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Australian National Library uses open source for treasure Trove
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| The National Library of Australia has opted
| for an open source platform to drive its
| newly unveiled search engine.
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| Called, Trove, the search engine provides
| access to more than 90 million items about
| Australians and Australia, sourced from
| more than 1000 libraries and cultural
| institutions across the country.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/344638/australian_national_library_uses_open_source_treasure_trove/
More open than thou: Blogger battle rages over new Facebook tools
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| The word âopenâ â like âgreenâ or âeco-
| consciousâ â is one of the more amorphous
| concepts floating about the tech industry.
| Google touts openness while keeping its
| advertising and search algorithms secret.
| On the opposing side, Apple regularly faces
| heated criticism about the barriers it has
| erected to the app store.
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http://social.venturebeat.com/2010/04/23/facebook-open-washing/
Inside Contactless to make Open NFC source code and API available on Sourceforge.net
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| Inside Contactless has taken a further step
| towards making its Open NFC technology
| available to all by making its source code
| and API documentation available to download
| from the Sourceforge.net open source
| website.
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http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2010/04/23/33488/inside-contactless-to-make-open-nfc-source-code-and-api-available-on-sourceforge-net/
Open Source TioLive Innovates with Distributed Cloud Computing Model
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| Jacques HonorÃ, TioLive Community Manager
| adds: "TioLive Grid is one more step
| towards Complete Freedom and Total Control
| by users over their private data. All
| customers' data is kept on his own server.
| All server software is open source. There
| is no lock-in at all for TioLive users."
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http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/68862/
Recent:
Hackers attack AU websites to protest censorship
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| A band of cyber-attackers have taken down
| the Australian Parliament House website and
| hacked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's website
| in coordinated protests against government
| plans to filter the Internet.
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http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20100210/hackers-attack-au-websites-protest-censorship.htm
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