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Should Apple worry about Songbird 1.0Open Source - 14 hours ago Songbird, an open source iTunes replacement (or music browser) has hit its 1.0 release, and now everyone will start asking whether Apple should be worried. It has some nifty features, like integration with the Last.fm … Also tagged: general, apple, standards, applications, content, not linux |
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Whassup with Netbooks?Open Source - 14 hours ago It has suddenly become fashionable to diss the Netbook. Some of the blame goes to Intel, which didn’t understand who its buyers might be. I remember when cars like my Toyota Scion and the Honda Element came out their … Also tagged: general, hardware, linux, business models, linux laptop |
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Google, open source and the need for governanceOpen Source - Dec 2, 2008 At my personal blog yesterday I took a highly-opinionated look at the political struggle now underway between the Bells and Google to control what Larry Lessig called the “West Coast Law” of the Internet. Readers of … Also tagged: politics, general, internet, google, legal, government, telecom, content |
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What might end Apple’s open source passOpen Source - Nov 29, 2008 Apple has replaced Microsoft as the chief foe of open source. (Picture from a student assignment sheet at Bodine High School in Pennsylvania.) This was in part a matter of necessity. Apple had to put DRM on its iPod … Also tagged: general, hardware, apple, legal, applications, content |
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 29, 2008
Getting out the message that it's usually nothing would be a great start toward bringing the mass market of medical search online. by Dana Blankenhorn
Also tagged: blogging, internet, software, management, healthcare, strategy, market, microsoft corp, enterprise software, benefits, human resources, dana blankenhorn, vertical industries
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A future so bright Tux needs shadesOpen Source - Nov 27, 2008 To hear Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin tell it, the operating system war is over and Linux has won. (Rockies Brewing makes other fine beers, too.) “Linux represents the ultimate flight to safety in … Also tagged: general, management, linux, foss, linux desktop os, linux server os, linux handheld, linux laptop |
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Open source journalism goes localOpen Source - Nov 19, 2008 ZDNet is a good example of open source journalism applied to a vertical market. (To respond to the graphic at the right click here.) We use open source tools. A small staff works with a large group of writers who are … Also tagged: general, internet, publishing, content, business models |
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From Windows Capable to the Linux laptopOpen Source - Nov 17, 2008 I think you can draw a straight line from the Vista Capable brouhaha to recent introductions of laptop Linux by HP and Dell, once Microsoft’s most loyal OEMs. (That is the HP 1000 to the right, from the screen of our … Also tagged: hardware, marketing, strategy, linux laptop |
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Big telecom acquiring a Google fixationOpen Source - Nov 11, 2008 If you want to know what the telco monopolists are feeling, deep in their multi-secretaried lairs, the best place to start is with Scott Cleland. Scott, through his Precursor blog, would like to be seen as the Karl … Also tagged: politics, general, internet, google, legal, government, telecom, content, business models |
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Golden era of open spectrum dawnsOpen Source - Nov 6, 2008 While you were watching Barack Obama become President-elect something just as Earth-shattering was happening in Washington. The golden era of open spectrum was launched. It was launched by the FCC opening 300-400 MHz … Also tagged: politics, general, internet, microsoft, infrastructure, google, legal, standards, wireless, government, telecom, content, business models |