Leftovers: OSS
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Facebook 'LIKES' Google FlatBuffers, ups performance on Android
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Axis of evil: Facebook uses Google code to slash page load times
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Kim Dotcom says he will build an open-source rival to ‘unsafe’ Mega
Entrepreneur, hacker, and aspiring politician Kim Dotcom has said that he intends to launch an open-source, non-profit cloud storage service that will follow in the footsteps of his previous file-sharing sites Megaupload and Mega. In a user-led Q&A on Slashdot, Dotcom said that since leaving Mega he doesn't trust the service anymore, alleging that the site suffered "a hostile takeover by a Chinese investor" whose shares were subsequently seized by the New Zealand government, putting them in control of the site and putting users' data at risk.
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IBM Looks to Jumpstart a Development Community for the Internet of Things
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Common values unite journalism and open source
My internship at Red Hat began one week after I graduated from the University of North Carolina's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. I was nervous because I wasn't sure if my journalism skills would be a good fit for a technology company. The extent of my software knowledge came from a class I took one semester in which we learned the basics of HTML. Little did I know, however, that studying journalism was a great way to prepare me for working in an open organization.
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Dotcom’s FOSS Cloud Plans
Down near the bottom of the interview, a Slashdot reader using the moniker “Anonymous Coward” asked a question about Mega’s alleged lack of security because the platform isn’t open source: “I’ve seen some criticism from open source advocates and hackers that Mega can’t be trusted because the source isn’t available. What assurance could you give someone to the point that their files may not be kept secret while hosted on your platform?”
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7 Best Chrome Apps and Extensions for Coders
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Our Latest Interviews with Cloud and Big Data Influencers
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Summit voting by the numbers, technical committee highlights, and more OpenStack news
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The Catalonian government publishes two Open Government eBooks
The Generalitat de Catalunya, the political body in charge of the independent community of Catalonia, has made two eBooks (PDF) available that deal with open data, transparency and open governance, and some key principles of Open Government. Those documents are part of an Open Government series, hosted on the website of the organisation.
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Do you know the Digital Humanities? 3 easy ways to learn more
Open source software is changing academic research, enabling new discoveries and innovation in ways that were previously impossible. In academia, scholars in the humanites are using technology to conduct research that would have been an extremely laborious undertaking before the advent of computers. This meeting of technology and the humanities is called the digital humanities. In my final monthly Digital Humanities column, I share three resources that will help you learn about this exciting and interesting field.
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