Posts Tagged ‘Communications’

On Who Will Build the LAMP Cloud

As we covered last week , Zend Technologies, whose founders created the PHP language, just got another $9 million in funding.

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On Who Will Build the LAMP Cloud

Django 1.2 Brings Security Improvements

The Django Web framework got a major update this week with the release of Django 1.2 on Monday. This release brings some security improvements, better email handling, performance improvements, and better localization support

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Django 1.2 Brings Security Improvements

Microsoft, Focused On Robotics, Goes With A Free Model

As we reported yesterday when discussing the new open source Qbo robot, it joins a growing field of increasingly capable robots that run on free, open source platforms. In Qbo’s case, Linux is the underlying platform, and an open source software stack sits on top of it

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Microsoft, Focused On Robotics, Goes With A Free Model

CKAN Goes Gold: Open Data for All

The Open Knowledge Foundation has put the wrapper on CKAN 1.0 after three years of development . Nicknamed the “Debian of Data,” the CKAN software is behind the foundation’s CKAN.net and nearly 1,000 packages of open data and content.

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CKAN Goes Gold: Open Data for All

Qbo, Based On Linux, To Join Growing Field Of Open Source Robots

Slowly but surely, the field of open source robotics has expanded, and we’ve covered some of the most promising robot projects before. These include the iCub , which runs on an open source software platform found here , and open source robotics competition entries , with participants from all around the world.

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Qbo, Based On Linux, To Join Growing Field Of Open Source Robots