 BBC News | Government reneges on open source promise for Cloudstore 2.0 PC Advisor By Derek du Preez | Computerworld UK | 19 May 12 The UK government has finally unveiled the second iteration of its Cloudstore after a number of delays, and has reneged on its pledge to make version 2.0 open source. Cloudstore is an online catalogue ... Government releases second iteration of CloudStore UK.gov's G-Cloud 2.0 pushes back launch date CloudStore 2 goes live |
Can We Open-Source Hardware? NPR Through this, he says, "We can lead self-sustaining lives without sacrificing our standard of living." Though he has a Ph.D. in fusion physics, Jakubowski chose a life as a farmer and social innovator. He is the founder of Open Source Ecology, ... |
Open-Source Messaging at (nearly) the Speed of Light CIO According to Ehm, CERN began using open source message broker ActiveMQ as a way to transport data between the 85000 machines and more than 2 million total endpoints at the facility in 2005. While the team was initially looking only for a free Java ... |
 Wired News | Being open could close the door on Android BGR Google has created a truly amazing and innovative platform, and because it is open-source anyone can tweak it and customize it. Even devices that weren't meant for Android, such as my HP TouchPad, can run the mobile OS beautifully thanks to dedicated ... The Android Plan: Why Google Will Mimic Microsoft To Conquer Apple Are Android smartphone and tablet makers getting impatient with Google? Google's plan to cut out carriers: Sell a bunch of Android 5.0 Nexus devices ... |
 ComputerWeekly.com (blog) | Army hosts MOSES open-source virtual world FCW.com By Alice Lipowicz Federal agencies are experimenting with virtual worlds for training, analysis and team-building in a secure and open source environment, courtesy of the US Army. The Army's Research Lab Simulation and Training Technology Center in ... US Army trains in open source 3-D virtual cyber-world |
 ComputerworldUK (blog) | Android Apps Fuel Open Source Surge Midsize Insider Mobile devices, and Android apps in particular, are fueling an accelerating growth in open-source software. And while most of these new open source apps are aimed at the consumer market, there is something for IT managers at midsize firms--quite a bit, ... Android boosts open source development for mobile Open source: an emerging driver for mobile first strategy |
Desire for Business Freedom, Reliability and Accountability Makes the Pass to ... SBWire (press release) SoftwarePapa provides free open source software for personal and professional use, readily available for download at no charge. Tutorials, guides and other resources are accessible to users and developers. Rotherham, South Yorkshire -- (SBWIRE) ... |
An open dialog on open source cloud TechTarget Open source cloud software has its share of advantages and downsides. The idea of a license-free option can be enticing to budget-conscious IT departments looking to make their first move in the cloud space, as can the promise of no vendor lock-in. |
Should Music Be Open Source? A Remixed Conversation hypebot.com The Polish Ambassador, a "beat machine from the future," raised a number of interesting questions on Facebook about "what it would mean to be an 'open source' musician." Discussion ensued. Mike Masnick pointed to this discussion on TechDirt. |
Open-Source Touch Table Puts the World at Your Fingertips PCWorld It's an open-source, open-hardware touch table that can be used as a peripheral for an external computer or with an integrated computer as a table computer. In order to get high enough screen resolution at a reasonable cost, the Platsurface team is ... |