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  • How to disable new ugly Facebok Timeline profile?

    Web company in the heart of Europe: Prague. » Open Technologies
    Bogo
    4 Apr 2012 | 8:01 am
    If you want to disable your Facebook Timeline forever – here is a nice way to do it. Yes Forever!  

  • Facebook to launch app store

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    10 May 2012 | 9:29 am
    Facebook to launch app store

  • Linux at 21: A new Linux Foundation t-shirt contest

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    Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
    15 May 2012 | 5:06 pm
    Here's last year's winning t-shirt design.The Linux Foundation, in honor of Linux’s 21st birthday is having another t-shirt competition. So, if you really love Linux, can make cool t-shirt designs (That leaves me right out), then this contest is for you!This year the theme is “Inspired by Linux” and calls on people from around the world to create a design with that in mind.You can find the complete rules here, but to cut to the chase, it needs to be an original design.It has to be in a file that can be no larger “than 640×480 (.jpg, .png, .gif) and must be under…

  • Raspberry Pi – Hackers Rejoice!

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    Tom B.
    3 Apr 2012 | 1:07 pm
    The Raspberry Pi phenomenon has taken everyone by surprise especially its creators at the Raspberry Pi Project. Raspberry Pi hasn’t shipped yet and already demand has outstripped supply. Raspberry Pi is a $35 computer primarily designed to encourage young people and children into Computer Science and programming career paths. While I agree with their mission, that the younger generation and children have to get involved with technology and move past the latest Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 bloodbath games. Technology, to them has become second nature and mostly taken for granted; which to…

  • At the Risk of Running off the Rails

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    Gregory Miller
    7 Jan 2012 | 3:46 pm
    So, we have a phrase we like to use around here borrowed from the legal academic world.  Used to describe an action or conduct in analyzing a nuance in tort negligence, is the phrase “frolic and detour.”  I am taking a bit of detour and frolicking in an increasingly noisy element of explaining the complexity of our work here.  (The detour comes from the fact that as “Development Officer” my charge is ensuring the Foundation and projects are financed, backed, supported, and succeed in adoption.  The frolic is in the form of commentary below about software…
 
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  • LinuxMint13 RC Is Available For Testing

    samzenpus
    16 May 2012 | 1:53 pm
    donadony writes "LinuxMint13 RC is available for testing, this release comes with 2 versions in a separated dvd`s: Mate and Cinnamon. LinuxMint13 Cinnamon is very light and offers some customization, integration of new applets, extensions and themes that can be found on the official website."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

  • Apple Tells Siri To Stop Recommending Nokia

    samzenpus
    16 May 2012 | 1:33 pm
    judgecorp writes "Apple has changed the answer Siri gives to the question 'what is the best smartphone ever?' to prevent the voice-driven assistant from promoting the Nokia Lumia 900. Originally Siri trawled online reviews on the web using the wolfram Alpha search engine, to come up with the Lumia, much to Apple's embarrassment. Now, apple has intervened, replacing that answer with a joke: 'Wait there are other phones?'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

  • Kevin Bacon Meets Wikipedia With New Pathfinding Program

    Unknown Lamer
    16 May 2012 | 12:51 pm
    New submitter BLT2112 writes "Inspired by the Oracle of Bacon, the Oracle of Wikipedia finds the shortest path between two Wikipedia articles, as in Wikipedia Golf. As explained in the site, 'One selects one article as the tee and another article as the hole and then completes the course between them clicking as few links as possible. No typing is allowed. . . . The Oracle also allows you to search for the most challenging potential Wikipedia Golf courses. Can you find a longer course and merit a place in the "records" section?'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

  • The Pirate Bay Suffering Global Outage From Massive DDoS Attack

    Unknown Lamer
    16 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    MoldySpore writes "If anyone has tried to get to The Pirate Bay in the last 24 hours, they have most likely been met with a timeout. As an article on TorrentFreak notes, only a week ago The Pirate Bay scolded Anonymous for its attack on ISP Virgin Media, and now the site is currently the victim of a DDoS attack that is effectively keeping people from viewing the site. There is a lot of speculation as to whether this is retaliation from Anonymous, the work of an agency such as the RIAA and their associates, or an anti-pirate company such as PiratePay." Cyberwarfare? Pimple-faced teenagers?

  • Judge to Oracle: A High Schooler Could Write rangeCheck

    Unknown Lamer
    16 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    mikejuk writes with an update on the Oracle vs Google Trial. From the article: "One month into the Oracle v Google trial, Judge William Alsup has revealed that he has, and still does, write code. Will this affect the outcome? I think so! After trying to establish that the nine lines in rangeCheck that were copied saved Google time in getting Android to market the lawyer making the case is interrupted by the judge which indicates he at least does understand how straightforward it would be to program rangeCheck from scratch: 'rangeCheck! All it does is make sure the numbers you're inputting are…
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  • Survey Results Re Individual Memberships

    tonyw
    2 May 2012 | 1:54 am
    As part of the OSI’s governance reform, we are planning to establish a mechanism for individuals to join the OSI. We recently conducted a survey to ask people about their interest in joining, and to learn some preferences about how best to proceed. We received more than 350 replies to the survey, which was initially announced at FOSDEM in February 2012. The respondents came from many different countries, and had widely differing experiences with open source software. We are grateful to those who took the time to participate in the survey. read more

