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• SFLC launches GPL enforcement smackdown on 14 gadget makers
  On behalf of the developers behind the open source BusyBox project, the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has launched a major lawsuit against 14 consumer electronics companies. According to a complaint filed by the SFLC, the companies named in the suit failed to comply with the requirements of GNU's General Public License (GPL), the free software li […]
• Google, Twitter, WordPress & Facebook: Publish/Subscribe Matrix Could Explode Into Glass-Smooth Platform
  A storm of news points to a future of frictionless publishing and subscription, across platforms. Google just announced that its FeedBurner RSS publishing service now supports automatic publishing to a Twitter account. If you're among the many people who use the service Twitterfeed (like CNN, the WhiteHouse, ReadWriteWeb, etc.) then you may very well fi […]
• 10 Web Tech Innovations That Have Improved Our Lives
  This series is supported by Times Reader 2.0. Learn more about The New York Times’ latest innovation in newspaper delivery here. In the 20 or so years since Sir Tim Berners-Lee conceived of and launched the World Wide Web, a lot has changed. The Web itself has certainly had one of the most profound impacts on the world of any new technology in the past hundr […]
• Mashable’s Guide to Digital Marketing & Social Media Conferences
  It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section. Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and […]
• XMind - free open-source desktop mind-mapping software
  Filed under: Business, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Commercial, Freeware, Open SourceMind maps have become a pretty mainstream way to brainstorm. Children as young as grade one are being taught how to create mind maps on paper as a brainstorming technique. If you've been interested in using mind mapping, but have been turned off by the surprisingly high c […]
• MySQL Co-Founder: "Save MySQL from Oracle's Clutches"
  Several days ago, we called MySQL's falling prey to Oracle one of the top 10 tech-related failures of 2009. It seems we're in good company, as one of MySQL's founders, Monty Widenius, the man who spent the past 27 years creating and working on MySQL, is using his personal blog to incite a mass letter-writing campaign to the European Commission […]
• Lifestreaming Project StoryTlr Goes Open Source
  Back in November of 2008, we covered a project called StoryTlr, which put an interesting spin on the traditional lifestreaming concept. Instead of simply listing all of your updates from various networks and sources, StoryTlr lets you repackage that content so that it tells a story. The platform and project had some really interesting ideas, but in October […]
• A spectacular view of the entire Milky Way... using open source!
  Filed under: Fun, Photo, Linux, Open Source Do not adjust your computer screen: what you see here is a piece of genius. A labor of love spanning two years, two hemispheres, two countries and over 3000 images... I give to you, the All-Sky Milky Way Panorama -- version 2! And, you'll be glad to hear, it was stitched together with open-source software. We […]