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Posts about Open Source Software as of July 31, 2009

July 31st, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Open Source Software
Very cool technology in OpenSolaris – teamlalala.com
08/01/2009
I’ve always been happy with Linux on the server, and I’ve never felt any need to experiment with OpenSolaris, until I read this bit about ZFS : ZFS is the most amazing filesystem I’ve ever come across. Integrated volume management. Copy-on-write. Transactional. End-to-end data integrity. On-the-fly corruption detection and repair. Robust checksums. No RAID-5 write hole. Snapshots. Clones (writable snapshots). Dynamic striping. Open source software. It’s not available on Linux. Ugh. Ok, that sucks.
LXer: Open-source Project Aims to Makes Secure DNS Easier – linuxquestions.org
07/31/2009
Published at LXer: A group of developers has released open-source software that gives administrators a hand in making the Internet’s addressing system less vulnerable to hackers. The software, called OpenDNSSEC, automates many tasks associated with implementing DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions), which is a set a set of protocols that allows DNS (Domain Name System) records to carry a digital signature, said John A. Dickinson, a DNS consultant working on the project.
Open-source Project Aims to Makes Secure DNS Easier – opensourcepixels.com
07/31/2009
A group of developers has released open-source software that gives administrators a hand in making the Internet’s addressing system less vulnerable to hackers. The software, called OpenDNSSEC, automates many tasks associated with implementing DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions), which is a set a set of protocols that allows DNS (Domain Name System) records to carry a digital signature, said John A. Dickinson, a DNS consultant working on the project.
34 MEPs sign free software pledge – cabalamat.wordpress.com
07/31/2009
34 of the MEPs elected in June this year have signed the Free Software Pact : Of the 232 candidates for the European Parliament that pledged their support for free and open source software, 34 have been elected, from Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The Free Software Pact commits MEPs to support free software; the list of those who’ve signed is here . The UK MEPs who signed are Caroline Lucas and Jean Lambert of the Greens and Nigel Farage of UKIP.
Top 5 Most Used Text Editors – screenwritingtips.com
07/31/2009
As time goes by, the variety of text editors available for the use of web developers keep on increasing. It is always that the new one has something better or something new to offer.  Good thing that due to the number of choices they have, they could weigh which one would be most appropriate for their project. Here are the most used text editors by web developers:NotepadNotepad is the most popular text editor based on the survey. It does not support any format or styles, which makes it very suitable in a DOS environment.
Connecting Twitter to everything – trendsupdates.com
07/31/2009
Gadget mixes Wi-Fi gateway router, open source software, and hardware made in home to leave his creator informed about the last innovations in Twitter . It seems that the new fashion among the hackers is to find exotic forms of verifying the most recent messages in Twitter. First, we had a “electric carbon typewriter”. Then, a customer for Commodore 64 , a computer of the 80’s. And now we have Tweetser. The apparel is based on a Wi-Fi gateway router, an ASUS w520-gU, modified to use OpenWRT , a Open Source firmware based on Linux.
Links post 07/31/2009 – osswatch.jiscinvolve.org
07/31/2009
Mind the Bridge: The Open Source Innovation Backbone for Startups Open innovation is taking over in many areas, and open source plays an important role especially in software sequential innovation, where each successive invention builds in an essential way on its predecessors. tags : openinnovation , opensource , businessmodels OpenGoo: An Open Source Answer To Google Apps A resource like Google Apps may seem like an easier choice for collaborative office applications, but some businesses can’t or won’t risk their company’s data to resource it can’t fully control.
Open Source Software and Board Schematics released for Paintball Guns – bodysportpaintball.com
07/31/2009
The CodeX chip source code was released under the GPL open source license.Pretty much everything needed to flash any chip/board that uses the PIC microchip was just released today. Hopefully this source can help bring down chip and board prices if there are enough people to contribute and port the firmware to other paintball guns. Im pretty excited. Open Source Released: DM4/5 CodeX Chip Firmware and Schematics + Datasheet ShotTimer – Handheld Timer Here is the link to the source code.
This Week in LIS – 31 July 2009 – lis.luther.edu
07/31/2009
Headline of the Week: The Summer Doldrums (not) I, along with many others at Luther I am sure, am often asked about summertime work and how relaxing it must be around Decorah when school is not in session. While it is true things do quiet down in some ways, summer is a time when a lot of work gets done, and needs to get done in preparation for the coming school year. This summer is no exception. In fact LIS has had a number of significant projects underway, which I’ll review over the next several weeks as we slide into the fall semester.
This Week in LIS – 31 July 2009 – lis.luther.edu
07/31/2009
Headline of the Week: The Summer Doldrums (not) I, along with many others at Luther I am sure, am often asked about summertime work and how relaxing it must be around Decorah when school is not in session. While it is true things do quiet down in some ways, summer is a time when a lot of work gets done, and needs to get done in preparation for the coming school year. This summer is no exception. In fact LIS has had a number of significant projects underway, which I’ll review over the next several weeks as we slide into the fall semester.
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Posts about Open Source Software as of July 28, 2009

