A small New Zealand library is fighting to keep its trademark free software from the clutches of a United States corporation.
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iOS 5.0.2 Not Coming This Week?
Macerkopf.de follows up their original iOS 5.0.2 report and now says the 5.0.2 update won’t be coming this week, as originally reported.
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Code Strings Hint at Possible iChat Services for iOS
RazorianFly points to a Tweet from developer John Heaton revealing strings within the iOS code making reference to iChat-related services such as Jabber and AIM that are not currently supported directly by Apple on iOS.
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Teenage Honduran builds open source eye-tracking computer interface for the disabled
This unique and worthwhile project was put together by a 17-year-old electronics and programming whiz from Honduras, of all places.
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Open Hardware Journal
“Open Hardware Journal is a new technical journal on designs for physical or electronic objects that are shared as if they were Open Source software. It’s an open journal under a Creative Commons license. The first issue contains articles on ‘Producing Lenses With 3D Printers,’ ‘Teaching with Open Hardware Submarines,’ ‘An Open Hardware Platform for USB Firmware Updates and General USB Development,’ and more.”
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Nick Percat Makes History In India
BATHURST 1000 winner Nick Percat has made history by becoming the first driver to win a race on India’s brand new Buddh International Circuit near New Delhi.
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Can Open Hardware Transform the Data Center?
Is the data center industry on the verge of a revolution in which open source hardware designs transform the process of designing and building data centers? The Open Compute Project, an initiative begun in April by Facebook, is gaining partners, momentum and structure. Yesterday it unveiled a new foundation and board to shepherd the burgeoning movement.
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UK Man Gets Prosthetic Limb With A Smartphone Dock Built In
Trevor Prideaux was having trouble texting. Prideaux, who was born without his left forearm, used to have to balance his smartphone on his prosthetic arm or lay it on a flat surface to text, dial, or otherwise take advantage of the technology. So with some help form the Exeter Mobility Center in Devon, UK, the 50-year-old Prideaux has become the first person to have a smartphone dock embedded in his prosthetic limb.
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Stanford software that models human motion travels to museum
In a new exhibit at The Leonardo, a science and technology museum in Salt Lake City, a team of Stanford engineers is demonstrating an open source software package called OpenSim that accurately models human movement. OpenSim is free and in use across the world helping scientists understand the complex forces of movement to improve diagnosis of physical disabilities and prevent harmful wear and tear.
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Getting ready to build ICS from Android Source Code – Heavy duty machines required !
The day ICS(Ice Cream Sandwich – Android 4.0) will be made open-source is not too far. Once it is out, developers around the world(including OEMs like HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericcson) will start building the source code and start rolling out the update for android devices. But what bewilders me is the need for workstations with no lesser than 16 GB RAM to build the source code(I am not kidding). Ice Cream Sandwich is a Vampire 😉 that requires twice the amount of blood that GingerBread needed.