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My Applications, Part 2 So, to continue, let's move on to how I organize my website (http://www.k12opensourceclassroom.org) Blog–Word Press

24 Great Open Source Apps for Admins & Technicians
Source: Download Squad

I've put together this list of two dozen great applications that I can depend on to keep things running smoothly on my office LAN and customer systems as well. Some of these you'll recognize, but I hope that there are some that are new to you as well.

Robert X. Cringely: Fire Your Boss: The best place to cut IT organizations is generally at the top.
Source: PBS

This week marks the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. This week is also a time when the world economy is under stress comparable or greater to that imposed seven years ago.

None of Your Business Model
Source: PBS

"What's the business model?" It's a question I hear again and again at meetings and events. The existing model for newspapers is quickly unraveling, so we need a 'new new thing' to serve some of the vital functions that newspapers used to.

Open-source e-voting gets LinuxWorld test run
Source: Computerworld

Computer engineer Alan Dechert didn't like what he saw during the controversial vote tallying in Florida in 2000's presidential election. That was when he decided that there had to be a better way for U.S. citizens to safely and accurately cast their ballots.

Mozilla reveals the Firefox of the future?
Source: pcpro.co.uk

Mozilla has unveiled a spectacular new concept browser, dubbed Aurora. The bleeding-edge browser is part of a new Mozilla Labs initiative, in which the open-source foundation is encouraging people to contribute ideas and designs for the browser of the future.

100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications
Source: ubuntulinuxhelp.com

100 applications that look either cool or just plain useful all free and available for Linux

Microsoft's Big Announcement vs. The Hills | The Walrus Blog
Source: walrusmagazine.com

MTV mashup with Microsoft's Open Source Announcement: so true.

Internet in the 3rd World
Source: http://teklimbu.wordpress.com/

This article represents the general aspect of the internet services provided in 3rd world countries like Nepal and also gives general information of Nepal.

Government helping to advance open source software
Source: PC World

A US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bug-fixing scheme has uncovered an average of one security glitch per 1,000 lines of code in 180 widely used open source software projects.

IT Mill Integrates Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and Open-Sources Its RIA Development Tools
Source: Market Wire

Developing Java web applications has traditionally suffered from a long code/deploy/test cycle. IT Mill Toolkit 5 greatly simplifies programming by integrating a web server, application code and libraries into a single project.

web 2.0 news
Source: del.icio.us

eHomeUpgrade | Why Analysts Like Gartenberg, Mossberg, Enderle Don't Get Linux on the Desktop
Source: ehomeupgrade.com

Why Analysts Like Gartenberg, Mossberg, Enderle Don't Get Linux on the Desktop

Liquid rescale feature now available as a GIMP plugin
Source: All about Linux

This article reports that a liquid rescale plugin which uses the content aware image rescaling technology has been released for the very popular Free graphics suite GIMP.

Freenas
Source: Daily Cup of Tech

list of opensource programs for use on out of date, but still functioning computers

30 Essential Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Windows
Source: thesimpledollar.com

Recently, I received a fresh new laptop from Dell. Upon receiving it, I did the traditional "installation of Windows from scratch" on it to remove a lot of the garbage that is preinstalled on Dells.

Google joins Open Invention Network
Source: googleblog.blogspot.com

... we feel a strong responsibility to the Linux community, and we're always looking for creative ways to put our resources in the hands of Linux developers.

Open Source World
Source:

A list of non-software Free / Libre / Open Source goods:

VLC Media Player 0.8.6c Released
Source:

This release of VLC media player fixes a security vulnerability (see security advisory) and also improves Windows Vista compatibility.

Turn Your PC Into An Advanced Audio Video Media Center For Free!
Source: ikaro.com

Media Portal is a free and Open Source application released under GNU/GPL, which allows turning your pc into an advanced Media Center for audio-video management.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2 is out
Source: Planet Mozilla

Thunderbird is an e-mail client from the makers of Mozilla Firefox. This version 2 has lots of good features like message tagging, new theme, session history, find as you type, support for Windows Vista, to name a few.

Jumping into open-source NAC with PacketFence ZEN
Source: Computerworld

Computer worl article about Open source NAC called ZEN. NAC - Network access control

Is Microsoft losing ground to opensource alternatives? (openoffice, ubuntu)

Many people are becoming aware of the opensource alternatives that are becoming available to the public that are being freely distributed and continuously improving. The question is this, have you gave these the same opportunity?

Dell Embraces Ubuntu, Plans to Install OS on Some PCs
Source: itworld.com

Responding to user pressure, Dell Inc. confirmed it will preinstall the Ubuntu distribution of the Linux operating system on some of its computers.

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