July 28th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Open Source Software
Anyone Can Benifit From Ecommerce – blog.edynamo.com
07/29/2009
Ecommerce itself has become a rapidly growing approach for handling business transactions, from a simple on-line purchase to multi-million dollar dealings. The ecommerce industry is expected to continue to grow because of the low risk it has for both sellers and buyers. In the early years of ecommerce the concept of using this type of transaction for purposes of business was thought to be risky because of the potential for fraudulent activity . Ecommerce once required an expensive security certificate and interfaces .
Scrivener: A flexible and powerful tool for writers – bradsreader.com
07/29/2009
Ever since I first dreamed of being a novelist and sitting down to write my first novel in a spiral-bound notebook (never finished it, but I wish I could be that young again), I never gave much thought to the basic tools of writing. If I had a computer, I used a word processor. If I didn’t have access to a computer, I wrote everything out longhand. Now that I’m all grown up, my tool of choice is usually my trusty Macbook. I use OpenOffice as my word processor of choice because I’m such a huge fan of open source software.
7 steps for building low cost open source technologies for global health – globalhealthideas.org
07/29/2009
Guess post by David Van Sickle: While working on this project, I’ve been keeping track of some ways in which we might better stimulate successful open source hardware projects in global health. Many of my thoughts and suggestions focus on the academic setting, but could readily be applied to the community at large. 1. Aggregate information on open hardware projects in global health to maximize participation and activity. There are many open source software projects in (global) healthcare, but far fewer hardware undertakings.
My Review of “Decoding Liberation” – technosophos.com
07/29/2009
My review of the fantastic book Decoding Liberation has been published in the American Philosophical Association’s newsletter on Computers and Philosophy. I highly recommend the book. (Shameless self-promotion: My perspective on the Freedom Zero problem is discussed in the second chapter.) Decoding Liberation: The Promise of Free and Open Source Software Samir Chopra and Scott Dexter (Routledge, 2007) 232 pages. ISBN: 978-0-415-97893-4.
Open Source and Freeware Updates Blitz – lockergnome.com
07/29/2009
Something happened over the weekend. I’m not sure what it was, but there has been a huge release of beta , freeware , and open source programs that I frequently use for the maintenance of my machines, and the machines of others that I set up. What ever it was, stars in alignment, or a nod from the cosmic consciousness, it’s a good thing . But now would be a good time to take stock, check the reasons for update, and install or update the programs used. From Microsoft , an Extended Security Update Inventory Tool .
July Atlanta Linux Fest 2009 Updates – boredandblogging.com
07/29/2009
With less than 2 months till Atlanta Linux Fest 2009, we are close to finalizing the list of talks. There are two talks that I’d like to point out: Rikki Kite’sHer PR Problem/Tooting the Horns of Women in Open Source and Don McMorris’s Evergreen – the FOSS ILS behind GPLS. Rikki will be talking about positive steps women can take to promote themselves and the advantages of promoting the work of women.
Entrepreneur: Portland is one of the best entrepreneurial cities – siliconflorist.com
07/29/2009
From the “telling you what you already know” department, Portland is a great place for startups, it seems. No, I’m serious. Don’t believe me? Well, how about Entrepreneur magazine? They’ve named Portland, Oregon, one of the best cities in which to be an entrepreneur , nicknaming the Portland “the cooperator.” Portland has made do with the great resources it does have, creating vibrant electronics, clean-tech, health sciences and apparel sectors, and one of the largest and most innovative open source software communities in the world.
Is there a program compatible with Linux to do remote connections? – ucheat.info
07/28/2009
bilingual777 asked: The software we currently use doesnt support linux on everyones computer for several reasons but we cant find software to put linux on everyones computer for several reasons but we cant find software we currently use doesnt support linux on. The software we are wanting to remotely connect to other computers that does remote connections we currently use doesnt support linux on everyones computer for company that have windows the software to put linux.
The Programmer’s Guide to Understanding the Software Copyright Act – copybites.com
07/28/2009
The Software Copyright Act, better known as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, has given software developers more power to protect their works. If you’ve bought software in the last few years I’m sure you’ve noticed some of the changes in the software buying process. Some of the more noteworthy achievements of this Act are the following: 1) It is now a crime to break any anti-piracy measures in the software.
Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel – wirelessfun.mobi
07/28/2009
Historic move adds Windows/Linux virtualization interoperability By John Fontana , Network World , 07/20/2009 In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license. The code consists of four drivers that are part of a technology called Linux Device Driver for Virtualization.
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Posts about Open Source Software as of July 25, 2009

