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• First Android TV Launches Weeks Before Google TV Arrives
  Earlier this week we looked at the upcoming launch of Google TV. It's slated for this fall (U.S.) and will be integrated into a new line of Sony Internet TVs. Meanwhile a Swedish company has just launched its own Internet TV, built on top of Google's open source Android Operating System. The company is called People of Lava and its new line of Inte […]
• Civic Commons Helps Municipalities Share Code
  At the Government 2.0 Summit today, Code for America, DC's OCTO and OpenPlans introduced a new code-sharing project, Civic Commons. Civic Commons will help 21,000 local jurisdictions share code and work out best practices for developing them, all on an open source basis. Sponsor In an era of extraordinary economic challenges, Civic Commons believes gove […]
• US government shouldn't fear foreign participation in Forge.gov
  In an effort to reduce IT costs and boost efficiency, the US federal government is increasingly turning to open source software. We wrote last year about Forge.mil, a code sharing site that was established by the military to encourage broader collaboration and reuse of existing source code throughout the Department of Defense. The US General Services Adminis […]
• Mozilla Labs Gaming launches, browser-based 'Open Web' games here we come
  Filed under: Games, Mozilla, BrowsersLadies and gentlemen, I give you Mozilla Labs Gaming. Now, don't make the same mistake I did: Mozilla isn't becoming a games studio. No, instead it will act as a catalyst -- an incubator -- for games built with 'Open Web' technologies. The Open Web is a new term that encompasses free, open-source tools […]
• 5 Extensions To Add Calendar & Task Manager To Thunderbird 3
  Thunderbird is Mozilla’s desktop email client. It’s free, it’s open source, and it supports add-ons. However, in its default version it is just another desktop client. What really breathes life into Thunderbird is its ability to be personalized with themes, extensions, and plugins. Is your Thunderbird ready for a custom makeover? Per default, Thunderbird doe […]