  • OSI Supports Open Standards

    webmink
    25 Apr 2012 | 9:17 am
    Back in 2006, a detailed discussion at the Open Source Initiative led to the creation of a statement about what makes a standard open, and a set of criteria for determining if the requirement was met and a standard compliant. Both are very simple as well as fully explained.read more

  • Thank you, Michael Tiemann!

    kfogel
    4 Apr 2012 | 11:54 am
    The OSI recently instituted a term limit on directors (after two terms, a director must be off the board for at least one year). In the most recent election cycle, this resulted in Michael Tiemann stepping down from the board and the Presidency. The newly-elected directors officially started their terms this April 1st, and their first meeting was today, April 4th. At that meeting, the Board passed the following resolution by unanimous & enthusiastic consent, with the new directors participating: The Open Source Initiative thanks Michael Tiemann for his decade of service and sensitive…

  • OSI Welcomes Debian and CENATIC

    webmink
    30 Mar 2012 | 6:44 am
    OSI is very pleased to welcome two important new members to the Affiliate scheme for community groups.read more

  • OSI's new Board

    webmink
    19 Mar 2012 | 2:05 pm
    Last Friday the OSI Board held a special meeting to fill vacancies that had arisen by the departure of three directors - Mike Godwin, Andrew Oliver and Michael Tiemann. Michael Tiemann left the Board after serving as OSI President for many years and leaves a large gap which the board will only fill thoughtfully; as a consequence, Martin Michlmayr, currently OSI Secretary, was temporarily appointed Acting President and the election of a full new President scheduled for a later meeting of the new Board. The Board warmly thanks all three for the contribution they have made to OSI. read more
 
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  • Open Source Cloud Computing: Could It Be Part of Your Next Cloud Project? - Midsize Insider

    16 May 2012 | 8:57 am
    Open Source Cloud Computing: Could It Be Part of Your Next Cloud Project?Midsize InsiderName your favorite open source platform or application and it probably conjures up an image of agility, robustness, and most of all, freedom from proprietary technologies and single sources. All good, right? But can open source cloud computing be just and more »

  • Facebook's 11 Biggest Technology Bets - InformationWeek

    16 May 2012 | 8:21 am
    Facebook's 11 Biggest Technology BetsInformationWeekWhen Facebook stock goes on sale later this week, investors will be banking on open source. What other key technology pieces will Facebook use to grow its business? By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek When Facebook stock goes on sale later this week, and more »

  • FuseSource Launches New Open Source Integration and Messaging Platforms - eWeek

    16 May 2012 | 8:12 am
    FuseSource Launches New Open Source Integration and Messaging PlatformseWeekFuseSource advanced its “Integration Everywhere” strategy with Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.0 and Fuse MQ Enterprise 7.0, two new open source integration and messaging platforms announced at its CamelOne 2012 conference. BOSTON – FuseSource, the open source FuseSource debuts next-generation enterprise integration and messaging platformsCTRFuseSource Ushers In a New Era of "Integration Everywhere" with Next MarketWatch (press release)FuseSource releases enterprise products at CamelOne 2012TheServerSide.comall…

  • Open Django Central Brings Chicago Open Source Developers Together Jun 8-9 - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

    16 May 2012 | 8:04 am
    Open Django Central Brings Chicago Open Source Developers Together Jun 8-9San Francisco Chronicle (press release)A new conference brings together users of the powerful Django web framework, including some of the hottest open source geeks in the world. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 16, 2012 Continuing the promised series of open source conferences The Open Bastion comes and more »

  • The Rise of Open Source - E-Commerce Times

    16 May 2012 | 7:34 am
    The Rise of Open SourceE-Commerce TimesBy Denis Pombriant Given time and the efforts of some very bright and altruistic people, an open source solution can be highly competitive. The good news for Sugar and its customers is that they have been down the curve with their open source solution.and more »
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  • spark – [Features]

    os-news
    16 May 2012 | 10:06 am
    @@ -38,8 +38,17 @@ * ScriptDAO: Data access object for RAD, prototyping, and testing from scripts (api needs refining). * Image servlet can resize, and convert images on the fly. (optional extra as it depends on ImageMagick) * Ant build file to compile java code, generate hibernate mappings, and package war for deployment. * Add any mvc / view technologies spring supports to create your website. + [[http://www.storemlbjersey.com/arizona-diamondbacks-jersey|Arizona Diamondbacks Jersey]] + [[http://www.blackhawksmall.com|Chicago Blackhawks Jersey]] + [[http://www.bruinsmall.com|Boston Bruins…