July 25th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Open Source Software
Acquia closes new Series B $8M Round – lastmileblog.com
07/26/2009
  Acquia  reported closing an  $8 million Series B round  for total funding of $15 million. Acquia is a commercial open source software company providing products, services, and technical support for the open source Drupal social publishing system. Acquia is linked with the  Drupal.org  open source community in much the same way that  Red Hat  is connected with the Linux community. The latest round included North Bridge Venture Partners and Sigma Partners. The company has about 40 employees and over 200 clients.
Golden Eye VLC 1.0 Free Download | Latest VLC Player – dreamydonkey.com
07/26/2009
VLC is best known media player in earth and I’ve no ambiguities on this, whats the look on your face when that much-hopeful video format would not play, and what if internet is not available round the corner, you desperately needed to watch the movie you yearned for long and without yet another round of codec/plug-in download you are in middle of nowhere ? The VLC player, which finally released version 1.0 this month after a decade of development, is truly a labor of love — in true Unix tradition development, versions till now were numbered under 1.0.
Archiving and Searching Twitter Updates – timothycohn.com
07/26/2009
Question: How to make your Twitter Updates searchable? Answer: Upload your Twitter Updates into a WordPress blog. The following Tweets are 1/10 of my first 1080 Tweets: Twitter Job Search Engine: http://tinyurl.com/d7qt2p8:27 PM Mar 21st Search Engine Marketing Jobs: http://tinyurl.com/cjgdll8:25 PM Mar 21st Amazon Kindle Marketing Manager Job: http://www.seattle24×7.com/…8:25 PM Mar 21st Quote: ‘Procrastination is the thief of Time’3:51 PM Mar 20th Google Sports Score Gadget: Real
Canada trails Greenland in internet penetration, Google looks to capitalize – senses.thirdi.com
07/26/2009
It’s true.  As their rate of internet growth and usage in the now independent country shows, it’s a whopping 192% growth and 90% penetration between 2000 to 2008. Greenland is more tech savvy than us, racing to embrace the future and make us look bad. Or at least that ’s what an ignorant buffoon who believes that statistics tell the whole story would think. Canada is actually one of the most online countries on the planet, right up there with Japan and the USA.
What Blogging Can Do For Your Business – compukol.com
07/25/2009
Blogging has made it possible for any individual to publish his/her ideas on the internet easily and freely. For businesses, this marks a truly innovative change in the way that products and services can be promoted to a large audience and at a considerably reduced cost compared with traditional advertising methods. With blogs, average business people can write about what they know and are passionate about, as well as what they can offer to others.
A little place of calm (2009-07-25 15:16) – aimee.mychores.co.uk
07/25/2009
This last week i’ve been enjoying watching A Very Potter Musical on youtube. It’s a most hilarious Harry Potter parody with fantastic acting and delightfully catchy songs! The star of the show has to be Lauren Lopez who plays Draco Malfoy and spends most of the time rolling around seductively on the floor/bench/harry/hermione! Lauren’s sense of comic timing is incredible, and the voice and facial expressions are just adorable! Voldemort and Quirrel are beautifully played with some very touching moments together.
Marketing Techniques for the Newly Published Author – virtualvice.net
07/25/2009
May 2009 I saw my first novel published, Virtual Vice — a New Technology Crime Novel Based on True Events . I’m an intellectual property attorney with no formal background in product development or marketing, so I knew that increasing the book’s profile would be a challenge. In this essay I’ll share with you some techniques that worked for me. Marketing is more art than science, so the suggestions reflect my personal opinion and experience.
Linux Bible 2009: Ubuntu, Fedora, Knoppix, Debian,opensuse – rapidsharelisting.com
07/25/2009
Product Description As the ultimate resource on the basics of the Linux desktops, servers, and programming tools, this book is written by the ultimate author on all things Linux. This transition resource is ideal if you are making the move from Windows or Macintosh to using Linux as your desktop system, and explains the Linux technology, offers detailed installation instructions, and includes step?by?step descriptions of key desktop and server components.
Towards a Free (as in speech) system – (or Flash Reduced diet #3) – freemor.wordpress.com
07/25/2009
It seems that one of the side effects of my Flash reduced diet is a desire to get away from all restricted formats. In looking back I can see that this journey actually began when I got my OLPC XO during last years Give 1 Get 1 program. As I progress on this journey I am stripping away more and more of my reliance on restricted/patent encumbered formats. I am also working hard to rid my systems of any Proprietary binary blobs or software with restrictive or anti-social licenses.
Weekly Roll-Up: Top Stories, Memes and Moments (25-Jul-2009) – cmswire.com
07/25/2009
The twists, turns and tips you need for staying up-to-date by the water cooler. Highlights of the Week 39 More Ways to Get Your CMS Twitter Fix . In an age where millions of otherwise rational humans find it perfectly reasonable to share the constituent parts of their waking moments with the world, one might find the topic of content management a safe haven. Lord knows, we do. Vignette Stockholders Said Yes to Open Text Acquisition . Open Text said it’s a done deal.
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Does it make sense?

