Open Source

Enterprise Hadoop: Big data processing made easier
InfoWorld
Moving forward, Forrester believes a new architecture will emerge: virtual network infrastructure (VNI). more By Peter Wayner | InfoWorld It's been a big year for Apache Hadoop, the open source project that helps you split your workload among a rack of ...

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Does Facebook really embody “The Hacker Way”? Famous hackers discuss
VentureBeat
But while Facebook participates in some parts of the larger hacker culture — including using and writing free and open-source software, hosting epic hackathons, and encouraging dissident thinking and individual contributions — it might have been a ...

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Five open source hardware projects that could change the world
The H
By Andrew Back Open source hardware is increasingly making the news, as Ford partners with Bug Labs to “advance in-car connectivity innovation”, thousands of US Radio Shack stores start stocking Arduino, and Facebook releases the plans for ...

Red Hat to Recognize Organizations with Sixth Annual Innovation Awards
MarketWatch (press release)
RALEIGH, NC, Feb 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Red Hat, Inc. /quotes/zigman/208092/quotes/nls/rht RHT -1.14% , the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced nominations are open for its sixth annual Red Hat Innovation Awards, ...

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IBNLive.com
Is Desktop Linux Becoming Fractured as Open Source Matures?
The VAR Guy
Fast forward to the present, however, and there's an immense litany of different choices, all vying to become the new face of your open source operating system. To me, this shift signals a new paradigm in the world of free software — a turn that could ...
5 free operating systems that aren't LinuxIBNLive.com
Hail the penguinStuff.co.nz

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Open source players share their experiences in CC-BY-SA book
The H
Forty-two contributors from a variety of open source projects have shared their open source development experiences in a new book entitled "Open Advice". Each author has written a short piece based on their personal experience on what they wished they ...

Actuate Partner ReportSoft Named Finalist in European Software Excellence Awards
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Actuate Corporation /quotes/zigman/72777/quotes/nls/birt BIRT +1.47% , The people behind BIRT(R) and the leading open source Business Intelligence (BI) vendor, today announced that ReportSoft, ...

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Open Source Initiative affiliates announced at FOSDEM
The H
Open Source Initiative (OSI) board member Simon Phipps has announced a group of affiliate organisations who will be providing advice to the OSI as it reforms itself from a self appointed board-based organisation eventually to a member-based ...
A New OSIComputerworldUK (blog)

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OMB Shared First should include open source, says group
FierceGovernmentIT
Open source advocates urge the Office of Management and Budget to expand its Shared First strategy to include open source software development in a Feb. 2 comment posted online. OMB released Dec. 8 a draft strategy calling on agencies to develop a plan ...

Official: The White House Loves Open Source
ComputerworldUK (blog)
But that disappointing non-answer is following by something remarkable: a paean to open source software: We understand that the concern about software patents stems, in part, from concerns that overly broad patents on software-based inventions may ...

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Google Summer of Code 2012 announced
The H
Each year since 2005, Google has offered university students stipends to write and develop code for various open source projects as part of its GSoC event, which takes place over a period of three months. According to the 2012 GSoC timeline, ...
Google Summer of Code 2012iProgrammer

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Digitaltrends.com
Linux unveils open source tablet
ITWeb
By Alex Kayle, Senior portals journalist The Spark, an open source tablet that will be available for purchase by May this year, is part of the Linux-based MeeGo project, which is hosted by the Linux Foundation, iTWire reports. The device will run open ...
Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its wayZDNet (blog)
Is Linux Spark Tablet An iPad Killer?Datamation
Meet the Spark, an open-source tablet that will cost $260 and run LinuxDigitaltrends.com
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Software sans royalty for education
IBNLive.com
BANGALORE: Open-source software has proven to be cost-effective wherever it has been implemented, including the education sector. For the first time, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has taken to open-source software as against proprietary software such as ...

Big Switch releases open source controller for OpenFlow
RF DesignLine
Big Switch Networks - formed to speed implementation of the new OpenFlow software defined networking architecture in nextgen cloud architecture servers, routers and switches - has just released an open source package for building such architectures.

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Google Summer of Code 2012
iProgrammer
Google's 8th year of its program that gives students the chance of working in open source software development during their summer break was announced at the FOSDEM open source conference in Belgium. Google Summer of Code, a global program that is run ...
Google Summer of Code 2012 AnnouncedNetwork World

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Big Data: Will Open Source Software Challenge BI & Analytics Software Vendors
Smart Data Collective
Well, this is about to change – thanks to technologies such as Apache Hadoop (which supports Big Data distributed applications under a free license), HBase (an open source, non-relational/distributed database) and the freely available R programming ...

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Banks Push Hadoop Envelope to Open Big Data's Secrets
Banktech
Finding that traditional database technologies reach their limits when confronted with Big Data, banks including Zions Bancorporation are exploring Apache's Hadoop open source platform to enable deeper analytics. By Anne Rawland Gabriel Given the ...

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Chinese OEM Xiaomi publishes MIUI open source code
Android Community
MIUI is based on code from the Android Open Source Project and CyanogenMod, which publishes its code regularly. The interface takes elements from Android, iOS, WebOS and other sources to create a unique look with features you won't find anywhere else.
MIUI Android ROM is going open sourceMobiputing
Xiaomi decides to make MIUI open sourceAndroidOS.in
MIUI ROM is going open-sourceWCCFtech (blog)
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Codethink Senior Engineer Launches Open Source 3D Device Driver Project ...
PR Web (press release)
A new open source 3D graphics driver project, http://www.limadriver.org, is launched today with a live interactive demonstration and discussion to take place at the Free and Open Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) on Saturday, ...

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MIUI Android ROM is going open source
Mobiputing
Now that the project is going open source it's likely that it will be ported to even more devices — and third party developers may have an easier time customizing the software or writing apps that feel like they were designed for MIUI.
MIUI Android ROM is Being Open SourcedPhandroid.com

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