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    os-news
    16 May 2012 | 10:06 am
    @@ -14,5 +14,16 @@ Also, the protocol (as defined, feel free to roll your own) supports raw serial data. So for a peer-to-peer messages, you can just dump AMF direcly into the packet to send to other Flash clients unadulterated. The server its self does not parse AMF. Too much trouble for too little return. The macros that build data use the flash.utils.ByteArray (IDataInput, IDataOutput) to build binary packets. This is a little extra work on the client to make a packet versus AMF, but a microscopic fraction of the work on the server to build and parse simple data types and strings instead…

  • sswf

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    16 May 2012 | 10:06 am
    @@ -2,5 +2,16 @@ A library which enables programmeris to easily create an SWF file * Homepage: http://sswf.sourceforge.net/ + + + [[http://www.storemlbjersey.com/arizona-diamondbacks-jersey|Arizona Diamondbacks Jersey]] + [[http://www.blackhawksmall.com|Chicago Blackhawks Jersey]] + [[http://www.bruinsmall.com|Boston Bruins Jersey]] + [[http://www.philadelphiaflyersmall.com|Philadelphia Flyers Jersey]] + [[http://www.redwingsmall.com|Detroit Red Wings Jersey]] + [[http://www.dodgersmart.com|Los Angeles Dodgers Jersey]] + [[http://www.whitesoxmart.com|Chicago White Sox Jersey]] +…

  • stories – [boltfashion.com]

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    16 May 2012 | 10:05 am
    @@ -7,8 +7,17 @@ [[http://www.boltfashion.com]] I used MTASC and Eclipse to write and test all the code for this site. I used the Flash 8 IDE for the graphic elements, but there is no code in the FLA. There is nothing groundbreaking here, but using the OS tools sped up production immensely. -Tim Beynart + [[http://www.storemlbjersey.com/arizona-diamondbacks-jersey|Arizona Diamondbacks Jersey]] + [[http://www.blackhawksmall.com|Chicago Blackhawks Jersey]] + [[http://www.bruinsmall.com|Boston Bruins Jersey]] + [[http://www.philadelphiaflyersmall.com|Philadelphia Flyers Jersey]] +…

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    16 May 2012 | 10:05 am
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  • Windows words of the week: Tired and retired - TechTarget

    16 May 2012 | 1:43 pm
    Windows words of the week: Tired and retiredTechTargetInfoWorld blogger Woody Leonhard wonders if the Windows name is part of the problem; consumers and enterprises might be more open to all the versions of the new operating system if it were called something completely different (and no, Windows RT and more »

  • The Android Plan: Why Google Will Mimic Microsoft To Conquer Apple - International Business Times

    16 May 2012 | 11:18 am
    International Business TimesThe Android Plan: Why Google Will Mimic Microsoft To Conquer AppleInternational Business TimesBefore Google came around, Microsoft was the only major technology company to find mainstream success with an open source platform. Windows, which was first introduced in 1985, provided a stark contrast to Apple, which believed in a closed system Google's plan to cut out carriers: Sell a bunch of Android 5.0 Nexus devices Digitaltrends.comAndroid 5.0 Jelly Bean news: Release date, features and moreCNET UKHow five new Nexus phones will help Google seize control of…

  • Opscode Releases New Enterprise Features for Chef as Adoption Surges - MarketWatch (press release)

    16 May 2012 | 6:04 am
    GigaOMOpscode Releases New Enterprise Features for Chef as Adoption SurgesMarketWatch (press release)SEATTLE, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- From #ChefConf 2012, Opscode®, the leader in cloud infrastructure automation, today announced the release of a number of new enterprise capabilities for Open Source Chef(TM), Hosted Chef(TM) and Private Chef Hits 1 Million Downloads, Adds New FeaturesData Center KnowledgeOpscode boosts scale, adds Active Directory support to ChefGigaOMall 21 news articles »

  • Sencha Architect: Visual HTML5, sort of - InfoWorld

    16 May 2012 | 5:05 am
    Sencha Architect: Visual HTML5, sort ofInfoWorldOn Sencha's recommendation, I installed the XAMP open source server stack for Windows, which includes the Apache Web server. Priced at $399, Architect is also available for Linux and Mac OS X, which offer similar server options.and more »

  • Upcoming Mozilla Marketplace lacks Linux support; open-source fix in the works - Engadget

    16 May 2012 | 12:58 am
    Upcoming Mozilla Marketplace lacks Linux support; open-source fix in the worksEngadgetAnd while the web store will launch with Windows and OS X compatibility, the browser has -- at least for the time being -- snubbed Linux. Given that Firefox is the default browser for most Linux distros, the community behind that OS is none too pleased and more »
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    Malex
    16 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
    ← Older revision Revision as of 17:32, 16 May 2012 (One intermediate revision by one user not shown)Line 7: Line 7:  [[Image:Scribus_pen.png|link=]] Read the [http://rants.scribus.net/ Scribus Team's blog] and the [http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Category:News Wiki News Category] to get your fix of the Scribus News. [[Image:Scribus_pen.png|link=]] Read the [http://rants.scribus.net/ Scribus Team's blog] and the [http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Category:News Wiki News Category] to get your fix of the Scribus News.     [[Image:Scribus_pen.png|link=]] There is an…