July 25th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Uncategorized

Many times the discount does not make any sense. Many times what people are trying to sell you in a so you Web hosting is one of two things. First they may want to up sell you after they get you to buy their hosting. What they will do is try to sell you other services either their own or others. The reason they want to so you others is because others will pay them what is known is a cost per acquisition. This means other companies will pay them a fixed fee when you purchase their services as well. The hosting company want to buy both. Then hosting company makes even more money.

Those kind discounts to my make sense, where you still have to buy other services. The discount to do make sense discounts like a godaddy promo code which gives you an immediate cash savings. Because this is what you really want, you want to save cash. Instead of getting additional services at a lower price it would be better to get cash into pocket right now. This is a you are there to get one thing and one thing only US will get what you’re asking for you buy other things later when you’re in the mood to buy them.

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Posts about Open Source Software as of July 22, 2009

July 22nd, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Open Source Software
These mini laptops have caused a stir in the education sector – ezyspot.com
07/23/2009
These mini laptops have caused a stir in the education sector, not least because they offer many Samsung Q10 features found on full-sized laptops, including built-in wireless networking. Their low cost (?169) is partly down to their use of open source software like the Linux operating system and free software packages such as Open Office. This does away with many software licensing costs incurred when using Microsoft Windows. So what are they like in practice?
Hacking Oracle’s database will soon get easier – msmvps.com
07/23/2009
Hackers will soon gain a powerful new tool for breaking into Oracle Corp’s database, the top-selling business software used by companies to store electronic information. Security experts have developed an easy-to-use, automated software tool that can remotely break into Oracle databases over the Internet to simulate attacks on computer systems, but cybercrooks can use it for hacking. The tool’s authors created it through a controversial open-source software project known as Metasploit, which releases its free software over the Web.
Click2try: Test Open Source Apps In Your Brower – makeuseof.com
07/23/2009
Click2Try is a unique website which allows you to test open source software in the browser itself so that you don’t go through the hassle of downloading and installing the software. It uses Java to run the apps and works on all modern browsers. There are various software under different categories like business, education, linux etc which you can test. Registration is not required to try an app but if you want to save your sessions then you would need to sign up.
NSA Using Cloud Model for Intelligence Sharing; Open Source Software; Commodity Hardware – americannewsworld.com
07/23/2009
This post was written by News Guy on July 22, 2009 Posted Under: News, World News
Hacking Oracle’s Database Will Soon Get Easier – fergdawg.blogspot.com
07/22/2009
A Reuters newswire article by Jim Finkle, via CNBC.com , reports that: Hackers will soon gain a powerful new tool for breaking into Oracle Corp’s database, the top-selling business software used by companies to store electronic information. Security experts have developed an easy-to-use, automated software tool that can remotely break into Oracle databases over the Internet to simulate attacks on computer systems, but cybercrooks can use it for hacking.
Open Source for America Launches – goandtrack.com
07/22/2009
The group of some 70 organizations (Sun, Oracle, O’Reilly, EFF, Pentaho…) have banded together to form Open Source for America . The goal: to “serve as a unified voice for the promotion of open source software in the U.S. Federal Government arena. Dennis Byron at Seeking Alpha describes it at a front group for enterprise software vendors.
Read the following stories on 2009-07-22 – blog.arun-prabha.com
07/22/2009
Coalition Formed to Promote Benefits and Adoption of Open Source Software in Government -http://bit.ly/x0wIK # Fox News producer gets 10 years for child porn – http://tinyurl.com/foxnewsabuser # New ‘Google’ phone an impressive upgrade – http://bit.ly/hyjCA # fb # Exposed: the PC repair shops that rifle through your photos and passwords – http://tinyurl.com/pcshopsnooping # fb #
Open Source for America Promotes FOSS for Government – computer-internet.marc8.com
07/22/2009
Linux.com: “Starting today, a new coalition of technology industry companies, organizations, and academic institutions will be actively promoting one sure way of cutting IT costs: using open source software and open technology solutions.”
Piglets, Pixels and People…Video/audio event magnification…Outside Broadcast comes of age…how to use it effectively – some ideas… – l4l.co.uk
07/22/2009
HOW TO MAKE VIDEO AMPLIFY AND AUTHENTICATE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY I have been live streaming video for about 6 years now in different guises. From the pre YouTube days when I needed the help of specialist media companies to live stream, and virtually a whole server to push the video out (with a massive bandwidth bill to boot) – to a few years back when I discovered Mogulus (now Livestream), Ustream, FlashMeeting, QIK et al.
Open source lobbying group emerges – opensourcepixels.com
07/22/2009
A lobbying group has been launched by more than 70 companies, academic institutions, and communities, to promote open source software as a “transparent and cost-effective option” for U.S. government agencies. “ Open Source for America” counts AMD, Canonical, Google, Novell, Oracle, and Red Hat among its members.
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Posts about Open Source Software as of July 19, 2009

