Google vs Jimmy Wales & Open Source Search

"Jimmy Wales, the founder of not-for profit Wikipedia and for-profit, San Mateo, Calif.-based Wikia is part of a growing number of people who are discomforted by the growing control Google over search. And he is doing something about it. His company, Wikia, last week bought...

A Really Smart Way to Raise Funds for Your Organization

The Linux Foundation reintroduced their Visa credit card today. The concept is simple: each time a Linux Foundation card holder uses their card, a donation is made to The Linux Fund by the card issuer, U.S. Bank. Think of it as reward points going where they are needed......

Can Open Office save you money?

I'm an Open Source and Linux advocate.  I use Linux at home and at work.  I try to tell people about Open Source software (and Linux), with varying degrees of success.  I understand people's fear of the unknown, especially when that unknown goes against the...

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Open-Xchange Named CRN Emerging Software Vendor to Watch

Why standards, open source are important to a great leap forward in social ne...

I can't follow the code of reblg, but I know it is a good idea. And that is just one of Marc's good ideas here. Read for yourself."The dream is that distributed social networks will mesh with individuals--each who are on multiple social networks--and that the whole thing kind...

"Linux doesn't support my hardware!"

I lurk in a couple of Linux newsgroups and quite frequently see posts exclaiming that Linux doesn’t support this video card or that multi-function device or whatever. Now, sometimes these postings are made by trolls trying to spread FUD about Linux and open source in...

NPR Marketplace To Tackle Open Source Science

If there's going to be a "Science 2.0" you need raw data to be openly available, not restricted to expensive journals.  Janet Babin is interviewing scientists for her Marketplace series and it is discussed here.

Ubuntu :a Linux-based operating system,available with both community and prof...

Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. It is developed by a large community and we invite you to participate too! The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Philosophy: that...

Kidzworld: One Of The Largest Ruby On Rails Sites Ever Deployed

Vancouver's Kidzworld Launch: A Social Networking Website For Kids Kidzworld: a fully moderated, safe and secure social networking site for kids. Kidzworld the company is a 7-year old Vancouver company and has over 700,000 users to date worldwide. In their world online,...

Open Source Model Improves Quality of Scientific Problem Solving

I should get in touch with Karim Lakhani with the concept of building giant robotic whales to cruise around the oceans picking up all those tiny bits of plastic that are clogging everything up. They'd have baleines just like the grid on a Cadillac. "an assistant professor at...