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    Malex
    9 May 2012 | 2:07 pm
    ← Older revision Revision as of 19:07, 9 May 2012 Line 15: Line 15:  * <span class="plainlinks" style="text-decoration: none; color: black">2012-03-17: [[scribus:News_2012-03-17|<span class="plainlinks" style="text-decoration: none; color: black">Time for GSoC 2012</span>]]</span> * <span class="plainlinks" style="text-decoration: none; color: black">2012-03-17: [[scribus:News_2012-03-17|<span class="plainlinks" style="text-decoration: none; color: black">Time for…
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    OPEN SOURCE MAC NEWS - Google News

  • Kdenlive 0.9 improves effects workflow - The H

    16 May 2012 | 8:40 am
    Kdenlive 0.9 improves effects workflowThe HSource: Kdenlive Version 0.9 of the Kdenlive open source video editor has been released, bringing usability enhancements and improvements to the effects workflow. According to its developers, the effect stack has been completely rewritten and now

  • Sencha Architect: Visual HTML5, sort of - InfoWorld

    16 May 2012 | 5:05 am
    Sencha Architect: Visual HTML5, sort ofInfoWorldOn Sencha's recommendation, I installed the XAMP open source server stack for Windows, which includes the Apache Web server. Priced at $399, Architect is also available for Linux and Mac OS X, which offer similar server options.and more »

  • Hillcrest Labs Turns Kylo?? Web Browser for TV Over to Open Source Community - Broadcast Newsroom

    15 May 2012 | 11:55 pm
    GeekHillcrest Labs Turns Kylo?? Web Browser for TV Over to Open Source CommunityBroadcast NewsroomIt is compatible with the Mac OS and Windows . Hillcrest will provide the Kylo source code under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) 2.0 to enable developers to create new and different versions that extend its features and enables new uses.Kylo browser for HDTVs goes open sourceGeekKylo web browser for TV turned Open Source overnightSlashGearHillcrest makes TV browser available to open-source communityDigitalTVEurope.netall 8 news articles »

  • Open-source Perian project to end development - Macworld (blog)

    15 May 2012 | 9:16 am
    Open-source Perian project to end developmentMacworld (blog)The team behind the open-source project Perian has announced that it will be retiring the endeavor after one final release. First released in 2006, Perian is a component for Apple's QuickTime software that allows for the playback of many popular video Perian QuickTime component to perishThe HIn Memoriam: Our Favorite Apps and Services That Have Gone Belly Up (and Their Lifehackerall 6 news articles »

  • Perian Shutting Down, Going Open Source - The Mac Observer

    15 May 2012 | 8:07 am
    The Mac ObserverPerian Shutting Down, Going Open SourceThe Mac ObserverThe team behind Perian is shutting down the project after six years of development and will be releasing the code for its video codec tool to the open source community. Perian has been a popular OS X add-on because it lets users play media content that Open source QuickTime component Perian closing its doors soon9 to 5 MacPerian Will Get One More Update Before Being Sent Off To DieCult of MacPerian ending development and support of its Quicktime plug-in following one The VergeO'Grady's Power Pageall 18 news…
 
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  • Kylo browser for HDTVs goes open source - Geek

    16 May 2012 | 12:28 pm
    GeekKylo browser for HDTVs goes open sourceGeekNow, the company has announced that they're open sourcing Kylo under the Mozilla Public License (MPL 2.0). Going open is a logical move by the makers of the Gecko-powered browser, and it's one that will allow developers of home theater-focused linux and more »

  • IIDC2--A new dawn for industrial digital video cameras - EE Times

    16 May 2012 | 8:18 am
    IIDC2--A new dawn for industrial digital video camerasEE TimesThe true sign of successful specifications are revisions driven by the industry leaders in concert with the open source community. Ethernet, SCSI and JTAG specifications are decades old, in wide use today and have been updated multiple times for ease

  • The Rise of Open Source - LinuxInsider.com

    16 May 2012 | 7:33 am
    The Rise of Open SourceLinuxInsider.comMany of us might have gotten a glimpse of open source as an industry force reading Don Tapscott's book Wikinomics, in which he discussed the Linux operating system and the Apache Web server products. Each product is referenced as an open source project and more »

  • Opscode Releases New Enterprise Features for Chef as Adoption Surges - MarketWatch (press release)

    16 May 2012 | 6:04 am
    GigaOMOpscode Releases New Enterprise Features for Chef as Adoption SurgesMarketWatch (press release)SEATTLE, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- From #ChefConf 2012, Opscode®, the leader in cloud infrastructure automation, today announced the release of a number of new enterprise capabilities for Open Source Chef(TM), Hosted Chef(TM) and Private Chef Hits 1 Million Downloads, Adds New FeaturesData Center KnowledgeOpscode boosts scale, adds Active Directory support to ChefGigaOMall 21 news articles »

  • Upcoming Mozilla Marketplace lacks Linux support; open-source fix in the works - Engadget