July 19th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Open Source Software
Open Source Software In the Military – newsglobal.eu
07/20/2009
JohnMoD writes With the advent of forge.mil, etc. the military seems to be getting on board with free and open source software. A working group meeting is going to be held at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, August 12-13, 2009. There’s a pretty good lineup of speakers including a Marine from the Iraq-Marine Expeditionary Forces, who was on the ground and saw the agility open source gave to him and his soldiers. A number of OSS projects are going to be meeting there: Delta 3D, OpenCPI, FalconView, OSSIM, Red Hat, etc.
Screenplay – iphoneappreviews.net
07/20/2009
Black Mana Studios managed to find a worthwhile niche where no app currently existed and deliver a solid first offering in Screenplay. As the name suggests, Screenplay allows you to edit screenplays on your iPhone/iPod. A writer on the go could simply jot down notes with the built-in notes app. If they have the new 3.0 software, they can also record voice memos. So where does this app fit in? Screenplay allows you to properly format your screenplays easily, auto-complete character names, reorder scenes easily, and email your work.
Proyek Pendidikan IT Pakistani : Kolaborasi Pasar TK, Institusi Edukasi dan User Bisnis – tituspermadi.wordpress.com
07/20/2009
Thursday, July 09, 2009 Our correspondent Islamabad A Rs37.6 million Pakistani education project that aims for introduction of a new method of teaching software engineering to undergraduate students based on open software has been recognised and acknowledged by the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI). The ‘Integration of Open Source Software Projects in IT Education’ is an innovative software engineering project that is gradually achieving its objectives by training and allowing students to learn good programming practices and by getting feedback from professionals through open source.
Anywhere but here. BOOK REVIEW: ELSEWHERE U.S.A. – purplecar.net
07/20/2009
Elsewhere, U.S.A.: How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms, and Economic Anxiety by Dalton Conley [Pantheon Books, New York 2008] Hear ye, you wordsmiths of the web, you purveyors of pages, you iterators of information: Welcome to Elsewhere, U.S.A., a state of mind in which you are constantly moving; You are slinging nothing but ideas and giving up your leisure time to do it; You are working from home but are
links for 2009-07-19 – lillbra.se
07/20/2009
click2try. A community site where it’s easy to try Open Source software for free. Sajt där du kan göra en egen en-klicks-installation av olika open source-lösningar för att testa live. (tags: opensource virtualization demo test ) A Guide to Google Analytics and Useful Tools – Smashing Magazine Allt du vill veta om GA (via @jocke). (tags: google-analytics tutorial howto statistics ) Javascript and CSS Compression in MSBuild – KJG Ett sätt att komprimera js och css i bygget.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19 – joepellett.com
07/20/2009
http://twitpic.com/ax4q5 – FWD:Snap into a slim jim!!! Tony at work! # a good article on why being a vegetarian will make you live longer! – http://tinyurl.com/m2kc3m # @ LaurenECurl I will pay you to come and cut my hair! in reply to LaurenECurl # a good read about Ohio and dreams – http://tinyurl.com/mvoddz # @ vurbmoto very cool.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19 – joepellett.com
07/20/2009
