Tag Archives: free software

Bristol hosts South West CiviCRM meet-up

Posted on 16/05/2013 by Steve Woods

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 →

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Bristol IT MegaMeet registration closes tomorrow

Posted on 16/05/2013 by Steve Woods

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 →

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Privacy: another reason to avoid Skype

Posted on 14/05/2013 by Steve Woods

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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ISS migrates to Linux

Posted on 10/05/2013 by Steve Woods

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 →

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Wikimedia Commons smartphone app released

Posted on 06/05/2013 by Steve Woods

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 →

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Illegal procurement favouring Microsoft killed off by Portuguese court

Posted on 02/05/2013 by Steve Woods

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 →

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libwww: 20 years old today

Posted on 30/04/2013 by Steve Woods

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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Open source career taster days for women

Posted on 17/04/2013 by Steve Woods

In conjunction with both Fossbox and Flossie, BCSWomen, the British Computer Society’s specialist women’s group, is organising 3 open source career taster days for women in London next month. The days involved are 13th, 20th and 28th May and the … Continue reading →

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Croatia: government creates open source and open standards working group

Posted on 12/04/2013 by Steve Woods

Joinup, the EU’s public sector open source news website, reports that the Croatian government is establishing open source and open standards working group. The working group will provide advice to government ministries and other public sector organisations wishing to adopt … Continue reading →

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Greece: regions should use open technologies

Posted on 09/04/2013 by Steve Woods

According to Ellak, a Greek open source advocacy organisation founded by 25 universities and research centres, Greek regional administrations should consider using open technologies, including free software and open data, when drafting their next regional management plans, EU open source … Continue reading →

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