More)
LinuxInsider:
Ask anyone in the open source science movement what it's all about, and you're likely to come back to the word that's right there in its name: "open." Open source science is all about open access. To research methods. T (Read More)
O'Reilly Radar:
I'm on the board of CommonCrawl.Org, a nonprofit corporation that is attempting to provide a web crawl for use by all. An interesting report just got sent to us about the use of robots.txt files within the .Gov Top Level Doma (Read More)
Submitted by stewbagz
from blog:
The Idea Camp Is A Free Open Source Hybrid Conference Designed To Help People Move From The Realm Of Ideas To Implementation.
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Submitted by jgmize
from Google Reader:
Subtitled: Fabrication Optimization.We are positioning The Liberator as the world’s best, free (libre) CEB press. We are also positioning it as the world’s best CEB press – meaning that the proprietary counterparts will have (Read More)
Submitted by PinkLisa
from Google Reader:
SnazL and Flip.to are two of the first open source tools to bridge the gap between content and community. By allowing users to create and share their videos, photos and content from one central location, the user become the c (Read More)
The Next Web:
A post on ZDNet today took me back to when I first considered how web browsers like Firefox made their money.Many believe that Mozilla, known generally as an “open source” alternative to the likes of Internet Explorer, surviv (Read More)