http://twitpic.com/ax4q5 – FWD:Snap into a slim jim!!! Tony at work! # a good article on why being a vegetarian will make you live longer! – http://tinyurl.com/m2kc3m # @ LaurenECurl I will pay you to come and cut my hair! in reply to LaurenECurl # a good read about Ohio and dreams – http://tinyurl.com/mvoddz # @ vurbmoto very cool.
I Want To Create A Discussion Forum Web Site. What Open Source Software Can I Use? – wpuk.co.uk
07/19/2009
What are the options out there? I’d like something as easy to install and use as WordPress. |MoreCategories: install-wordpressTags: create – discussion – forum – Open – site – software – source – Want – what 19 July 2009 at 23:24 – Comments hatatata at 05:35 on 20 July 2009There are many options out there to choose from, depending on what sort of site you wish to create: Forum/discussion software: PHPbb – http://www.phpbb.com/ SMF – http://www.simplemachines.org/ Vanilla – http://getvanilla.com/ CMS/Blog software: WordPress – http://wordpress.org/ Drupal – http://drupal.org/ Joomla!
“Taking a Principled Position on Software Freedom” – Mako – blog.tdobson.net
07/19/2009
I rarely ever would consider republishing someone else’s content on this blog, if it had already been published elsewhere. I feel, however, that Benjamin Mako Hill’s essay and blog post “Taking a Principled Position on Software Freedom” deserves special treatment. It was the softly spoken and thought provoking nature of the piece, making subtle points about the differences between using the best software available and using free software that caught my eye and convinced me it was worth sharing with the wider community.
How to create a podcast – webdesignability.com
07/19/2009
Podcasting is a great way to share your expertise with visitors to your site, or simply entertain them, rather like a radio show. It’s a method of recording, publishing and distributing the spoken word on a website or blog. Your visitors click the play button and listen to your words of wisdom through their speakers or headphones. See my earlier article on the benefits of podcasting . The featured video this week shows you how to record, edit, publish and distribute your podcast.
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Domains and trademarks misunderstood

July 17th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in General

Somewhat unrelated to open source software, but an often asked question is how can someone have a particular domain if someone else uses that as a trademark. Now they may not use the exact domain with the top level extension as a trademark but they will use the name. This is because trademarks and domains are governed by two different entities and are essentially different.

There can only be one domain, but there can be many trademarks using that same name. You may see a type of food with a certain trademark and a car part of the same trademark. This is because they are in two different categories of goods and services. Now this cannot be the case with domain games because domain names have to be unique as they can only point to one website.

Therefore when you obtain a domain name and you may use a GoDaddy coupon to get a great discount, you would need to first search to make sure it is available. If someone else has it been you cannot have it or use it, while you could put it on letterhead it would not take people to your site but to someone else’s. Trademarks are obviously different as many people can use the same mark, they may get in trouble if it is confusingly similar or meets other restrictions, but you really cannot stop them from doing it. Also please note that domains are governed by the ICANN not by the patent and trademark office like trademarks.

