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October 15, 2008  9:00 AM

What is Blog Action Day? A chance to help fight global poverty.



Posted by: GuyPardon
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Blog Action Day is, according to its founders, "an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day."

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June 17, 2008  9:53 PM

What are the best new features of Firefox 3?



Posted by: GuyPardon
applications, communications, cool, downloads, freeware, innovation, Internet, learning, open source, resource, reviews, screencast, software, tutorial, video, Web 2.0, Web applications

After downloading Firefox 3 today, I noticed the speed difference. Thankfully, there were no problems with transferring any settings or plugins, either. I'm a huge fan of the keyword search of Web history in URL address field. The sharp rendering by the Gecko engine...


June 17, 2008  9:02 AM

What is the single most downloaded software application in a single day?



Posted by: GuyPardon
applications, buzz, community, cool, downloads, event, freeware, fun, geek, innovation, interesting, Internet, news, open source, software development, Technology, trend, Web applications

If Mozilla's social media and other online marketing campaigns pan out, the answer to that question will be Firefox 3....


June 10, 2008  12:16 PM

What is enterprise 2.0? Cloud computing proponents mix with social software vendors in Boston.



Posted by: GuyPardon
business, buzz, buzzword, cloud computing, collaboration, communications, conference, conversation, demonstration, Development, enterprise, enterprise 2.0, entrepeneurship, event, innovation, interesting, interface, Internet, interoperability, invention, Microsoft, Networking, new media, news, open source, participation, productivity, social bookmarking, social networking, social publishing, software, software development, spreadsheet, startup, streaming, Technology, the cloud, trend, useful, video, Web 2.0, Web applications, Web services, wiki, word meanings

The question of creating an agreed upon definition for enterprise 2.0 continues to come up here on the Boston waterfront, as hundreds of software executives, CIOs, software vendors, media and curious technologists mix and...


June 10, 2008  11:26 AM

What is a social spreadsheet? Dan Bricklin and SocialText combine wikis with workspaces at Enterprise 2.0.



Posted by: GuyPardon
academics, applications, collaboration, commentary, communications, community, conference, cool, creativity, Development, education, enterprise, enterprise 2.0, event, freeware, history, information, innovation, interesting, interface, Internet, interoperability, invention, learning, open source, productivity, social publishing, software development, spreadsheet

Ross Mayfield, founder of SocialText, a maker of enterprise wiki software, announced the launch of a new social spreadsheet at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference. In his presentation to a packed hall of technology...


May 21, 2008  11:26 AM

What is the origin of Linux?



Posted by: GuyPardon
commentary, Development, fundamentals, history, invention, learning, Linux, open source, operating systems, programming, Technology, video, YouTube

In the embed below, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, "tells the story of how he went from writing code as a graduate student in Helsinki in the early 1990s to becoming an icon for open...


May 16, 2008  9:21 AM

Screencast: Learn how to watch video on Ubuntu



Posted by: GuyPardon
applications, demonstration, freeware, howto, interactive media, IPTV, learning, Linux, multimedia, open source, operating systems, screencast, video

This screencast from Ubuntu.com shows how to play media, like online movies and DVDs, in Hardy Heron and other versions of the Linux operating...


May 12, 2008  9:46 AM

Video: Richard Stallman talks about the importance of free software, GNU, copyleft and open sourcing



Posted by: GuyPardon
code, collaboration, command line, commentary, community, conversation, copyright, free, freeware, fundamentals, history, invention, open source, operating systems, software development, video, YouTube

In these videos, Robin Good interviews Richard Stallman about free software and the


May 5, 2008  9:32 AM

Screencast: Installing Ubuntu to Dual Boot with Windows



Posted by: GuyPardon
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Learn how to install Ubuntu on a PC that already has Windows installed. After installation, when the PC boots-up, a boot menu allows a user to choose which operating system to run. This is made...


April 23, 2008  9:27 AM

Better Education Through Open Source Robots



Posted by: GuyPardon
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Heather Johnson is guest blogging at WhatIs.com this week. Heather is a freelance writer, as well as a monthly contributor for OEDb, a site that helps students...