Bloom Clock Project
The Bloom Clock Project is an attempt to create a language for discussing the bloom times of wildflowers and other plants that is neutral in respect …
Month: July 2008
ACTA threatens free software
ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is a proposed enforcement treaty between United States, the European Community, Switzerland, Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Mexico and New …
co-ment : Web-based text annotation
Most people know that stet was the first Web2.0 application, its the software that was built to facilitate public consultation during the Version 3 draft process …
FSF Helps Launch Autonomo.us To Focus On Freedom In Network Services
From Slashdot: mako writes “The FSF just announced the results of a meeting it held on software freedom and network services. They are hailing the launch …
Free Software Foundation-5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G
The 5 real reasons to avoid iPhone 3G: iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a tax to Apple, who becomes the sole authority over …
Migrate to Linux instead of Vista
PC World has this week published an article encouraging small businesses to shift from Windows Vista to Linux: Since Windows XP remains available only as a …
Asus Eee PC sales
Asus had planned to ship at least two million of the Eee PCs which has a Linux OS, between January and June, but that figure was …
Chip may speed up internet 100 times
I have just read an exciting article posted in the The Sydney Morning Herald about a technological breakthrough by University of Sydney scientists. It could potentially …
Microsoft gags UK schools
According to a UK website The Inquirer Microsoft lawyers have stopped Becta, the UK’s technology quango for schools, from publishing the details of the three-year megadeal …