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Posts about Open Source Software as of July 16, 2009

July 16th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Open Source Software
TheBackpacker TV On Boxee – thebackpacker.tv
07/17/2009
PRESS RELEASE: 7/16/2009 TheBackpacker TV announced today that they are now on a new social networking site that integrates personal media with Internet media called Boxee . Boxee is a free, open-source software platform. Boxee is designed for your TV and use of a remote control. Boxee’s social networking component allows users to share information about what they’re listening to or watching with other boxee users or friends on social networks like twitter , facebook, etc.
Chrome OS and Autonomy – autonomo.us
07/17/2009
Luis Villa pointed  folks on the Autonomo.us email list to this essay at Free Software Magazine by Tony Mobily. The article title, “Why Google Chrome OS will turn GNU/Linux into a desktop winner,” is a good summary of Mobily’s basic argument. Although there has been lots of discussion about Chrome OS in the free and open source software communities (e.g. on LWN ), its worth qualifying this post by saying that, beyond Google’s announcement , we don’t actually know very much about Chrome OS.
Ubuntu 8.10 – calcuttaseo.com
07/17/2009
Ubuntu is an operating system consisting of free and open source software. With Ubuntu you can surf the web, read email, create documents, spreadsheets and more! Ubuntu gives you the power and flexibility for business, education and home use. Check out the customer reviews for Ubantu and get online deal on the software.
Google Chrome 2.0.172.37 – eng2all.com
07/16/2009
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It has one box for everything: Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Will give you thumbnails of your top sites; Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Google Chrome is an open source web browser developed by Google.
Best Developer Practices For Optimizing Website Performance – sanjaal.com
07/16/2009
If you are developing or have developed a website and site performance is your main concern, this post is what you may want to read into. There are several factors that affects an website performance. The list below, which has been taken from yahoo developer’s network as  a reference, might help you a lot to find out where your site is performing poor or what areas of your website needs re-modeling in order to make it behave better in terms of performance.
Ares Free Download: More Than Just File Sharing – makedigitalvideo.com
07/16/2009
The Ares free download software isn’t just great for free music downloads and other file sharing. It’s also a community where you can meet other people who share your interests in film, music, and even open source software. You can find other people who like the genres, bands, movies, or directors that you like while on the network. The Ares free download software includes chat rooms where you can meet others who are fans of the same kinds of music, movies, video, etc. that you like.
How to Bring Open-Source Software into the Enterprise – linux-compatible-computer-parts.com
07/16/2009
Open-source software has gained growing acceptance in the enterprise. Once enterprises put in place the same governance, policy and support processes around open-source software as they do with proprietary software, there is no limit to how much open-source software they can bring into their organization. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Carol J. Rizzo offers five tips on how to bring open-source software into your organization in a way that maps to your corporate risk factors, making open-source software no more or less of a risk than proprietary software.
Daily Links 07/16/2009 (p.m.) – sutor.com
07/16/2009
How to Bring Open-Source Software into the Enterprise “Open-source software has gained growing acceptance in the enterprise. Once enterprises put in place the same governance, policy and support processes around open-source software as they do with proprietary software, there is no limit to how much open-source software they can bring into their organization.” tags : OB , open source , governance , enterprise Install Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu 9.04 using Ubuntuzilla | Tombuntu “Ubuntuzilla can integrate the new version of Firefox into your system as well as undo its changes if you want to go back.
Forrester on strategic role of OSS – talend.com
07/16/2009
I strongly recommend that you read Jeffrey Hammond’s interview published by James Turner on the O’Reilly Radar’s Blog . A Principal Analyst in the Application Development and Program Management Group at Forrester research , Jeffrey is an expert in software development, Web 2.0 and rich internet applications. As such, he is also one of the leading specialists in open source software. Jeffrey’s insights on how “Open Source is infiltrating the enterprise” are really fascinating.
photo gallery – nonphotography.com
07/16/2009
If you are looking to present your photos in an attractive online photo gallery display, there are lots of ways to do it, but I think my favorite one is an open source Flash gallery I stumbled upon the other day.   I love open source! And as I always try to find alternatives to the unreasonably expensive software I’m always happy to try any of the open source choices.  The main thing to remember about using open source software is to keep the creator’s copyright notice intact whenever using it online.  It is part of the Creative Commons licenses included with open source software.
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WordPress minimum requirements

July 14th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in General

WordPress can be used at the WordPress site as they will provide you with a free blog. However there is a lot of flexibility you can obtain with a Web host and host it your self. While WordPress is incredibly easy to install there are sites that allow you to essentially install it with one click. In other words you simply sign up for their service click a button and you now have WordPress installed. You can obtain a years worth of hosting for an amazing price and get 10% off no matter how much you spend or how complicated your hosting using a GoDaddy hosting promo code to obtain a discount on their hosting.

