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Development by Davis: “Open source software helps artists create music” plus 2 more

Open source software helps artists create music
Clay Shirky on how the Internet will one day transform government
AMD Announces Preliminary Third Quarter Results

Open source software helps artists create music

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 03:00 AM PDT

TruthLogik, a New York based hip hop artist, says that in a million years he could not have imagined he would be recording an album using entirely free software. When he first stumbled on open source music-making tools, he thought about the computer classes he took in school. He had never been exposed to the idea that free software could be so well-made and uniquely useful.

Making music using open source tools and software has been gaining some traction, so we sat down with TruthLogik and asked how he created a hip hop album solely using open source software.

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Clay Shirky on how the Internet will one day transform government

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 02:00 AM PDT

Clay Shirky has done it again. In a fascinating TED Talk, Shirky examines the impact that collaboration tools developed for and by open source communities will have on the way citizens participate in public life and how they can steer the political processes.

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AMD Announces Preliminary Third Quarter Results

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced that revenue for the third quarter ended September 29, 2012 is expected to decrease approximately 10 percent sequentially. The company previously forecasted third quarter 2012 revenue to decrease 1 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, s...