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Random Sampler: Microsoft vs. Google, SugarCRM, Flock gets funded (?!?), Ubuntu, and more (Cnet)

Thu, 22 May 2008 15:36:00 GMT

A random sampler of interesting open source-related news on the web.

Source : Cnet (subscribe)

Explore : Information Technology, Internet, Open Source, Technology, Telecommunication

Muxtape stricken with 'Good Disease'... (The Daily Swarm)

Thu, 22 May 2008 15:13:28 GMT

Following either a hacker attack or some sort of misstep with its servers on Wednesday, the free and simple mixtape sharing tool Muxtape suddenly adopted a one-track mind. Every song on the service was replaced by “Good Disease” by Aim with (Steven Jones), a Sade-like chillout track. Muxtape creator Justin Oulette initially announced that he was pulling the site down until he could figure out what...

Source : The Daily Swarm (subscribe)

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How to Make Open-Source Work for Education (One Laptop Per Child News)

(Bryan Berry) no_spam@olpcnews.com — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:01:57 GMT

olpc is an ambitious movement whose success will largely depend on the hard work of those that volunteer their time, expertise, and occasionally funds. Let's focus for now on those that will volunteer their time and effort to develop open source software and content. To really harness the power of volunteers to create open-source content for education, we need to think hard about what motivates open-source...

Source : One Laptop Per Child News (subscribe)

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ZoneAlarm Unleashes Force Field (Digital Trends - Most Recent News)

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

It's certainly a clever idea. Computer security company Zone Alarm has come up with Force Field, a plug-in that creates a virtual user when a user goes online, with that virtual user destroyed at the end of the session. It protects the real web browser by deflecting all attacks from malicious sites, phishers, key loggers and others that can install malware. Once the session ends, the virtualized file...

Source : Digital Trends - Most Recent News (subscribe)

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EU to investigate Microsoft file format support (Cnet)

Thu, 22 May 2008 11:56:53 GMT

A new plan by Microsoft to allow its Office software to save and edit files in a rival format will face a probe by the European Commission. The commission said late on Wednesday that it will investigate whether Microsoft's decision to add support for the Open Document Format to Office ...

Source : Cnet (subscribe)

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News: Microsoft Office to get ODF, PDF support (MSDN Blogs)

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:14:58 GMT

In this morning's news, Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office ... " The 2007 Microsoft Office system will support XML Paper Specification (XPS), Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.5, PDF/A and Open Document Format (ODF) v1.1 with the release of Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), scheduled for the first half of 2009." And as noted at PCWorld... " Microsoft is finally...

Source : MSDN Blogs (subscribe)

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Google carves an Android path through open-source world (Cnet)

Thu, 22 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Google is committed to many open-source tenets with its Android mobile phone software--but it's willing to step on a few open-source toes, too.

Source : Cnet (subscribe)

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GCSE exam papers had answers on back (NewsLite)

Thu, 22 May 2008 15:03:42 GMT

Thousands of music students could have found their GSCE easier than expected this year - because the answers were printed on the back. The gaff meant that pupils found a list of composers related to the test written on the other side of the question paper Exam board OCR said the exam paper was one of four taken by GCSE music students and the printed answers would account for no more than 5% of the...

Source : NewsLite (subscribe)

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42 of the Best Free Linux Games (linuX-gamers.net)

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:57:44 GMT

Homepage | Article LinuxLinks has put together a list of their most favored native open source and free to download Linux games: "Can I game on it" is a frequently asked question we hear from Windows users toying with the idea of trying Linux for the first time. Well, the simple answer is yes! To demonstrate the level of sophistication available, we have put together a list of 42 high quality Linux...

Source : linuX-gamers.net (subscribe)

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Open source needs an attitude adjustment (InfoWorld Daily)

Thu, 22 May 2008 15:38:45 GMT

All those snarky elitists who want to keep open source "pure" -- and, it follows, poor -- remind Tech's bottom line author Bill Snyder of children. Take MySQL, for instance, which experienced a fair bit of nastiness about the decision to make a small set of features in WorkBench available to paying customers only. "Imagine that. Asking people to pay for something useful," Snyder writes in Open source...

