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links for 2010-05-24
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links for 2010-05-24

To Microsoft, Open Source means "Windows Encumbered" Just because Microsoft is busily embracing open source, that doesn't mean they have any interest in software...

? Problems With WebM?
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? Problems With WebM?

The announcement last week at Google IO of the creation of the WebM project and the release of the VP8 codec was a positive and welcome development, finally offering...

links for 2010-05-23
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links for 2010-05-23

Microsoft costs cut CSIRO IT jobs $3 million extra in licensing costs that clearly no-one had budgeted for, and lock-in that means there's no alternative but to...

links for 2010-05-22
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links for 2010-05-22

xkcd: Infrastructures I've lost count of how many people sent me today's XKCD, complete with a bearded figure advocating use of open document formats… (tags: XKCD...

links for 2010-05-21
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links for 2010-05-21

How to hide OpenOffice.org lines if a field is empty I have been looking for the way to do this for ages and ages, thanks to Solveig for the tip. (tags: OpenOffice...

links for 2010-05-20
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links for 2010-05-20

jclouds I heard about this project at the Open Cloud Meetup in San Francisco last week. It is an abstraction layer for cloud computing, allowing you to write apps...

links for 2010-05-19
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links for 2010-05-19

Web Browsers Leave 'Fingerprints' Behind as You Surf the Net You may do your best to remain anonymous on the web, you may have cookies blocked, but this research...

? Not Just For Radicals
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? Not Just For Radicals

Software freedom may sound like a line from a revolutionary manifesto, but it’s the key genetic market for value in the enterprise. read more on my ComputerWorldUK...

? Home, Pele
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? Home, Pele

By way of explanation for my preoccupation and paucity of publication of late, I finally made it back home today after my trip to the US with ForgeRock. We had...

links for 2010-05-17
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links for 2010-05-17

Facebook

links for 2010-05-16
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links for 2010-05-16

Met Office: Five Day Volcanic Ash Charts Volcano forecasts have arrived. From the looks of these charts it's touch-and-go whether I will be able to fly home on...

links for 2010-05-13
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links for 2010-05-13

KEI statement on possible WTO disputes against the EU seizures of goods in transit Very important issue here: Should goods in transit from A to B be subject to...

Apache
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Apache

The Apache Software Foundation’s radical and exceptional transparency provides a lesson all organisations need to learn. Read about it on Simon Says…

links for 2010-05-10
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links for 2010-05-10

FSF launches free software extension listing for OpenOffice.org Pity it came to this. The FSF would have been perfectly happy with proper classification of the...

? New Week, New Column, New Job
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? New Week, New Column, New Job

Starting the week with a new column in ComputerWorldUK and a new job as well.

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A new election-day song from Thea Gilmore captures just how I feel.

? Changes, Personal and
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? Changes, Personal and

For me it has been a week full of change and energy on every level.

links for 2010-05-07
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links for 2010-05-07

Investing And Asperger's Andrew Sullivan points to a fascinating article on Asperger's. The role of Asperger's Syndrome in the technology industry is reasonably...

links for 2010-05-06
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links for 2010-05-06

What Does Facebook Publish About You? Use this handy and simple web page to get a full list of the stuff Facebook is making public about you. (tags: Facebook Privacy...

links for 2010-05-01
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links for 2010-05-01

Red Hat Prevails Against Patent Trolls in Federal District Court Given the warnings from Steve Jobs about the gathering attack on open source, this has the feeling...
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