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DVCS adoption is soaring among open source projectsOpen in New Window
Large-scale open source software projects are increasingly adopting distributed version control systems such as Git, Bazaar, and Mercurial. Ars takes a look at the challenges and rewards of making th read more »
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Will More iPhone Apps go Open Source?Open in New Window
"Ever since Apple finally lifted the NDA covering the iPhone SDK, a small number of developers have started to open source their native iPhone apps. Today, Freshbooks, a popular online time-tracking read more »
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"Social electronics," open source, and Linux smartphonesOpen in New Window
OpenMoko CEO Sean Moss-Pultz recently used a message to the project mailing list to share his views about openness, community-driven product development, and the future of OpenMoko.Read More... read more »
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Verizon’s Open Network Starts Slow But There’s HopeOpen in New Window
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Municipalities open their GIS systems to citizensOpen in New Window
"Many public administrations already use open source Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to let citizens look at public geographic data trough dedicated Web sites. Others use the same software to.. read more »
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Big Blue urged to open Notes and DominoOpen in New Window
"Ian Tree, the chief architect at IT consultancy Hadleigh Marshall Netherlands b.v. of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, has some free advice for IBM's Software Group: Take the..." read more »
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URL redirects open scareware loophole at major sitesOpen in New Window
Joel Hruska writes "URL redirect notifications are often meant to serve as security measures, but at least one malware blackhat is exploiting these services and redirecting site visitors from the we read more »
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Myst Online goes open source, fans to make their own worldsOpen in New Window
"Cyan Worlds has announced that it will be releasing the tools used to create Myst Online: Uru Live, making the game open-source. Ars speaks with the man behind the decision to get the details." read more »
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