Development by Davis: “Crowdsourced reports save emergency services overwhelmed by Hurricane Sandy” plus 3 more

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• Crowdsourced reports save emergency services overwhelmed by Hurricane Sandy
• Open source provides schools with low-cost, high quality software
• Get your application in for the Steam for Linux beta
• Opengov techies give back with apps and expertise

Crowdsourced reports save emergency services overwhelmed by Hurricane Sandy Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:30 PM PDT The 9-1-1 system is overwhelmed with real emergencies during weather events like Hurricane Sandy, so if you want to report a downed tree, power outage, or clogged storm drain, you need another way to do so—SeeClickFix provides that forum. Read more... read more

Open source provides schools with low-cost, high quality software Posted: 30 Oct 2012 03:00 AM PDT Open source can provide schools with high quality, well-functioning IT solutions at low cost, according to a case study done by VTT, a Finnish government research institute. The researchers looked at the use of Linux and other open source applications by the Kasavuoren Secondary School in Kauniainen, a municipality near Helsinki. The case study, available since May 2011, underpins a plea to schools to increase their use of free and open source software.  Read more... read more

Get your application in for the Steam for Linux beta Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:38 AM PDT The long-awaited beta test for Steam for Linux has arrived. There are only 1,000 spots available for testers, and Valve is looking for experienced Linux users. (I suspect if you can't answer the questions on the application, you probably don't qualify.) Valve also held an internal beta at the end of September. Read more... read more

Opengov techies give back with apps and expertise Posted: 30 Oct 2012 04:00 AM PDT Smaller governments, typically those in rural towns, don't have the IT capacity to foster serious innovation in citizen participation like governments in larger cities do. Two groups decided it was time to give back and have come together to share their technical knowledge and expertise: OpenColorado and Colorado Code for Communities will combine community, platform, and digital literacy to create a hosted service platform that includes open data with different web and mobile applications.   Read more... read more

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Development by Davis: “AMD Changes Compute Landscape as the First to Bridge Both x86 and ARM Processors for the Data Center” plus 2 more

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• AMD Changes Compute Landscape as the First to Bridge Both x86 and ARM Processors for the Data Center
• Should software patents be abolished?
• TedX events in cities around the world showcase ideas worth spreading

AMD Changes Compute Landscape as the First to Bridge Both x86 and ARM Processors for the Data Center Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT In a bold strategic move, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced that it will design 64-bit ARM® technology-based processors in addition to its x86 processors for multiple markets, starting with cloud and data center servers. AMD's first ARM...

Should software patents be abolished? Posted: 29 Oct 2012 07:00 AM PDT We talk a lot about what might be done to fix the problems of software patents, but not much about abolishing them. Abolition seems well-nigh impossible, given current economic and political realities. Serious economists and respected financial institutions don't usually discuss it publicly. Thus, I was surprised when I finally got around to reading a recent working paper published last month under the auspices of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis that argued broadly for patent abolition position. Read more... read more

TedX events in cities around the world showcase ideas worth spreading Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:00 AM PDT TED is a nonprofit that seeks out "ideas worth spreading", showcasing them annually at a conference before a select audience. Thankfully, the best talks are recorded and released for the viewing pleasure of the rest of us, albeit one by one, over an extended period of time. Chris Grames, President and Partner at New Kind, describes waiting for them as, "like a painfully-slowly dripping faucet teases a man dying of thirst." Now, the folks at TED offer another way for us to quench our desire to hear great business ideas from people who have made their dreams come true—locally organized TedX events. Already this year, 2,013 TedX events have been held around the world, and there are 746 to go. Clearly, what started out as a small group of people talking about technology, entertainment, and design, has grown to encompass a diverse range of topics and industries with millions listening.  Read more... read more

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Collaborative creeps for sharing and scaring Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:00 AM PDT Internet memes—those bite-sized, ephemeral cultural artifacts that are shared and remixed over the Web—seem to be evermore pervasive online and offline. Many of them feature reoccurring characters, like Courage Wolf, Good Guy Greg, and Business Cat. They are "characters" in the sense that they are defined by a single unwavering archetype, but what sets them apart from traditional literary characters is that they aren't attached to stories. For the most part. Because if you dig deeper, past the most popular memes, you'll find characters with more depth do exist. Their background stories might give you the creeps (many are the product of collective horror storytelling), but that's what makes them great for this time of year—Happy (open source) Halloween! Read more... read more

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