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Xandros Acquires Linspire
Today Linux desktop manufacturer Xandros acquired Linspire for an undisclosed amount. Xandros will also be keeping existing engineering, support, and key sales employees and long-time Linspire employee and CEO Larry Kettler will be joining the Xandro
Oil Crisis Analysis by Congressman Rosco Bartlett
Maryland Congressman Bartlett has some incredible analysis of oil usage in the world. Incredibly well articulated state of world oil production and usage complemented with Tufte-like charts. Technorati Tags: Congressmen Bartlett, Edward Tufte, Oi
Links: Open Source Week in Review
Removing Barriers to the Community - MySQL Moves to Bazaar - Jay Pipes It is the role of a community manager to remove the barriers — both technical and ideological — between the user/developer community and the company or group of individuals which
The “Art” of Programming
For those of you who think writing code is just wrangling ones and zeros. You should check out these visualizations of code submissions over time to various open source projects. They are examples of organic information visualizations called Code Swa
Marketing, SEO, and Social Media: Week in Review
I started linkrolling my bookmarks during during this weekend’s U.S. Open but soon became obsessed by Rocco and Tiger. So here’s my marketing, SEO, and social media links for last week. The Marketing of Fear - “The challenge of mar
The Best Phone for Business. Ever?
Apple is starting to push the iPhone from the realm of the trendy and hip  into the enterprise. Maybe el Jobso will be trading in his black t-shirts and Adidas running shoes for Brooks Brother suits. Here’s the copy from the Apple web site: Wha
Open Source Links: Week in Review
Red Hat News | RHX: Lessons Learned - RHX is different now. The team is smaller and the target market is different; but, fundamentally, RHX is smarter. It’s very much alive and is undergoing its third iteration. The Real Firefox-Killer | Li
Legacy Extensions in Firefox 3.0
I have been resisting using any of the Firefox 3.0 beta’s because of my reliance on Firefox extensions not yet ready for 3.0  but it seems like my Firefox 2.0 keeps bogging down (Perhaps due to my inability to close old tabs). With all the hype
SpreadFirefox Endeavors for Guiness World Record
The community powered marketing engine for the Firefox project, SpreadFox is pushing to set a Guinness World Record for the most downloads in 24 hours. So far they have over 1.1 million pledges to download Firefox on the June 17th launch date. Show y
Andre Boisvert: The Man Behind the Open Source Curtain
Most open source luminaries are known for their code, their successful startup successes or even their outspokenness. Andre Boisvert comes to open source from a different angle. Having worked for two billionaire programmers, Larry Ellison and Jim Goo
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AJAX RIA News - Silverlight Hits Its First Birthday
Richard Monson-Haefel wrote: Happy Birthday, Silverlight! Welcome to the party! You have about 10 years of catching up to do to if you want to provide the depth of features found in Curl (http://www.curl.com). All the best, Richard Monson-Haefel VP of Developer Relations Curl, Inc.
NextStudent Clinches No. 4 Spot on Top 100 Consolidating Lenders List
Student Loan Consolidation wrote: Interseting but they don't seem to be offering consolidation anymore. Check out sites like: http://www.StudentLoanCos loidator.com and http://www.dl.ed.gov/ to get your loans consolidated
P2P Explained: What Exactly is a Peer Network?
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