The secret to a more secure and cost effective government is through open source technologies and products.
via BBC NEWS | Technology | Calls for open source government.
Comments from Sun CEO requested by Obama
Entries from January 2009
January 23, 2009
Calls for open source government
January 20, 2009
Flash SEO Indexing Revisited
Yes. Generally text elements held in a single screen or scene within a Timeline that uses limited actionscript can be full extracted. Complex actionscript can cause some problems but on the whole textual content can be got at but when it is extracted no positional (within the timeline) information appears to be passed.
via Flash SEO [...]
January 20, 2009
Watch the 2009 Presidential Inauguration without a TV
As Inauguration Day looms, people around the world are looking for ways to keep up with the goings on without having to be strapped to a couch in front of the TV.
via Watch the 2009 Presidential Inauguration without a TV.
January 19, 2009
Yahoo! Search BOSS – YDN
BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!’s open search web services platform. The goal of BOSS is simple: to foster innovation in the search industry. Developers, start- ups, and large Internet companies can use BOSS to build and launch web-scale search products that utilize the entire Yahoo! Search index.
via Yahoo! Search BOSS – YDN.
January 19, 2009
Facts behind Microsoft’s anti-Linux campaign | The Open Road – CNET News
Facts behind Microsoft’s anti-Linux campaign | The Open Road – CNET News.
great summary of the anti-linux campaign
January 15, 2009
Steve Jobs Probably Won’t Come Back to Apple | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
Steve Jobs’ medical leave from Apple is likely to be permanent, analysts say.
via Steve Jobs Probably Won’t Come Back to Apple | Gadget Lab from Wired.com.
January 15, 2009
Google Kills Off Several Products
Just recently, Google’s 3D world Lively was shut down. Now Google announced they’re canceling a couple of other products or product features.
via Google Kills Off Several Products.
January 14, 2009
Falcon (storage engine) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Falcon is a new transactional storage engine for the MySQL relational database management system. It is currently in the beta stage of development, being worked at in a development tree based on the MySQL 5.2 release, called MySQL 6.0. It is based on the Netfrastructure database engine.
via Falcon (storage engine) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
January 14, 2009
3 Simple Ways To Send Huge Files Over The Web | MakeUseOf.com
Ignoring all the other features, many or few, here are my three favorite ways to send large files to my friends- whether they like it or not. There are others like each of these, but I think they’re the best at what they do within their respective categories.
via 3 Simple Ways To Send Huge Files [...]
January 14, 2009
Your Twitter status, in photos — Portwiture
Portwiture grabs photography from Flickr that matches the content of your most recent Twitter updates. The result
via Your Twitter status, in photos — Portwiture.