It’s best to use a host that has the ability to allow you to install something quickly, but if you need to install yourself be sure there are the minimum WordPress requirements. Be sure they have PHP 4.3 or greater and MySQL 4.0 or greater. Those are pretty easy requirements as most Web host already have those. And do not worry if they do not have a one click install because it is very simple to install. This is because the individuals and WordPress made it simple and took the time to make sure it is very easy to install for the average individual area and they also give great installation instructions.

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Posts about Open Source Software as of July 13, 2009

July 13th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Open Source Software
Which Social Networking Platform Is Best For You? – socialnetworkingnewstoday.com
07/14/2009
Social networks are a very popular presence on the internet today and have become wildly popular with a varied demographic. The popularity of social networks has spurred many website owners to add a social networking element to their website and social networking software allows webmasters and even novice designers to create social networking sites of their own. There are many social networking software platforms to choose from and they all offer distinct features and require different levels of technical knowledge to implement.
Symbian goes Open Source, but will they be left out in the cold? – blogs.thetimes.co.za
07/14/2009
Symbian has released its first open-source software package, the plan is to eventually make the Symbian mobile operating system open source within the next three months. This is very good news for mobile phone users because in my opinion the Symbian OS has needed an overhaul for quite some time. Symbian power almost 50% of all smart phones while Android (the other open source competitor) is sitting at about 2-3% of the market share.
Vote for Media Features – christian-bloggers.com
07/14/2009
Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the WordPress open source software. In addition, we do custom development so that we can offer features not included in the open source core product (like VideoPress, built-in polls, etc.). Because WordPress.com gets new features implemented as they are developed, we don’t usually talk too much about big version releases.
Not Open Source, Better Source – cafuego.net
07/14/2009
I was pointed at an article about a report on Open Source adoption and use in the dutch government, which reminded me of an interview my co-authors and me gave to SearchEnterpriseLinux.com. Specifially, we were asked why organisations should use open source in preference to closed source software. It’s nice to have our opinion vindicated by the following quote from the preamble of the dutch report: “Opvallend is dat de ministeries geen voorkeur (b)lijken te hebben voor open of closed source software: het gaat voor hen om de beste source.
Release of IFOSSLR – computer-internet.marc8.com
07/14/2009
Brendan Scott’s Weblog: “Today marks the (soft) launch of a new journal dedicated to Free and Open Source Software legal issues (a “hard” launch with printed copies is happening in London on Wednesday). “
Why GPL Blogging Software is Important – blogherald.com
07/14/2009
This is a continuation of the Blog Herald’s Guide to the GPL License series. You can read the first part here . It is easy to see why GPLed software would be of great interest to developers. GPL software, though not always free in terms of the money charged, always has to come with its source code and the ability to edit and customize the work. This means that, if a developer obtains a GPLed application and needs to fix a bug or add a feature, they can do so.
Open Source Digital Asset Management Software: Why Freedom Doesn’t Mean Free – damblog.daydream.co.uk
07/14/2009
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Frequently Asked Questions or FAQ about Poster Printing – mybuckster.com
07/13/2009
Do you have questions about poster printing? Are you not sure how to hire and work with a poster printer?If you have a lot of similar questions like this about poster printing, then you have come to the right place. Below is a standard frequently asked questions or FAQ list that should be able to answer most of your major questions whenever availing or deciding to avail of poster printing services. Just read on and see if your questions can be answered.What are the usual tools in designing a poster? In our modern times, the best tool in designing a poster is the computer.
“International Free and Open Source Software Law Review” launche… – motd.ambians.com
07/13/2009
A new, freely available journal covering international free software legal issues has produced its first issue. The ” International Free and Open Source Software Law Review ” (IFOSSLR) is a peer-reviewed, twice-yearly publication looking at the intersection of free software and the law. The journal is an outgrowth of the European Legal Network, established by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), and is supported by the Mozilla and NLNet foundations. read more
A Brief Note On Open Source – saalonmuyo.com
07/13/2009
Planet Money posted about a software engineer for Goldman Sachs who’s been charged with stealing proprietary code.  As part of the case, the developer mentions that he was only looking to take home the open source code and not all of it. I don’t think the description of open source software on the post got to the heart of things. One of the listeners gave a fair description, but missed some areas that I thought were important.
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