    16 May 2012 | 12:58 am
    Upcoming Mozilla Marketplace lacks Linux support; open-source fix in the worksEngadgetAnd while the web store will launch with Windows and OS X compatibility, the browser has -- at least for the time being -- snubbed Linux. Given that Firefox is the default browser for most Linux distros, the community behind that OS is none too pleased and more »
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  • Google to centralize Android development and sales

    Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
    16 May 2012 | 11:05 am
    One reason to unify Android? Too many shipping versions. For all its popularity, Android programming, sales, and marketing has been… chaotic. Every hardware vendor makes its own Android mix, which more often than not is based on an older version, and each company sales and markets their smartphones and tablets independently of each other. That may be changing now. According to a Wall Street Journal report, “Google is shifting its strategy for its Android mobile operating system, in a bid to create a united front with smartphone and tablet makers to take on rivals like Apple and…

  • Linux at 21: A new Linux Foundation t-shirt contest

    Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
    15 May 2012 | 5:06 pm
    Here's last year's winning t-shirt design.The Linux Foundation, in honor of Linux’s 21st birthday is having another t-shirt competition. So, if you really love Linux, can make cool t-shirt designs (That leaves me right out), then this contest is for you!This year the theme is “Inspired by Linux” and calls on people from around the world to create a design with that in mind.You can find the complete rules here, but to cut to the chase, it needs to be an original design.It has to be in a file that can be no larger “than 640×480 (.jpg, .png, .gif) and must be under…

  • Red Hat celebrates 10 years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

    Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
    15 May 2012 | 2:44 pm
    Red Hat has seen 10 very good years. In 2002, Red Hat was perhaps the biggest of the Linux distributors, but the biggest? SUSE and Caldera–before its went over to the dark side and became Darth SCO–were also contenders for the top spot. Behind them, now struggling Linux companies such as Mandriva and deceased businesses Progeny Linux, which tried to take Debian Linux to market, were also potential players. Then, ten-years ago, Red Hat completed the move, which would take it from first among equals to being corporate Linux’s top dog: the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux…

  • Execs: Red Hat to debut EL7 in late 2013, take lead in cloud era

    Paula Rooney
    15 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
    Red Hat plans to deliver its Enterprise Linux 7 in the second half of 2013 in line with its three-year upgrade path but that’s not why the company held a press conference today.In an hour long webcast today, the Linux leader publicly celebrated the 10th anniversary of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its recent success at hitting the $1 billion mark, but more importantly, positioned itself as the heir apparent to the infrastructure throne of the future.The keys to the kingdom? Red Hat’s open source innovation model and open source architecture, which, executives emphasized,…

  • Fedora 17 & GNOME 3.4: Return to a useful Linux desktop (Review)

    Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
    14 May 2012 | 11:38 am
    Fedora 17 with GNOME 3.4 is much better now, but is it good enough?I have been using Fedora, Red Hat’s community Linux distribution, since day one back in September 2003 when Red Hat split its commercial Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Back then, people hated Red Hat for this move, but businesses soon learned to love RHEL and Linux fans grew to love Fedora. But, then along came GNOME 3.x, Fedora’s default desktop choice, and it all changed.GNOME 3.2, which was Fedora 16’s desktop, was dreadful. You don’t have to trust me on that though, just ask Linus Torvalds,…
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  • Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS 3.0.x On Debian Squeeze

    Falko Timme
    16 May 2012 | 1:20 pm
    This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on Debian Squeeze. Instead of NFS, I will use GlusterFS here. The client system will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. Storage bricks can be made of any commodity hardware such as x86_64 servers with SATA-II RAID and Infiniband HBA.

  • NVIDIA GTX 680: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04

    16 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
    Following up on the performance comparison earlier this month of comparing Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge graphics between Windows and Linux, up today are the results of a comparison of Windows 7 to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS when using a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 "Kepler" graphics card.

  • Google Releases Chrome 19 Stable for Linux

    Marius Nestor
    16 May 2012 | 11:45 am
    Google proudly announced last evening, May 15th, that they have unleashed the stable and final version of the Google Chrome 19 web browser for Linux, Macintosh, Windows and Chrome Frame platforms.

  • I'm updating a CentOS 5 installation that hasn't been booted in three or four years

    Steven Rosenberg
    16 May 2012 | 10:58 am
    I'm putting an old laptop out to pasture that's dual-booting CentOS 5 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. And even though I'm updating both systems (for old time's sake, you might say), I'm turning to Lubuntu 12.04 for my next ancient-laptop Linux installation.

