Posts about Open Source Software as of September 23, 2009

Great overview – Making the most of open-source hardware – Electronics Weekly – Gerald Coley, Texas Instruments… AT A GLANCE * Open-source hardware offers an advanced start on your design. * Open-source software complements open-source hardware. * Open-source hardware prepares your PCB (printed-circuit-board)-fabrication and -assembly houses for high-volume production. * You may want to share your improvements by making them open-source additions, as well.

An Open Source code utilised to analyse 3D models (OBJ Format).Read original story of :http://www.freewarefiles.com/GLCPlayer-210_program_39876.html GLC_Player 2.10Tags: 3d models, Format, obj, Open, open source software, software, sourceGLC_Player 2.10Category:Softwares GLC_Player 2.10 Related Posts:OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 FinalsemanticSBML 1.0.9OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 RC2MeshLab 1.2.2.2009.07.17 Beta – 1.2.1phpBB 3.0.6 RC1 GLC_Player 2.10 Top Posts:AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.5 Build 409a1634 -

GNOME 2.28 is the latest version of the GNOME Desktop: a popular, multi-platform desktop environment for your computer. GNOME’s focus is ease of use, stability, and first-class internationalisation and accessibility support. GNOME is Free and Open Source Software and provides all of the common tools computer users expect of a modern computing envir

So, as you may know we’re running a WordPress MU and BuddyPress plugin contest this year – like we did last year – and for which we’re stumping up $1000, just like we are for the corresponding regular WordPress plugin contest in 2009 (as we also did in 2008). All plugins have to be freely available, have to be 100% GPL compatible and – in short – be completely sweet with the WP rules.

Hi Oz! I thought you’d like this story. This young man apparently keeps coming up with new ideas, (like rafting down the Charles River on a raft made of bottles). However, this particular idea I thought might interest you. He launched a camera into near-space using a weather balloon, a cell phone, hand warmers and a drink cooler. Pretty whacky idea, huh? All of the parts they used are commonly available. Yeh and Lee bought a Canon camera on eBay and then fastened it inside a Styrofoam cooler.

Open-source software is growing in quality even as it grows in quantity, which is causing competitors and would-be customers to take notice, suggests Coverity.

The VLC team is proud to announce that, after almost two months and 27 million downloads of VLC 1.0.1, the third version of the Goldeneye branch of VLC: 1.0.2 is now available for download. Mac OS X users can access the link included in this article to grab the latest version of the media player immediately. According to the people behind the VideoLan Project, This version introduces many fixes, notably for SSA decoding, v4l2, MacOS interface, ogg/theora, x264 modules and security issues.

From a Summary via ACM TechNews: European researchers are attempting to connect thousands of digital repositories into a massive network of easily searchable online data under the auspices of the DRIVER project. The researchers already have developed a search engine that regroups more than 1 million open access articles from 260 of Europe’s top institutions. The DRIVER system uses a suite of open source software known as D-NET, which lets users or institutions individually tailor their experience regardless of their location.

SEATTLE, Sept 23 – Red Hat Inc reported higher fiscal second-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by higher sales of its open-source software subscriptions and a one-time tax benefit. The world’s biggest provider of Linux software reported net quar …

Between Michael Arrington’s rants on TechCrunch about music’s “inevitable” march towards being free and Chris Anderson’s Free: The Future of a Radical Price (note the price tag), there’s been no shortage of talk in the business/tech geek world about the whether or not music, entertainment and a lot of other things are destined to be free, leaving money to be made on shows, personal appearances or merchandise. The main argument in favor is, of course, Google.