Tag: Open Source

VLC Media Player Coming to Android?
While the Android environment does support various types of media files, one of the knocks on the OS is...
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WordPress Founder Talks Version 3.2, Security, Google, and More
WordPress 3.2 recently launched with hopes of bringing a "faster and lighter" approach to the publishing platform. This la...
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Google Looks to the Crowd to Take On Microsoft and Skype
Google was already starting to compete with Skype a little, by releasing things like video chat within Gmail, but Gmail is only a small segment of people in the broader landscape o...
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Big Data Challenges and What Factual Is Doing about Them
Data has become a very coveted item. There is so much of it, but it is so hard to obtain. It is easier to get now than it ever was before with offerings such as...
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Oracle Turns OpenOffice Into A Community-Based Project
The longtime, free alternative to Microsoft Office will be changing hands in regards to development and supervision as Oracle announced their intentions to turn OpenOffice into a c...
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OpenStack Open Source Cloud Project Sees Rapid Growth
Rackspace Hosting just announced the six-month anniversary of OpenStack, the open source...
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Google Wave Lives on as Apache Wave
Earlier this year Google made an unexpected move when it announced it...
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DMOZ Co-Founder “Crowd Sources” Search with New Search Engine Blekko
Rich Skrenta, co-founder & former CEO of Topix and NewHoo (which went on to become The Open Direc...
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A Brief Look at What Diaspora Will Do
The source code for Diaspora has been released. It has generated a lot of buzz since it gained funding through Kickstarter and Facebook started drawing more privacy scrutiny e...
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Google Open Sources More of Wave So Developers Can Take Advantage
Google has given an update on its immediate plans for Google Wave. As you probably know, the company recently announced that it would be shutting down Google Wave as a standalon...
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MusOpen Uses Diaspora Model to Set Classical Music Rights Free
You may have heard about Diaspora, a Kickstarter project that aims to be an...
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So-Called Facebook Alternative Diaspora Gets a Launch Date
You may recall that earlier this year, Facebook took a lot of heat over user privacy. While some may still not be satisfied, the company did release simplified privacy settings...
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Rackspace Teams Up with NASA on Open Source Cloud Project
Rackspace and NASA are collaborating on an open source cloud platform aimed at "fostering the em...
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Google Open Sources reMail
A couple weeks ago, Google acquired reMail, a popular iPhone app, and pulled it from Apple's App Store. Now, Google has made it open source. "After looking...
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Facebook Set To Unveil “Hyper PHP”
A PHP project that's been underway for about two years is finally going to bear fruit for Facebook.  Reports indicate that the company is set to announce the creation of &q...
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