  • Free Software, Open Source, FOSS, FLOSS – Same same but different

    Björn Schießle
    16 May 2012 | 10:17 am
    There are two major terms connected to software you can freely use, study, share and improve: Free Software and Open Source. Based on them you can also find different combinations and translations like FOSS, Libre Software, FLOSS and so on. Reading articles about Free Software or listening to people involved in Free Software often raises the question why do they use one term or another and how they differ from each other. But no matter which term we use, we should not allow people to split our community just because of different terminology. At the end most of us work on the same set of…
 
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  • Workflow

    11 May 2012 | 3:39 am
    In this article by Andy Penver, we will cover the following: Introducing Workflow Builder Installing the database objects Creating an advanced queue Building a workflow Creating a business event Viewing a workflow status and monitoring progress Adding a function Creating a lookup Creating a subprocess Sending notifications and processing responses Calling an API

  • Troubleshooting with Intuit Quickbooks

    8 May 2012 | 5:33 am
    This article by Jaime Campbell, CPA, MBA, CTT, MCT, author of Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise Edition 12.0 Cookbook for Experts illuminates a number of accounting errors that are common in QuickBooks files, and enables you to resolve them.You will examine a number of accounting errors that are common in QuickBooks files, and enables you to be powerful and efficient in resolving them. In this article, we will cover the following recipes: Clearing stale undeposited funds Adjusting cash basis receivables or payables balances Writing off stale receivables Writing off stale payables Balancing the…

  • Become a Drush expert by exploring Packt's latest Drush User’s Guide

    2 May 2012 | 7:31 am
    Drush is a command line shell and scripting interface for Drupal. It is not a module, and does not participate in the usage statistics system at drupal.org and was originally developed by Arto for Drupal 4.7 in May 2007. Drush User's Guide will help a user to be more productive and efficient in building and maintaining their Drupal sites. Majority of tasks like building and maintaining a website can be achieved with a single Drush command. Users can learn how to install Drush on different systems, and download and install a full Drupal site in seconds.

  • Packt Microsoft Carnival

    30 Apr 2012 | 5:36 am
    Plug into the adventure and get a chance to win a year’s free access to all books on PacktLib. Enter the Microsoft Carnival competition below.

  • Master Drupal Views using Packt's latest Drupal 7 Views Cookbook

    27 Apr 2012 | 5:05 am
    Drupal Views module provides a flexible method for Drupal site designers to control how lists and tables of content, users, taxonomy terms and other data are presented. This tool is essentially a smart query builder that, given enough information, can build the proper query, execute it, and display the results.
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  • New Citizens: Adding Usability to the Voter Registration Process

    E. John Sebes
    10 May 2012 | 7:53 pm
    As I wrote last time, I had the wonderful opportunity to observe a citizenship oath ceremony. It had a big emphasis on voting, and included San Francisco elections department people on hand to help the new citizens register to vote. Today, I wanted to share the flip side of what I saw, and I want to start to connect it to some election technology work that we’re doing now — work that I think can deliver some real public benefit. After the ceremony, I saw a real distinction between two groups of people. One group was clearly enthusiastic about voting as a benefit of their new…

  • Naturalization, Citizenship, and Voter Registration

    E. John Sebes
    18 Apr 2012 | 2:41 pm
    I’m sitting in the historic grand Paramount Theater in Oakland, California. Perhaps an odd place from which to return to blogging after some time, but I wanted to re-start on a personal note that’s also quite connected to the voter registration technology work that we’ve been doing over the last many months. I’ve just witnessed a naturalization ceremony where 994 people (one of them very special to me) from 104 nations have taken an oath to become citizens of the United States of America. It’s impossible for this to sound other than trite, but it’s true:…

  • Movement to Bring Open Source to Government Being Reorganized

    Gregory Miller
    13 Feb 2012 | 8:41 pm
    Greetings- Just a quick post to suggest an interesting report out this afternoon on the TechPresident blog.  The move to consolidate the efforts of Civic Commons (home of Open311.org) and Code For America (CfA), notwithstanding the likely trigger being Civic Common’s leader, Nick Grossman moving on, actually makes sense to us.  CfA’s  Jennifer Pahlka’s write up is here. Recently in a presentation, I was asked where our work fits in to the whole Gov 2.0 movement.  It seems to us that we are probably a foundational catalyst to the movement; related, but only…

  • At the Risk of Running off the Rails

    Gregory Miller
    7 Jan 2012 | 3:46 pm
    So, we have a phrase we like to use around here borrowed from the legal academic world.  Used to describe an action or conduct in analyzing a nuance in tort negligence, is the phrase “frolic and detour.”  I am taking a bit of detour and frolicking in an increasingly noisy element of explaining the complexity of our work here.  (The detour comes from the fact that as “Development Officer” my charge is ensuring the Foundation and projects are financed, backed, supported, and succeed in adoption.  The frolic is in the form of commentary below about software…

  • Temporarily Missing, But Still in Action

    Gregory Miller
    31 Dec 2011 | 8:56 pm
    Happy “Holidaze” On the eve of 2012 we so need to check in here and let you know we’re still fighting the good fight and have been totally distracted by a bunch of activities.  There is much to catch you up on and we’ll start doing that in the ensuing days,  but for now we simply wanted to check in and wish everyone a peaceful and prosperous new year.  And of course, we intend that to “prosper” is to enrich yourself in any number of ways, not simply financially, but intellectually, physically, and spiritually as well… how ever you chose to do so…
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  • Need cash? NLnet advances open source technology by funding new projects

    valer
    16 May 2012 | 9:30 am
    Laying fundaments In April 1982, exactly 30 years ago, the European Internet was launched by the Dutch researcher Teus Hagen, at a European Unix User Group conference in Paris. EUnet was the very first European Internet backbone. NLnet Foundation subsequently took the lead of this initiative, and not only helped shape the European Internet, but was fundamental in establishing the currently biggest Internet exchange on the planet, and also built out a market leadership. In September 1997, so 15 years ago, it was acquired by UUnet, now Verizon. All money was put in a fund with the sole purpose…

