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Another good reason for nonprofits to use FOSS

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Miro , the free and open source media player, has released a Firefox plugin , which automatically inserts their affiliate code when you buy something from Amazon. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Why I won’t be buying a Kindle

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Closed – can’t upload open document formats Can only buy books from Amazon I’m still not clear about what happens when you buy your 201st book – do you have to throw out one? Allows me to upload any open document format (.odt, Sorry, Amazon. Kindle is a bust for me. { at 1:52 pm Thanks! Be Helpful.

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The evolution of web hosting

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Amazon seems to be leading in the next wave of evolution of hosting – pay only for what you need, when you need it. The news today, and why I’m bothering to talk about this, is that Red Hat announced that it will offer RHEL – their enterprise distribution, on Amazon E2. Be Helpful.

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Platforms break open, part II

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And the big guys have already done this work, check out the way Google and Amazon distribute their API s. Those shine as industry-standard examples of how open API s need to be distributed. Open it up, let anyone bang on test data to try things out, and you never know what might happen. He’s right. Be Helpful.

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What is private? What is public?

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as well as newsgroups, commerce sites (like Amazon), review sites, forums, and news groups, and even searches the general Web to find out where your people are and what they’re doing online. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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What is cloud computing?

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Companies such as Amazon are creating massive grid storage and computing services for applications in the cloud. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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11NTC Science Fair Preview: Giveaways and Even More Giveaways!

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BroadPoint Technologies Visit BroadPoint Technologies in booth 56 and enter to win a $200 Amazon Gift Card! Center for Technology Leadership Pens, Can coozzies, Sticky pads, T-shirts, and Journals. Grab a free printed copy of our Open Source Content Management report, our most popular articles, or more. Informz It’s St.

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