Posts about Open Source Software as of March 21, 2009

In anticipation of the release of the cutting edge eBook “ Dotmocracy: Crowdsourcing, Mashups, and Social Change , … popular theatre in the slums of Rio and Open Source software; how raves and hip hop effect how … of crowdsourcing I open my essay up open source

Sun’s complex software licenses are reportedly one area of interest in the due diligence. Both companies are big supporters of Linux — an open-source software platform, but IBM is concerned if any of Sun’s licenses conflict with its own, according to the report. Another reported area

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I can’t speak for all Linux users, but over the years I have sadly come to accept that the Linux community is usually sidelined and ignored by most vendors in the first release of any product — be it application software, device drivers or hardware. Even companies that stand on the shoulders of open-source software often treat Linux as a second

A general-purpose full virtualizer targeted at server, desktop and embedded use … virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Some of the features of VirtualBox … Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software, you don´t have to hack the source to write

If you don’t want your secret files on your disk to be publicly readable to anyone who gets a grip of your disk … . There are many software packages which will do the disk encryption for you. The software encrypts … . When the user wants to access a file the software automatically decrypts the files the user wants

This is the first in a series of posts concerning technologies that have and will enable mass customization on a large scale, … have been around for many years now the biggest advance to make them smart is the software.As software … have the ability to do more astounding things. This evolution in the tool control software is just in it’

Mar.21, 2009 in SecurityOf the four browsers that were targeted in this year’s Pwn2Own contest at CanSecWest, … the software containing the bug pays them. But what happens if the bug is found in open source software? Sure, the Mozilla project has enough cash, but there are other projects that aren’t that lucky

Some of the features of VirtualBox are: Modularity … from the command line, or possibly remotely. VirtualBox also comes with a full Software Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software, you don´t have to hack the source to write a new

It’s the fifth year in a row that Google is running their Summer of Code program, … . There is even US$ 4500 to encourage you to take that step into the world of open source software programming … , strategies , tbs , programming , google , summer of code , soc , gsoc , open source , free software