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Jobs, economy, banking, business, investment in Thailand - Thailand Forum
Crowdsourcing the Flu Vaccine | Wired Science from Wired.com
A bit of data sharing and networking could prevent a repeat of last winter's catastrophic flu vaccine failure.
World eBook Fair
The World eBook Fair welcomes you to a variety of eBooks unparalleled by any other source.
aurora open source mixer : about
a usb powered multichannel mixer in a typical dj form factor
EngLab: A Gift of a Program for Engineers - Blogs – ComputerworldUK blogs
EngLab is an Open Source Mathematical and Engineering platform intended for users with little or no programming knowledge.
Abolish BECTA Now - Blogs – ComputerworldUK blogs
Microsoft is scared witless by the prospect of open source getting a foothold in schools, and would agree to any deal rather than let the UK education system discover the power and value of free software.
IPv4 Countdown
There are 916 days until Central Registry IPv4 address exhaustion
Open Education News
How Should Mozilla Execute Its Vision? | Linux Journal
we are witnessing the evolution of major open source projects into new kinds of players in the computing world, ones that require full-time staff not just to run them, but also to articulate what exactly they are trying to do *beyond* the code.
Mitchell’s Blog » Blog Archive » Mozilla Foundation Activities
There’s a bit of a discussion underway about what the Mozilla Foundation might do to become an even more effective organization in achieving its mission.
Virtual Worlds Are So Hot Right Now: $345 Million Invested So Far This Year
A report put out today by Virtual Worlds Management tracks $161 million put into 14 virtual-world investments during the second quarter of 2008
Open Courseware Consortium Growing Up « Open Education News
Phillip Schmidt shares his impression and the main accomplishments of the Open Courseware Consortium (OCWC) meeting in Dalian (China) held between April 23-27, 2008.
GNOME Gets Stormy... - Blogs – ComputerworldUK blogs - The latest technology news & analysis on Outsourcing, HMRC data, Apple iPhone, Global warming, MySQL, Open Enterprise
It's been interesting to watch the rise of this new class of open source role, that of executive director. Perhaps the best-known example is Mozilla's Mitch Baker
Could a Government Mashup Contest Top McCain's Battery Project? - ReadWriteWeb
Show Us a Better Way is a government sponsored mashup contest, inviting members of the public to submit public data mashup ideas for funding.
Mitchell’s Blog » Blog Archive » A Second View of the Open Internet
One can think of the Open Internet as something very specific and very concrete, as something that can be built and measured.
Show Us a Better Way: Ideas
Tell us what you'd build with public information and we could help fund your idea!
VMukti : Open Source Collaborative Product Suite |Technology and Business Startups in India
Vmukti is an interesting mashup of web2.0 concepts (i.e. mashups) with open source and P2P/collaboration suite.
commonspace: Scaffolding + support + investment = MoFo?
How do you enable and encourage large numbers of open web ideas but only dig deep on the ones that fit with the Mozilla DNA?
The Open Web is a social movement | eaves.ca
The open web is a social value. It’s not a fact, it’s not necessity, and it’s not a requirement. It’s a value - one that a growing community of people believe in and are willing to fight for.
BSA plays the IP card against the European Commission | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET News.com
Leave it to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) to distort the definition of "open standard" in order to serve the interests of Microsoft and its other members.
(Still) Defending Openness in the EU - Blogs – ComputerworldUK blogs
Mr Blafkin's comments are worth reading in full, because they provide fascinating insight into the current tack taken by those pushing agendas based around proprietary software and intellectual monopolies.
commonspace: More on Mozilla: communities, circles and maps
The centre circle in Mozilla feels like it's about the creation of specific artifacts (a web browser) and outcomes (a world record). For me, this is more than just a 'community of practice'. It's a community that makes things.
commonspace: Mapping open education policy opportunities
both Poland and Australia are fertile ground in terms of open ed. Polish activists like Jaroslaw have gotten the attention of politicians, a few of whom have expressed an interest in building ideas like free textbooks into their platform. And, as the larg
commonspace: The Next Million Mozillians
Last week, David Eaves blogged about the potential for Mozilla to energize -- and maybe even lead -- a mass movement for the open web. My response:
A Facebook lesson for Sir Humphrey: Senior civil servants get social network training | Mail Online
Senior civil servants are to be taught to use Facebook and Bebo by junior ranking colleagues more in touch with the internet age.
The Open Source Public Service | eaves.ca
Why not treat policy challenges like open source software programs. Create a policyforge (modeled after sourceforge) where the policy can reside and where the policy owner, can foster a community and accept its ideas, opinions and edits.
Open Everything - Open Everything
a global conversation about the art, science and spirit of 'open'. It gathers people using openness to create and improve software, education, media, philanthropy, architecture, neighbourhoods, workplaces
comparing open: four types of openness - Mark Surman
Wiki’s and Open Source: Collaborative or Cooperative? | eaves.ca
Why distinguish between collaboration and cooperation? Because the subtle difference between these words describes a lot about where we are versus where we need to be vis-à-vis online communities.
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igniter: OPEN everything (Toronto) Reflection
The first half-day OPEN everything event happened in Toronto at the Centre for Social Innovation on Wednesday and was a great start to what's going to be a very interesting series

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