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- It's not open source until the OSI says so
- The Open Source Initiative is cracking down on the loosey goosey way the term "open source" is being thrown around. Triggered in part by this Dana Blankenhorn post OSI president Michael Tiemann outlines why the OSI needs to crack down on abusive use of the term open source. In other...
- Tags: General, Linux, Open Source, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- Intalio makes disingenuous claim that it has released code as open source
- I just received a press release from Intalio who is engaging in what Id consider to be more slight of hand when it comes to vendors claiming that theyve released code under an open source license when that isnt the case, at least according to the people who have written...
- Tags: Mozilla Public License, Legal, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- Attribution may matter (in open source licensing), but making the Open Source Initiative whole matters first
- Just before the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, I wrote about how a handful of vendors including customer relationship management solution provider SugarCRM were distributing software under licenses that they claimed to be open source licenses, but that dont appear on the Open Source Initiatives OSI official list of...
- Tags: Berlind, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, General, Open Source Initiative
- Blog posts 2006-11-28
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- ROFLthing 2008
- Have you ever been to an internet culture conference? Earlier this year, Harvard senior Tim Hwang threw one in Cambridge, Mass., and it was a massive success. This time, Hwang wanted to have a smaller get together in San Francisco to chat about memes. Welcome to ROFLthing...
- Tags: Humor, Rickroll, Chuck Norris, Internet, Strategy, Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Windows Mobile magazine ends, but iPhone Life launches on September 9th
- While I get the majority of my news and content online, I still do subscribe to a few magazines including MacWorld, Laptop, and Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine. I am very saddened by the news that there will be one final issue of Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine. As you...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Magazine, Smartphone, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- India search market in June 2008
- Searches, mln. Searchers, 000 Searches Per Searcher Visits Per Searcher Searches Per Visit Worldwide 74,217 802,267 92.5 23.6 3.9 India 1,242 23,416 53.1 14.7 3.6 Source: comScore SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "India search market in June 2008", url: "http://www.itfacts.biz/india-search-market-in-june-2008/11329" }...
- Tags: India, ComScore Networks Inc., NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Top search engines in July 2008
- Core Search Entity Jun-08 Jul-08 Growth, MTM Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% NA Google Sites 61.5% 61.9% 0.4 Yahoo! Sites 20.9% 20.5% -0.4 Microsoft Sites 9.2% 8.9% -0.3 Ask Network 4.3% 4.5% 0.2 AOL LLC 4.1% 4.2% 0.1...
- Tags: Search Engine, Site, Search, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Top social networking sites in Japan in June 2008
- June 2007 June 2008 % Change Total Internet 53,716 56,220 5 MIXI.JP 12,367 12,738 3 MYSPACE.COM 1,137 1,245 10 Orkut N/A 638 N/A FACEBOOK.COM 172 538 213 Gree 531 455 -14 Source: comScore ...
- Tags: Network, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Top Web sites in Germany in June 2008
- Property June 2007 June 2008 % Change Total German Internet Audience 32,857 34,986 6% Online Gaming 9,609 10,502 9% Zylom 1,977 2,492 26% Spill Group 1,521 1,542 1% Gameforge Sites 1,224 1,446 18% SPIELAFFE.DE 498 1,173 136% ...
- Tags: Web, Web Site, Games, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Personal Technology, Internet, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Historical e-commerce growth rates, June 2007 to June 2008
- Month YTY growth Jun-07 25% Jul-07 22% Aug-07 28% Sep-07 19% Oct-07 19% Nov-07 20% Dec-07 18% Jan-08 12% Feb-08 14% Mar-08 9% Apr-08 15% May-08...
- Tags: E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- iPhone tethering rumored
- When I travel I carry a second phone alongside my iPhone – for one reason. Tethering. I need to be able to get online wherever I am and Wi-Fi isn't exactly ubiquitous and free Wi-Fi seems to be getting scarcer with each passing day. To make matters...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- My father, the casemodder
- I love hearing about these wacky aesthetic computer modifications that people do. While a lot of them definitely have the "cool" factor, most aren't exactly useful or practical. But when I heard about one particular "casemod" from one of my readers, I was intrigued. It just so happened that this...
- Tags: Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
- The software maker has been granted a US patent on "navigating paginated content in page-based increments." Microsoft has been granted a patent on 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' keystrokes. The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008....
- Tags: Page, Microsoft Corp., Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Microsoft, patent
- News items 2008-08-29
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentum
- Novell's fiscal third quarter was notable for reasons beyond Linux sales and its core product line. Novell's most recent quarter was the sixth consecutive one that topped expectations. That consistency may mark the days where Novell becomes something more than an afterthought. Now it's no coincidence that...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisition
- Microsoft said Friday that it will acquire Greenfield Online, which owns Ciao, a price comparison, shopping and reviews site in Europe, for $17.50 a share, or $486 million. The goal: Expand Live Search in Europe. Greenfield Online, which also owns an Internet survey business, will be split...
- Tags: Acquisition, Europe, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Survey, Ciao, Survey Business, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Virtual desktop solutions and mobility
- Several suppliers, including Citrix and VDIworks, have come forward to speak with me about work they're doing to address the inhibitors to deploying VDI-based solutions. Here are some of the issues these suppliers are addressing. Organizations have come to think that the only...
- Tags: Desktop, Mobility, Virtual Desktop, VDIworks, Staff Member, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- News to know: Dell; Comcast's cap; Yahoo Mash RIP; Google Apps
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins Google, Mozilla extend search box deal Jason Hiner: Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Hydrogen Road Tour, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?
- The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone...
- Tags: Innovation, Web, Bandwidth, Comcast Corp., Internet, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- FBI warns 'electronic Pearl Harbor' possible
- FBI warns 'electronic Pearl Harbor' possibleWake Up!Just when are the public and the goverment ever going to realize that there is ABSOLUTELY ZERO SECURITY when it comes to computers? It makes no sense for banks and any goverment agency to have their networks connected to the internet. How many more...
- Tags: Federal government, INTERNET, PRODUCTIVITY, Financial services, Pearl Harbor, FBI
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
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