Development by Davis: “Open source tackles city permit process with OpenCounter” plus 3 more

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• Open source tackles city permit process with OpenCounter
• Event report: FOSDEM introduces science-focused devroom
• AMD Names Bernd Lienhard as Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Client Business
• Wayfair E-retailer Accelerates Development and Capabilities with AMD’s SeaMicro Server

Open source tackles city permit process with OpenCounter Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:00 AM PST The City of Santa Cruz is the smallest community to ever partner with Code for America, but it had one of the largest problems to solve: how to make it easier to take an idea for a small business from conception to reality. From a concept to a permit. They created an online permitting portal OpenCounter. The portal launched on Wednesday January 9, after an intense year of development, testing, and refinement. So how did they do it? Read more... read more

Event report: FOSDEM introduces science-focused devroom Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:00 AM PST FOSDEM, held annually in Brussels, Belgium, is a free event for open source communities to meet, share ideas, and collaborate. It offers a mix of focused devrooms and themed main track talks, with no requirement for registration. It has a reputation of being highly developer-focused, this year brought together over 5,000 geeks from around the world. Read more... read more

AMD Names Bernd Lienhard as Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Client Business Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:00 AM PST AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that Bernd Lienhard, 48, has joined the company as corporate vice president and general manager of its Client Business Unit, reporting to Dr. Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager, Global Business Units. In his role, Lienhard will apply his 22 years of experience in t...

Wayfair E-retailer Accelerates Development and Capabilities with AMD’s SeaMicro Server Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:00 AM PST AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced e-Commerce leader Wayfair, the largest online retailer of home products and furnishings, has deployed AMD's SeaMicro SM10000-XE™ server to foster gro...

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Development by Davis: “A time for action: One student's commitment to free and open access” plus 1 more

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A time for action: One student's commitment to free and open access Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:00 AM PST Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.—Aaron Swartz I have been a PhD student for less than two years. On the other hand, for six years, I have been a member of the free culture movement, which emphasizes the importance of access to and openness of technology and information. Recently, I've been frustrated... sad... angry. Just over a year ago, a friend and fellow member of the free culture community, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, committed suicide. He was 22. Just one week ago, an acquaintance, a friend of many close friends, and—really—a role model, just one year older than myself and networked with many institutions and individuals I have come to work with and/or admire (such as MIT, the Berkman Center, the EFF, Creative Commons; frankly, there are too many individual people to list) committed suicide. Aaron Swartz was admired for his bravery to stand up for his ideals, and the work he put into the world demonstrated no less than exactly those ideals. I followed his actions with awe and complete understanding. Read more... read more

Node.js integrates with M: Next big thing in healthcare IT Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:00 AM PST Join the M revolution and the next big thing in healthcare IT: the integration of the node.js programming language with the NoSQL hierarchical database, M. M was developed to organize and access with high efficiency the type of data that is typically managed in healthcare, thus making it uniquely well-suited for the job. Read more... read more

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Development by Davis: “The impact of open source on business and social good” plus 2 more

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• The impact of open source on business and social good
• New events calendar for open source conferences, meetups, and more
• AMD Kick Starts 2013 with the Ultimate “Gaming Evolved” Game Partnerships and “Never Settle: Reloaded” Bundle Program

The impact of open source on business and social good Posted: 04 Feb 2013 02:00 AM PST I vividly remember the time when my early opinions about open source software were built around questions that made natural (and perfect) sense to me at that point in my life, like: "Why would someone sell a software product for free?" and "Why should anyone participate in a project that does not reap financial rewards?" These formed the basis of my rationale. Read more... read more

New events calendar for open source conferences, meetups, and more Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:00 AM PST Opensource.com has added a new feature for listing open source events, and because we like to think big, our goal is to be the premier listing. Are you planning, hosting, speaking at, or going to an open source conference in 2013? Submit it to the calendar. Are you part of a user group (i.e. a Linux User Group)? Submit your meetup. Other types of meetings and seminars, including webinars, are encouraged too. Read more... read more

AMD Kick Starts 2013 with the Ultimate “Gaming Evolved” Game Partnerships and “Never Settle: Reloaded” Bundle Program Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:00 AM PST AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the arrival of its "Never Settle: Reloaded" game bundle, the sequel to last year's monumental "Never Settle" bundle. "Never Settle: Reloaded" delivers by bundling up to four of this year's most anticipated PC games ─ "BioShock®...

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Development by Davis

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My new book "Visual Basic 2012 Unleashed" is available Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:43 PM PST I'm pleased and proud to announce that my new book "Visual Basic 2012 Unleashed" is available, both paperback and digital edition! This time I had the honor of featuring Lucian Wischik, the VB Specification Lead at Microsoft, as the author of a great foreword. As usual, it has really been a hard work, but fortunately working with a great team (including Matthew Kleinwaks as the tech editor) makes things easier. The book has been fully updated to target the .NET Framework 4.5 and the new features in the Visual Basic programming Language, such as the Async/Await pattern, new tools in the IDE, Windows Phone development, new keywords and implementations such as the Global namespaces, iterators and the Yield keyword. Also, the book is not limited to the Language, but it also shows how to use Visual Basic with the most recent Technologies and platforms from Microsoft, including Windows Azure, Silverlight 5, WPF 4.5. A good part of the book guides you through special tools that will help you write high-quality code. As in the past, I always try to add tips & tricks coming from my real-world experience with Visual Basic and the .NET Framework. You can download the table of contents and a sample chapter from the book site, including the source code which is available as a free download. I hope you will have a look and that you will find it useful. Enjoy! Alessandro This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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Development by Davis: “Opensource.com adds community moderators to team” plus 3 more

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• Opensource.com adds community moderators to team
• Dancing E startup aimed at knowledge sharing for all
• Danish municipalities using open source to innovate and collaborate
• AMD to Present at Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference

Opensource.com adds community moderators to team Posted: 01 Feb 2013 01:00 AM PST The opensource.com team is happy to announce the addition of four new community moderators to our team. You've probably read some of their articles on the site. And because they are so passionate about doing things the open source way and sharing their stories, we've upgraded their open source status. Read more... read more

Dancing E startup aimed at knowledge sharing for all Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:00 PM PST What do 16th century Incas, 18th century shipyards and 21st century professionals have in common? Phil Verghis describes an issue that has plagued civilizations and industries throughout history: inadequate access to lessons already learned. We all understand the importance of sharing knowledge, so why is it difficult for us to implement it into our daily business practice? Dancing E is a startup aimed at Read more... read more This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Danish municipalities using open source to innovate and collaborate Posted: 31 Jan 2013 10:00 PM PST Danish municipalities are increasingly using free and open source software for collaboration and innovation of ICT solutions. More than 10% of the country's municipalities last year joined the newly founded Open Website Community OS2. The group has already delivered a Drupal-based municipal content management system (OS2Web) as well as an application offering paperless meetings (OS2dagsorden). Read more... read more

AMD to Present at Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:00 AM PST AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Rory Read will present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference at 1:55 p.m. PST on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in San Francisco. A real-time audio webcast of the presentation can be accessed on the Investor Relations homepage:

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