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Volvo Gave Away the Most Important Design They Ever Patented
In 1959, Volvo invented the 3 point seat belt we use today. Then they gave the design away for all other car manufacturers to use for free.
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MySQL man pages silently relicensed away from GPL
It has recently been brought to our attention that the MySQL man pages have been relicensed. The change was made rather silently going from MySQL 5.5.30 to MySQL 5.5.31. This affects all pages in the man/ directory of the source code. You can tell the changes have come during this short timeframe (5.5.30->5.5.31). The…
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Microsoft to acquire Nokia
The latest news and stories about how technology is helping people around the world solve problems, innovate and do more each day.
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Announcing MoSQL
MongoDB → PostgreSQL streaming replication - stripe-archive/mosql
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How to build a news app that never goes down and costs you practically nothing
Spoiler: Our app template makes it possible.
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EFF: "Parallel construction" is really intelligence laundering
UPDATE: Add the IRS to the list of federal agencies obtaining information from NSA surveillance. Reuters reports that the IRS got intelligence tips from DEA's secret unit (SOD) and were also told to cover up the source of that information by coming up with their own independent leads to recreate...
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AppGratis pulled from the App Store. Here’s the full story
After 7 years of operating AppGratis and more than 50 millions installs globally we’re shutting down the service today.
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Introducing Stripe UK
More accessible financial infrastructure has made it easier than ever to build an online business.
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Bose founder, Amar Bose, has died at 83
Entrepreneur served on faculty for 45 years; championed long-term corporate research.
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Mozilla and Samsung Collaborate on Next Generation Web Browser Engine
Mozilla’s mission is about advancing the Web as a platform for all. At Mozilla Research, we’re supporting this mission by experimenting with what’s n
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An apology to open source
Simple yet flexible JavaScript charting library for the modern web
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You Must Try, and then You Must Ask
Stay ahead with the latest cloud computing, content delivery, and cybersecurity trends, expert analyses, and tech insights from the official Akamai blog.
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What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014
Center for the Study of the Public Domain2013365 points160 commentsSociety, Policy & Culture details
What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014? Under the law that existed until 1978 . . . Works from 1957 The books On the Road, Atlas Shrugged, and The Cat in the Hat, the films The Bridge on the River Kwai, Funny Face, and The Prince and the Showgirl, the play Endgame (“Fin de Partie”), […]
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How far the once-mighty SourceForge has fallen
[Editor's note: This post is the opinion of the author and not necessarily that of the Gluster Community] TLDR: SourceForge, once a mighty force f
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New Course: The Design of Everyday Things
After reading The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman, I remember thinking to myself, “I probably learned more from this book than I learned from a majority of classes I took in graduate school.” This wasn’t the best feeling in the face of my $60,000+ graduate school loans! My loans feel less painful though …
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EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM in HTML5
San Francisco - Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a formal objection to the inclusion of digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5, arguing that a draft proposal from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) could stymie Web innovation and block access to content for people across the...
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