Palm decided to drop its $50 app developer application fee and refund all fees previously paid. A last-ditch effort to compete in the smartphone market? Hot Hardware.
Archive for: June, 2010
June 29, OSS security podcast
I had the pleasure of guesting on Alan Schimel’s Network World podcast about open source, discussing questions of security that arose after a report suggested OSS had more vulnerabilities than proprietary software.
June 28, Firefox or Chrome? Discuss
Has Chrome’s growth come at Firefox’s expense? We discuss the two browsers and how we use them. Network World.
June 25, HTML5 or Flash?
Mozilla just gave props to HTML5 over Flash. Network World.
June 23, open-source voting technology
Could open-source voting technology be the cure for what ails democracy? Network World.
June 22, Open-source textbooks to the rescue!
Could open-sourced textbooks mean college textbook costs could finally become reasonable? Network World.
June 17, Dell changes its mind (and cool stuff about UGC)
Dell must have gotten a talking-to from Redmond, Wash., because it totally backed off its assertion that Ubuntu was safer than Windows.
That was one of two pieces I wrote that day for Network World. The other was about how an open-source program could mean a different kind of user-generated content for journalism organizations.
June 15, What OS is safest?
Dell said Ubuntu was safer than Windows. Then the fireworks began. Mostly against me. Network World.
June 11, Apple removes open-source app
Rather than just making a simple tweak to its terms of service, Apple would rather remove an open-source app from the iTunes app store. While it’s the company’s prerogative to do so, it’s not the right way to treat its customers. Network World.
June 10, Home
I had the June 10 post for the3six5 project, and I wrote about Rafael and my return home from Washington, D.C.