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"Free" and "Open Source" Software: Navigating the Shibboleths Datamation: "However, as soon as you become involved with the community that centers around such code, you quickly find that it is also called free software--and that the two terms are far from synonymous..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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The Web's best free stuff Free: It's the magic word for an ever-expanding wealth of downloadable software and online services. Free doesn't necessarily mean good, however, and hunting for freebies can mean sifting through a lot of junk.T Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Sun looks to free up the rest of Java Sun Microsystems is stepping up efforts to boost Java usage in Linux shops by working to remove some final encumbrances in the open-source Java platform.By freeing these up, Java can be fully open-source and thu Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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New service tracks missing laptops for free Lose your laptop these days and you lose part of your life: You say good-bye to photos, music, and personal documents that cannot be replaced, and if it's a work computer, you may be the source of a very public data breach. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The Experts' Legal Guide on Free Software Linux-Watch: "On Valentine's Day, the SFLC published a legal guide, 'A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects,' for open-source developers and organizers..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Free and Open Source Project Management Software--OpenProj Socialized Software: "The folks at Projity sent me a note on Friday about reaching the 200,000 download mark for their open source project management software, OpenProj..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Dictators in Free and Open Source Software Free Software Magazine: "Some people seem to challenge the idea that most (if not all) free software projects need a benevolent dictatorthat is, somebody who has the last say on every decision. They are quick to point out Linus Torvalds past mistakes (see the brackets): using BitKeeper to Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Online Rebel Publishes Millions of Dollars in U.S. Court Records for Free If you want to search federal court documents, it's not a problem. Just apply online for an account, and the government will issue you a user name and password. Through the postal service. And once you log in, the government's courthouse search engine known as Public Access to Cou Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Online Rebel Publishes Millions of Dollars in U.S. Court Records for Free If you want to search federal court documents, it's not a problem. Just apply online for an account, and the government will issue you a user name and password. Through the postal service. And once you log in, the government's courthouse search engine known as Public Access to Cou Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Jonathan Schwartz's Free Software Foundation Outside the Lines: "Sun Microsystems has become its own free software foundation, open-sourcing everything from Java to Solaris, and acquiring the open-source MySQL database for $1 billion in January of this year, as a way to grow its revenue..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Google gives away free Web app security scanner Google has released for free one of its internal tools used for testing the security of Web-based applications.Ratproxy, released under an Apache 2.0 software license, looks for a variety of coding problems in W Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Untangle's Free Re-Router Gateway for Windows is Good Bet for SMBs TechRepublic: "Untangle, Inc. has released the Untangle on Windows open source gateway software for use on Windows PCs. Until now, Untangle has provided a Linux-based open source gateway as a free download or as a purchased piece of hardware." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Down with Windows! Russian Schools Turn to Free Software Russia Today: "Linux is a piece of open source software, free online to anyone who wants it, and Russian schools are switching to it to save cash..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Study Finds "Free Open Source Software Is Costing Vendors $60 Billion" Negative Approach: "I am trying to get my hands on this new report from the Standish Group that says that open source is decimating the traditional software market..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Open source identity: Free Telephony Project founder David Rowe TechWorld: "Move over proprietary telephony systems. Australian engineer David Rowe started the Free Telephony Project three years ago to build an affordable IP-PABX system out of free hardware and software. That's right, the design of the Free Telephony Project IP-PABX is open for any intere Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Support the Free Software Foundation's High-Priority List Campaign Off the Wall: "However, every once in a while, a cause comes along that is so obvious worthy that I make an exception. Take, for example, the Free Software Foundations high-priority list. How anyone who is the least interested in free and open source software (FOSS) could not support this Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Free software lawyers warn over Microsoft patent pledge Developers told to leave well alone The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has warned that promises made by Microsoft over its Office Open XML (OOXML) document formats could leave open source software developers at risk of legal action.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Update: Yahoo, Intel, and HP form cloud computing labs Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo are partnering for cloud computing research and education in order to advance the development and adoption of large-scale, data-intensive Internet-hosted applications and related IT infrastructure. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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SGI Relicenses OpenGL: "A Huge Gift to the Free Software Community" Linux.com: "After nine months, an open secret can finally be acknowledged: The OpenGL code that is responsible for 3-D acceleration on GNU/Linux, which was released by SGI in 1999, has been running on licenses that were accepted by neither the Free Software Foundation (FSF) nor the Open Sourc Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Microsoft to reclaim developers with free software? Software maker is trying to secure the next generation of developers by giving them software at no cost, but it may be too late to compete with free open-source releases. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |