Open Source Applications

Cloud Connect Santa Clara Exhibitors Preview Major News
MarketWatch (press release)
Cloudify will now be available with a rich, fully-functional free edition, which has largely already been open-sourced. HP Cloud Services will provide a public cloud infrastructure that is business-grade, open source-based, and developer focused.
Mirantis Speaks Up at Cloud Connect 2012 About OpenStack CloudSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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API: Three Letters That Change Life, the Universe and Even Detroit
Wired News
By Cade Metz Sam Ramji was the head of open source software at Microsoft. But now he has a new crusade. Photo: Wired.com/Ariel Zambelich Sam Ramji met AT&T chief technology officer John Donovan on a speed date — or at least the tech world equivalent ...

Digitaltrends.com
Is Linux Spark Tablet An iPad Killer?
Datamation
Not only that, but who is the target audience for this new tablet running with a FoSS (free open source software) mindset? Out of the box, I suspect we'll see a lot of existing Linux desktop applications making their way forward.
Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its wayZDNet (blog)
Meet the Spark, an open-source tablet that will cost $260 and run LinuxDigitaltrends.com
Spark Tablet Coming for the FOSS CrowdLinuxInsider.com

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Mirantis Speaks Up at Cloud Connect 2012 About OpenStack Cloud
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The much-needed program will expand the pool of skilled engineering talent and expertise in OpenStack software throughout the industry. Mirantis is an engineering services company delivering open source application infrastructure and OpenStack ...
Cloud Connect Santa Clara Exhibitors Preview Major NewsMarketWatch (press release)

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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 ...

Enterprise Hadoop: Big data processing made easier
InfoWorld
With this information, you'll get a rough idea of how to set up resilient services inside or outside the enterprise. more By Peter Wayner | InfoWorld It's been a big year for Apache Hadoop, the open source project that helps you split your workload ...

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Jumpstart development for renewable energy applications with TI's new C2000(TM ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Integral to making solar development easy, TI provides complete open source software and tools to ease development. As part of the C2000 family of MCU devices, both solar development boards are fully supported in the controlSUITE(TM) software offering.

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Connamara Releases FIXpresso commercial version of QuickFIX/J open source Java ...
Fundamentals
Connamara Systems is committed to ongoing development of FIXpresso and supporting applications. It is backed by the company's 11 years of FIX experience and involvement in the QuickFIX and QuickFIX/J open source projects. Founded in 1998 by Jim Downs, ...

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Red Hat to Recognize Organizations with Sixth Annual Innovation Awards
MarketWatch (press release)
Optimized Systems -- Recognition of striking performance, scalability and/or groundbreaking enhancements delivered with open source solutions. -- Next Generation Business Application -- Recognition of overall performance of creating, maintaining and ...

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IBNLive.com
Is Desktop Linux Becoming Fractured as Open Source Matures?
The VAR Guy
Traditionally, one could run whichever Linux distribution one wanted and still be able to use all of the open source software out there. Most programs were installable on any Linux distribution, and KDE applications could run in GNOME, and vice versa, ...
Hail the penguinStuff.co.nz

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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 ...

Google Summer of Code 2012 announced
The H
Google says that over the past seven years, 6000 students from more than 90 countries have completed the GSoC program. "Our goal is to help these students pursue academic challenges over the summer break while they create and release open source code ...
Google Summer of Code 2012iProgrammer

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International Business Times
Google launches Android Bouncer
News24
They are charlatans and scammers," wrote Chris DiBona, open source program manager for Google. Lockheimer admitted that the company was committed to fighting malware threats. "The service has been looking for malicious apps in Market for a while now, ...
Top 10 Best and Most Useful Free Android Apps of All Times (VIDEO)International Business Times

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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 ...

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ZDNet (blog)
Google's Android Market 'Bouncer' - Does it offer enough protection?
ZDNet (blog)
The new service, called 'Bouncer,' is designed to quietly and automatically scan the entire Android Market (and all new apps uploaded) for malware. The service performs a set of analyses on new applications, applications already in Android Market, ...
military to get secure Android phonesCNN
Keeping A Healthy Tech DietDr. Dobb's (blog)

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'Blue Ivy,' the trademark: Feds move fast on rights to Beyoncé and Jay-Z's ...
Washington Post (blog)
By The Reliable Source Thinking of cashing in on the Beyoncé baby boom? Too late! That train has already left the station, only four weeks after little Blue Ivy Carter was born. Jay-Z and Beyonce at the US Open last fall. (Lucy Nicholson / Reuters) On ...

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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
The Chinese developers behind the MIUI ROM and app suite for Android devices have announced that they're opening the source code for their software. MIUI is a custom version of Android that, quite frankly, looks a lot like iOS.

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Sci-Tech Today
The Android Community Responds to Security Challenges
IT Business Edge (blog)
That's part and parcel of both of the specifics of how open source works and, more generally, that a massive deployment of an operating system based on that approach to intellectual property is unprecedented and sure to raise many issues.
Google's Bouncer Searches for Misbehaving Android AppsSci-Tech Today
Google introduces Bouncer, keeps Android market free of malicious appsandroidandme.com
Google to auto probe Android Market for malwareCSO Magazine
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Developing web apps with Opa
San Jose Mercury News
First, the database, client code, and server code are all driven by different technologies, which introduces complexity and the need for explicit communication among different elements of the application. Opa, a new generation of open source web ...