  • MediaGoblin 0.3.0 released: See what's happening with this media hosting project

    suehle
    16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    MediaGoblin, which released version 0.3.0 this month, is a free and open source media hosting platform. Chris Webber, project founder and lead developer, took a few minutes to talk to us about the project so far and its future. Read more... read more

  • On Twitter, do you follow or listen?

    jhibbets
    15 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    Should Twitter change the term "followers" to "listeners?" Yes No It doesn't matter Something caught my attention in this story by Phil Shapiro. It was something he said in the video presentation he made--as he was describing what Twitter is and what people use it for, he made the argument that the term followers should be changed to listeners. This is where my brain started racing. Read more... read more

  • Can government agencies be innovative?

    Paul Wolf
    15 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    Are politics preventing your local government from being innovative? Yes No Six reasons why government is not more innovative Steve Denning recently wrote a great post titled How To Make Government Innovative Again. In his post Denning asks the following: Why isn’t the Government generally more agile? Why isn’t innovation part of everything government does? Denning’s answer to these questions are: "Simple. The constraints on talented people who work in government agencies are enormous." Denning lists six reasons why government is not more innovative. Read more... read more

  • How open educational resources from pre-K to 12th grade present accessibility problems

    wivenhoe
    14 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    Digital technology and open educational resources have enormous potential and power with young children. For parents of special needs children, especially those who are blind or visually impaired, dyslexic, or physically or cognitively impaired, the situation is compounded. Parents usually have to advocate to ensure that teachers and schools, even preschools, have educational materials are accessible and available for their child's use. Read more... read more
 
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  • Using Social Media as an Attack Vector – Part 3 of 3

    Tom B.
    16 May 2012 | 1:21 pm
    If you recall, in the discovery phase we identified our target, John Smith; however we also learned of a co-worker, Jane Doe. Lucky for us Jane Doe has a LinkedIn account. Therefore in the attack phase we’ll construct a spoofed LinkedIn phishing email impersonating Jane Doe. In this email we’ll request a LinkedIn connection from John Smith. From his office computer, John Smith accepts our fake request because he knows Jane Doe and assumes this is a legitimate connection request. By accepting, he is redirected to an exploit site targeting a web browser vulnerability. Ultimately his…

  • Using Social Media as an Attack Vector – Part 2 of 3

    Tom B.
    4 May 2012 | 8:54 am
    While email addresses and home addresses may not seem like much, from an attackers perspective it’s a great start. But before I explain the anatomy of a typical attack let’s look at what motivates would be attackers to expend energy and resources. While motives are as diverse as there are stars in the night sky, the most common include; • identity theft • financial gain • corporate espionage or network penetration • politically or state motivated agenda • social or economic movements • social group bragging rights In the short history of the Internet you can find many…

  • Using Social Media as an Attack Vector – Part 1 of 3

    Tom B.
    25 Apr 2012 | 9:10 am
    Over the last three years we have witnessed an exponential growth in the use of Social Media like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook; both personal and business use. It comes as no surprise then that during that very same time, attacks leveraging these social networking sites have increased dramatically. You may be wondering; Why, and how does Facebook or LinkedIn impact cyber attacks against individuals or corporations alike? According to Paul Wood, a senior analyst at Symatnec’s MessageLabs Intelligence, the answer is simple: “The amount of information people post to social networks…

  • Dark Side of Frameworks and Libraries

    Tom B.
    12 Apr 2012 | 1:24 pm
    A recent study published by Aspect Security and Sonatype suggests 80% of the code in today’s in-house software comes from frameworks and libraries. I’m not a developer myself, but judging from what I’ve seen in IT circles and water cooler chats with resident developers over the years, I wouldn’t be surprised. Study researchers analyzed over 113 million downloads by more than 60,000 commercial, government and non-profit organizations and suggested some interesting results. The study claims over 50% of fortune 500 corporations have vulnerabilities in software developed…

  • Raspberry Pi – Hackers Rejoice!

    Tom B.
    3 Apr 2012 | 1:07 pm
    The Raspberry Pi phenomenon has taken everyone by surprise especially its creators at the Raspberry Pi Project. Raspberry Pi hasn’t shipped yet and already demand has outstripped supply. Raspberry Pi is a $35 computer primarily designed to encourage young people and children into Computer Science and programming career paths. While I agree with their mission, that the younger generation and children have to get involved with technology and move past the latest Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 bloodbath games. Technology, to them has become second nature and mostly taken for granted; which to…
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  • What’s new in the Java and the JVM World last week?

