Tag Archives: Open

Google’s Sergey Brin: Open Internet is threatened

Posted on April 16, 2012 by admin

Google co-founder Sergey Brin fears that the open nature of the Internet is being threatened by “very powerful forces”, adding, “I am more worried than I have been in the past,” Read more… Neowin

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Microsoft Open Technologies Inc. subsidiary launches

Posted on April 13, 2012 by admin

Microsoft has announced it has launched a new subsidiary, Microsoft Open Technologies Inc. that will work to expand and develop the company’s open source software initiatives. Read more… Neowin

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Why you don’t want your electric car to be open source

Posted on April 11, 2012 by admin

Tesla Roadsters I’ve recently seen a rise in the discussion about the open source movement around electric cars, and cars in general. This article in GreenBiz looks at an open source project for plug-in vehicles called Tumanako and the open … Continue reading →

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Twitter open sources its MySQL secret sauce

Posted on April 9, 2012 by admin

Twitter has shared numerous aspects of its infrastructure over the past few years, and its decision to open source its work on MySQL might be the social media platform’s most useful contribution yet. Sure, open source big data tools are … Continue reading →

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GAME acquired by OpCapita; remaining stores to stay open

Posted on April 1, 2012 by admin

The Game Group has been acquired by a group advised by OpCapita which will allow the remaining retail stores in the UK and Ireland to remain open for business and save over 3,000 jobs. Read more… Neowin.net

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