Posts Tagged ‘open source’
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
A reader asks: Why is Linux still not as user friendly as the two other main OSes with all the people developing for Linux? Is it because it is mainly developed by geeks?
My initial feeling when reading this question was that it was kind of a throwaway, kind of a slam in disguise as a genuine question. But the more I thought about it, the more intrigued I felt. There truly are a large amount of resources being dedicated to the development of Linux and its operating system halo (DEs, drivers, apps, etc). Some of these resources are from large companies (IBM, Red Hat, Novell). Why isn’t Linux more user-friendly? Is this an inherent limitation with open source software? Read more on this exclusive OSNews article…
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Tags: apps, cat, Geek, limit, Linux, news, open source, opera, operating, operating system, source
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
If you are struggling to keep up with all the twitter updates from your friends, there’s a little robot that can help you out.
The ‘Guardian Robot’ is an adorable machine that monitors your twitter feed for “happy” or “sad” updates from friends and then alerts you of the tweets by either raising its hand for a high-five or lowering its head, reports U.K. publication The Guardian. The robot that can sit on your desk will even tweet a reply on your behalf from its own twitter id @guardianrobot
The Guardian Robot is not as sophisticated as the Cybraphon, a musical band housed inside an antique wardrobe that we recently wrote about. The Cybraphon monitors its Facebook, Twitter and Flickr pages and plays music that reflects its online popularity at that moment.
But what makes the Guardian Robot interesting is how inexpensively it has been put together. It costs just over £60 ($70). It uses two servos–one to rotate the arm and another to raise or lower its head– and two microswitches. The body of the robot has been created out of a discarded Nintendo Wii Sports Resort game box.
All of this is connected to an Arduino board that powers and controls the switches. The Arduino, an open source single board microcontroller, is connected to a desktop via a USB. The board connects to an application written in the open source programming language, Processing 1.0.
The app polls Twitter every minute for tweets that match a specified criteria. When it finds a matching tweet it classifies it as a “happy” or sad one and directs the robot to the appropriate response.
For more details on the robot works or to see its actual code, check out The Guardian.
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Photo: Guardian Robot/The Guardian
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Tags: application, arm, blog, car, cat, click, desktop, Gadget, google, Micro, music, nec, nintendo, open source, platform, programming language, RAM, source, USB, wii, Windows
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Google publishes the source code for Apollo 11’s on-board computers, which can be run in a specialised emulator to simulate your own lunar mission!
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Tags: apc, computer, google, open source, source
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
InfoWorld reports on the fight over open source ‘leeches’ — companies that use open source technology but don’t give back to the open source community. While some view such organizations as a tragedy of the commons, others view the notion of ‘freeloaders’ as a relic of open source’s Wild West era, when coding was a higher calling and free software a religion.
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Tags: free software, news, open source, source
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
“Oracle’s acquisition of Sun raised a lot of questions about the future of Sun’s core technologies. Oracle says that it is committed to Solaris and Java, but some open source advocates are concerned about the implications for OpenOffice.org and MySQL. Ars looks at how Oracle and members of the open source software community have responded to the acquisition.”
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Tags: cat, core, news, Office, open source, source, SQL
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Secure messaging and collaboration!
A single place to manage email, calendar, contacts, notes and tasks. In the office. On the road. At home.
Kerio MailServer™ represents a new generation of mail servers designed for corporate networks. To help combat increasing security threats, Kerio MailServer™ offers a wide range of features to keep email from being intercepted, infected by computer viruses, or sent as spam. Kerio MailServer is state-of-the-art secure email server allowing companies to collaborate via email, shared contacts, shared calendars and tasks. The integrated anti-spam and anti-virus protection, email archiving and unattended backup saved customers from having to purchase and install separate expensive add-ons.
For small to medium businesses, schools, government and non-profits that need Exchange features, Kerio MailServer offers an easy to install, easy to administer, and cost effective Microsoft Exchange alternative. Kerio MailServer has the most complete collaboration features for mobile devices, cross-platform desktop clients, and web mail. Kerio MailServer is the only Exchange alternative to natively support Microsoft Entourage in Exchange mode. Kerio MailServer is the easiest Exchange alternative to install and setup for organizations that have little or no IT resources.
Kerio MailServer features include encrypted access using SSL, anti-virus and anti-spam protection, native over-the-air handheld synchronization, comfortable webmail interface, connector for Microsoft Outlook and groupware features. Administration is by a separate console application which can be run remotely. There is also a very limited web based administration facility. Messages are stored on the server as individual files with separate index files.
The Kerio MailServer product itself utilizes several open source products, including OpenSSL, SpamAssassin, PHP, and Qt.
Homepage: http://www.kerio.com/kms_home.html
Download: Kerio MailServer 6.6.2 Build 7651 Patch 2 (66.0 MB)
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Tags: application, backup, bookmark, business, cat, computer, desktop, google, hp, interface, limit, Micro, Microsoft, mobile devices, nec, network, news, Office, open source, platform, security, Server, source, Windows
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Any Video Converter is an All-in-One video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality. It allows you to effortlessly convert video files between every format, for FREE! It can convert almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-I, MPEG-I, DVD NTSC , DVD PAL, Flash for Video (FLV) , AVI Video and Customized WMV movie formats. Any Video Converter makes it easy for anyone to enjoy any format video with your PSP, mobile phone or MP4 player. It also supports any user defined video file formats as the output. It has an unmatchable speed and high quality.
There is open source software to perform almost every task for video conversion. But if you are one of these windows users who are looking for an All-in-One video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, Any Video Converter provides just that, allowing you to effortlessly convert video files between every format, for FREE!
Any Video Converter makes batch file conversion simple. Create a batch list of any different formats and convert them all to a single selected format. The converted files will be saved to a pre-selected directory folder and the original files will remain untouched.
Homepage – http://www.any-video-converter.com
Download – 14.8 MB
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Tags: bookmark, google, interface, job, news, open source, source, speed, video, Windows
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See “About VirtualBox” for an introduction.
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD.
VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while Sun ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.
Developer homepage
Download: VirtualBox 2.2.2 for Windows (62.9 MB)
Download: VirtualBox 2.2.2 for other OS
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Tags: Beta, blog, bookmark, cat, google, limit, Linux, macintosh, milestone, news, open source, opera, operating, operating system, Operating Systems, performance, platform, RAM, Server, solution, source, virtualization, Vista, Windows
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Application creators can get an early look at the software developer kit for Android 1.5, the next version of the mobile operating system, according to Google. Based on the “Cupcake” branch from the Android Open Source Project, the SDK has application programming interfaces for new features, including soft keyboards. Android phones with the new operating system could challenge the iPhone. Google has also changed the developer tools as well as the structure of the SDK so that it includes multiple versions of the Android platform.
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Tags: application, cat, google, interface, iPhone, keyboard, new operating system, news, next version, open source, opera, operating, operating system, platform, RAM, source, TechNewsWorld, Windows
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