    Bogo
    9 May 2012 | 2:49 am
    The new issue of JavaWeeklyBytes is online. What’s in it? Programming languages not copyrightable rules top EU court Unit and Integration Tests With Maven and JUnit Categories Java Posse #384 – Roundup ’12 – Tools for Productivity Fun Java Comics Video: Context Dependency Injection in Java EE 6 Introducing the Hippo CMS Groovy add-on What worries me about Scala About OpenDJ and Hotspot JVM G1 Monitoring of Tomcat with VisualVM and VisualGC  Read the entire issue here: JavaWeeklyBytes Got a Kindle – subscribe to our updates and get them directly to your device.

  • May 4th: the Day against DRM

    Bogo
    4 May 2012 | 2:54 am

  • How to disable new ugly Facebok Timeline profile?

    Bogo
    4 Apr 2012 | 8:01 am
    If you want to disable your Facebook Timeline forever – here is a nice way to do it. Yes Forever!  

  • Events, orgaized by me in the last 8 years.

    Bogo
    30 Mar 2012 | 6:23 am
    30 events in 8 years. Not bad, eh? Click on the image to see it big

  • LiveRebel 2.0 is here.

    Bogo
    20 Feb 2012 | 4:29 am
    We at ZeroTurnaround are releasing version 2.0 of LiveRebel today!   What is LiveRebel about, dude? LiveRebel 2.0 is an out-of-the-box solution to end slow, inefficient production deployment processes that often happen at 3 AM by overworked operations staff. With LiveRebel, now every single update is: online transactional 100% reversible fully automated instantaneous in case of minor updates What does this mean to you? It means that when something does go wrong, as it inevitably does, there is a panic button to press that will make it all better. It means that because your application…
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  • Debug in the Cloud: Java Debugger for eXo Cloud IDE

    Mark Downey
    24 Apr 2012 | 4:22 am
    Today, we are proud to announce the first version of the Java debugger for eXo Cloud IDE. You can now run and debug Java apps right from your browser. Set breakpoints and inspect requests and variables just as if you were in Eclipse! Check out this 2 minutes video showing the feature in action or try it yourself on http://cloud-ide.com. Note that the debugger is currently in beta state and will see significant updates in the next few weeks. Stay tuned! Share this blog post with : More »

  • eXo Cloud Workspaces Previews Fully Scalable Enterprise Social Intranet

    Katie Poplin
    10 Apr 2012 | 8:04 am
    Out of the Box Social Intranet Built on Elastic and Multi-tenant eXo Platform For end users: cloud-based service for instant access to social networking tools  For IT: integrate with existing infrastructure; scale in the cloud or on-premises Free access to the beta at http://www.cloud-workspaces.com/ SAN FRANCISCO — April 10, 2012 — eXo, the user experience platform-as-a-service (UXPaaS) company, today opened access to the public beta of eXo Cloud Workspaces, a new cloud-based service that integrates social business and enterprise collaboration features in a single on-demand offering.

  • Rejoignez eXo aux salons “Intranets et collaboratifs” et “Documation” à Paris

    Julien Brulland
    27 Feb 2012 | 4:27 am
    eXo Platform 3.5 est enfin disponible ! Aujourd’hui eXo est heureux d’aller à la rencontre de ses partenaires, clients et supporters pour leur présenter la première plateforme complète d’expérience utilisateur pour Java, prête à être déployée sur le Cloud. Nous serons tout d’abord présents les 13, 14 et 15 Mars 2012 au Salon Solutions Intranet et Collaboratif à Paris, Porte de Versailles, Stand C60. Lors de cet évènement vous pourrez assister à l’intervention de notre équipe technique représentée par Stévan Lemeur, Product Manager des solutions…

  • eXo Platform 3.5 Now Available: First Cloud-Ready Enterprise Portal and User Experience Platform-as-a-Service (UXPaaS)

    Katie Poplin
    31 Jan 2012 | 8:01 am
    Users connect, collaborate, and improve productivity — in the cloud, on mobile devices, or on the ground Multi-tenancy support for deployment in public and private clouds Secure access to personal dashboards, documents and activity streams via native mobile apps Social network features and integration with existing infrastructure Mashup and gadget development for third-party app integration in built-in web IDE San Francisco, CA – January 31, 2012 – eXo, the user experience platform-as-a-service (UXPaaS) company, today announced general availability of eXo Platform 3.5. This new…

  • Petit Déjeuner Capgemini à Lille

    Mark Downey
    9 Jan 2012 | 6:22 pm
    Tugdual Grall, Directeur Technique d’eXo, sera présent à Lille pour un petit-déjeuner organisé par notre partenaire Capgemini. L’evénement aura lieu le jeudi 26 janvier à 8h00, Maison Petrowski, 9 rue à Fiens, Lille (à proximité de la Gare Lille Flandres). Tugdual présentera eXo Platform (la plateforme d’expérience utilisateur), nouvelle génération de solution Intranet/Extranet totalement intégrée, sociale et conçue pour le cloud. Agenda : Introduction UXP (User Experience Platform) : le socle des Intranets/Extranets nouvelle génération Les nouveaux…
 
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