Source : InfoWorld Daily (subscribe)

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RSnake picks on Google Health... yes, Google wants your medical records, too! (ZD Net)

Thu, 22 May 2008 15:02:29 GMT

Interesting article from Robert "RSnake" HansenÂ yesterday on one of Google's new innovations, the Google Health application.Â Yeah, imagine that, Google wants to own the content of your medical records, too!Â You'd think that Google would want to avoid this due to HIPPA complications, as this is a true example of...

Source : ZD Net (subscribe)

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Plotting your Web site visitors on a map (Newsforge)

Thu, 22 May 2008 15:00:00 GMT

ApacheMap plots the location of each Web hit your site receives on a Google Map. The utility converts IP addresses from Apache logs into longitude and latitude information using hostip.info .

Source : Newsforge (subscribe)

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OpenMoko Linux mobile phone ditches GTK+, gets Qt and E17 (Ars Technica)

segphault@arstechnica.com (Ryan Paul) — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:58:47 GMT

OpenMoko has issued a very early alpha release of its software platform which has been radically reinvented in a quest to bring more speed and power to open source handsets. It now uses Enlightenment e17 and Trolltech's Qtopia mobile environment. Read More...

Source : Ars Technica (subscribe)

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Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog : Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 to provide native support for ODF and PDF document format standards (MSDN Blogs)

Thu, 22 May 2008 17:21:56 GMT

Putting our money where our mouth is... Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog : Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 to provide native support for ODF and PDF document format standards

Source : MSDN Blogs (subscribe)

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Windy Cities (Travelblog)

Thu, 22 May 2008 17:17:06 GMT

We made it to the airport bright an early only to have a massive line up in the international departures at the United counter. After some observation it appeared clear that the workflow issues hadn't been completely resolved and that a family of ten with an equal number of luggage boxes and carryons can slow down a queue. The flight was a bit bumpy but they didn't charge extra for the entertai

Source : Travelblog (subscribe)

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SugarCRM widens SaaS market for CRM tools (Computerworld Blogs)

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

SugarCRM, an open source application company, has a new tool that lets enterprises and its partners become SaaS vendors. read more

Source : Computerworld Blogs (subscribe)

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Terrorism Fatalities Up, Not Down; Analysis Disputes New Report (Newswise)

Thu, 22 May 2008 13:45:00 GMT

The University of Maryland's Gary LaFree, director of the world's largest and most comprehensive open-source terror database, disagrees with a new report challenging the "expert consensus" that international terrorism fatalities are rising. In large part, the issue is whether to count Iraqi civilian deaths as incidents of terror.

Source : Newswise (subscribe)

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Firefox 3.1 planned for later this year (TechConnect Magazine)

Thu, 22 May 2008 13:44:50 GMT

With the official arrival of The Foxxy One 3.0 expected soon, the Mozilla devs have already started to not only thing but also talk about the future of the popular open source browser. Currently in RC1 stage, Firefox 3 is set to be a major improvement over its predecessor but as stated by the devs, there have been a few things left out that will need to be introduced through version 3.1. Planned for...

Source : TechConnect Magazine (subscribe)

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EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap (Open Source)

Thu, 22 May 2008 13:30:22 GMT

Credibility may not mean much in the proprietary universe, where money counts for everything and truth is a commodity. In the open source world, political values like credibility are real. Microsoft has only just begun to recognize this.

Source : Open Source (subscribe)

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SheepShaver Brings Classic Apps To Intel Macs & Leopard (Inside Mac Games)

Thu, 22 May 2008 13:16:32 GMT

May 22, 2008 6:00 AM Low End Mac has posted a new article examining SheepShaver . The open source project allows those with Intel Macs, OS X Leopard, Windows, or Linux machines to emulate Power Mac hardware. The article offers a look at the software's features and a step by step guide on how to make it function properly. SheepShaver is an open source project designed to emulate Power Mac hardware...

Source : Inside Mac Games (subscribe)

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