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Carbon Project Releases Open Source Dashboard for Geodata.gov
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| The Carbon Project announces the availability of an open source dashboard for
| Geodata.gov, the federal government's information service for maps and data.
| The free application enables "at-a-glance" visualization of geospatial assets
| and monitoring of Geospatial One-Stop search functions from desktop PCs.
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http://www.mundogeo.com.br/noticias-diarias.php?id_noticia=14667&lang_id=3
Open.gov: The Meme Spreads
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| It's really striking how the idea of open government has gone from nowhere a
| few months ago to hot meme of the moment. Here's the latest convert -
| Sweden...
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/08/opengov-meme-spreads.html
Europeans collaborate on an open-source robot, the iCub
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| The iCub may have been designed to look and act like a child, but thatâs
| where the comparison to Vicki the Robot, from the â80s television show "Small
| Wonder," ends. It's not a schoolgirl who sleeps in the bedroom cabinet. Itâs
| the size of a 3-1/2-year-old, with the ability to crawl, sit up and play
| drums, thanks to dexterous hands. It has visual, vestibular, auditory and
| haptic sensory capabilities.
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http://www.thisisbrandx.com/2009/08/europeans-collaborate-on-an-opensource-robot-the-icub.html
Recent:
Transparency against malpractic
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| As a result of my new enthusiasm to 'get out more' I found myself listening
| to a detailed and balanced 'non-advocacy' presentation from a respected OSS
| Watch staffer.
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| He explained patiently how open source licencing worked and how it differed
| from proprietary licences. But what he did say whilst looking for an everyday
| resonance to make his points accessible to a non-geek audience, and which
| really sharpened every-one's attention, was that proprietary software was
| built on secret code whereas open source software had transparent code.
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| Proprietary software IS composed of secret code. You can't read it, you don't
| know what it does (other than what you can see it do), you don't know how it
| does it and you can't change it.
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/secret-code-and-the-damage-it-does-to-our-society.html
Tories call for health computer systems cuts
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| Mr O'Brien insisted that "open source" systems could be more secure. We guess
| he means open source database software run by government offices, not
| inviting all the world's under-employed programmers to rewrite the UK's NHS
| software systems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1528873/tories-health-systems-cuts
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