StatusNet 0.9.0 announcement release. This is the latest version of software that represents almost 8 months of hard work by the StatusNet developer community and that is a basis for identi.ca microblogging service.
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Google and the Tor project
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When it comes to code, Google's support has made a big difference to the Tor Project. Providing privacy and helping to circumvent censorship online is a challenge that keeps our software developers and volunteers very busy. The Google Summer of Code brings students and mentors in the open source community together to write code for three months every year.
Read more »German police to use open source Navit navigation
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the German district of Brandenburg, which surrounds but does not include the national capital of Berlin, is trialling the Navit car navigation system for its Police System
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Document Freedom Day 2010
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Will you be able to read your documents 20 years from now? Every day, millions of computer users like you edit text and spreadsheets, take pictures and record audio and video. What if you couldn't read your private letters anymore, or even open that album with pictures from your honeymoon?
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Android 2.1 to be available everywhere?
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All Android phones sold in the U.S. will be eligible for an Android 2.1 update, although some older phones may need to be wiped first, says an industry report. Meanwhile another report says Google's Nexus One is heading to Verizon on Mar. 23, and an AdMob study explores Android users.
Read more »How to create LXC system containers to isolate services
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Vincent Danen shows you how to create Linux Resource Containers to run a full service or set of services, isolated from the host operating system.
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Android app brings in $13K a month
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One Android developer is earning more than $400 a day from his find-your-car application, proving it's not just Apple fans who'll pay for basic apps. Much has been made of the millions awaiting those who decide to develop for Apple's iPhone: the UK government even sponsored a help guide.
Read more »Firefox may never hit 25 percent market share
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Firefox is on a decline. It may not be as steady as Internet Explorer's death spiral, and it certainly has not been going on for as long, but if the last three months are any indication, Firefox will never hit that 25 percent market share mark that looked all but certain just a few short months ago.
Read more »Announcing Connect!
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During the last openSUSE Conference we had a brainstorming meeting about social aspects of our community. We felt that openSUSE is missing something similar than Ubuntu Launchpad or Fedora Community. I created connect.opensuse.org.
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Are Firefox’s glory days behind it?
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Firefox has, for a long time, been gaining ground in the Web browser wars, eating in to Internet Explorer’s still-sizable lead all the while. But no longer.
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Vermont Adopts Open Source Software Policy
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Vermont has become the latest government to enact an open source software policy, after Secretary of Administration Neale F. Lunderville recently signed a policy developed under state CIO David Tucker's leadership.
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Install Songbird in Ubuntu using Launchpad Repository
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Multimedia apps for Ubuntu is really coming around. Now its the Songbird, the long forgotten multimedia application. Songbird has really turned around since I last tried it out an year ago and it now even have a PPA. Lets see how to install songbird in Ubuntu Lucid, Karmic and Jaunty.
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KontrolPack - Cross-platform network controller
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KontrolPack provides a large list of network related features such as : remote shell command execution, file transfer, network overview, etc... The objective of this project is to improve system interoperability by connecting remote computers, regardless of their operating system, and remotely executing shell commands over the network.
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Ubuntu 10.04 Light (Radiance) And Dark (Ambiance) Themes Are Now Available For All (Download)
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The new Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lunx: Light and Dark themes are now available for all. The themes are called Ambiance (dark) and Radiance (light)...
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Revitalise your desktop with Compiz
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Not more than two years ago, 3D graphics would only mean either something to a gamer or a CAD engineer. Now, 3D has entered into mainstream computing.
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