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Category Archives: Open Source News
Register for Barncamp 2013
Next month on the weekend from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th, BarnCamp 2013 – a weekend of hacktivism, workshops, entertainment, politics and fun in the sun – will be taking place. BarnCamp is three days of workshops, discussions, demos and … Continue reading
Bristol hosts South West CiviCRM meet-up
On Thursday 23rd May, Bristol once again plays host to a South West meet-up for people who are interested in, using or developing for CiviCRM, the free and open source customer relationship manager package (as used by Bristol Wireless! Ed.). … Continue reading
Posted in Local Events, Local IT News, Open Source News
Tagged event, free software, open source, Training
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Bristol IT MegaMeet registration closes tomorrow
On Saturday 1st June, UWE will be hosting the 2nd Bristol IT MegaMeet on its Frenchay Campus at Coldharbour Lane Bristol BS16 1QY (map). The event itself will be taking place in Rooms 2Q42 to 2Q50 in Q Block; more … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol Wireless News, Local Events, Local IT News, Open Source News
Tagged event, free software, Linux, open source, Training
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Privacy: another reason to avoid Skype
Some time ago we drew attention to the possible eavesdropping problems in using Skype, which is now owned by Microsoft (news passim). This has now been confirmed by German technology news website, Heise. Anyone who uses Skype, has agreed that … Continue reading
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Tagged free software, open source, security
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ISS migrates to Linux
Laptops for crew use on the International Space Station (ISS) are being migrated from Windows to Linux, the Linux Foundation reports. The reason for the migration, given by Keith Chuvala of United Space Alliance, a NASA contractor deeply involved in … Continue reading
Posted in International IT News, Open Source News
Tagged Debian, free software, Linux, open source, solar powered
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W3C takes a step nearer the Hollyweb; FSF responds
The W3C, the organisation responsible for web standards (which have so far been open standards. Ed.), has taken a step away from openness now that the HTML Working Group has announced their decision to release a First Public Working Draft … Continue reading
Wikimedia Commons smartphone app released
Wikimedia Commons is a great resource: nearly 17 mn. freely usable media files that anyone can use for any purpose and to which anyone can contribute too! Contributing to Wikimedia Commons is also getting easier: it’s now possible to transfer … Continue reading
Posted in International IT News, Open Source News, Volunteering
Tagged free software, open data, open source, volunteering
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Illegal procurement favouring Microsoft killed off by Portuguese court
On 27th April the administrative court of Almada, Portugal, declared a €550,000 contract between Microsoft and the Municipality of Almada to be illegal. The technical specifications of the competition launched by the municipality prevented any company other than Microsoft and … Continue reading
CERN resurrects first ever website
In honour of the 20th anniversary of the release of libwww into the public domain (news passim), CERN has resurrected the first ever website at http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html As screenshot of the front page of this historic site is shown below, as … Continue reading
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Tagged open source, open standards, social change
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libwww: 20 years old today
The H Online reminds us that 20 years ago CERN in Geneva gave Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau official permission to release the libwww library free of charge, according to Berners-Lee, “to create a server or a browser, to give … Continue reading
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Tagged free software, open source, open standards, social change
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