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Big Names in FOSS to Keynote LinuxCon; Mini-Summits Announced

May 5th, 2010 Admin
The Linux Foundation announced the first round of keynote speakers and several mini-summits for its upcoming conference, LinuxCon . The event, scheduled for August 10-12, 2010 in Boston, MA, draws FOSS users and developers from around the country to learn, discuss, and collaborate on all things Linux. Speakers this year include: Ravi Simhambhatla , vice president and chief information officer at Virgin America, the San Francisco-based domestic airline.

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Are U.S. Copyright Terms Too Long?

April 9th, 2010 Admin
The Economist is out with an interesting discussion on copyrights , dubbed “Copyright and Wrong,” which which is very relevant to open technology development. It calls for significantly shorter terms for ownership of copyright, and puts the blame for current copyright problems on “the entertainment industry’s lawyears and lobbyists.” Could shorter copyright terms lead to more open content, art and intellectual property? Definitely

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A Bright Future for Drizzle

March 10th, 2010 Admin
It seems like there’s been little but bad news and resignations coming from Oracle since it finally managed to close the deal on Sun. Finally, there’s good news in that Drizzle seems to have a bright future ahead.

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The Software Titans and the Future of Novell’s Assets

March 4th, 2010 Admin
One thing that many people are missing as they examine the implications of hedge fund Elliott Associates L.P.’s $2 billion offer to buy Novell is how Microsoft and other software titans stand to be impacted.

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Embiggen Your Brain with gbrainy

March 3rd, 2010 Admin
? Fans of logic puzzles, memory games, and other brain-stretching exercises should check out the latest release of gbrainy . Gbrainy 1.40 came out at the end of February with some new translations, mouse support, and two new logic games to entertain your brain.

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Embiggen Your Brain with gbrainy

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