The first 'Open C Challenge' is a global contest for mobile application development for S60 on Symbian OS smartphones. It is aimed at encouraging open source and freeware developers to use Nokia's Open C environment, to create innovative mobile applications.
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Motorola Releases Open Source Middleware
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"Motorola (Quote) announced Thursday that it has released version 1 of an open source project aimed at providing a standard for high-availability middleware for telecommunications hardware manufacturers and ISVs."
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Open Source Apps: Now With Smaller Teams
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What used to be created by a team of open source programmers is now being done by one or two programmers. I have seen this trend happening with a few different projects recently and found myself wondering if this is what is needed to get more, viable applications in the market - faster.
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Is the Linux development model flawed?
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"Back in the early 1990s, when Linux initiator Linus Torwalds and open source software started to make headlines, the idea of giving software away seemed crazy. Looking at the headway the movement has made since then, you might be forgiven for wondering why Linux desktops have failed to become as ubiquitous as Linux servers are."
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The Lesser Known Apps of KDE - Development
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One of the lesser known features of KDE is the selection of Development applications that come bundled with it. With these tools you can create quite a few different things ranging from programs to webpages to simple scripts that can be used for a variety of purposes either professionally or personally.
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Optimizing Linux System Performance
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Performance optimization in Linux doesn't always mean what we might think. It's not just a matter of outright speed; sometimes it's about tuning the system so that it fits into a small memory footprint. You'd be hard-pressed to find a programmer that does not want to make programs run faster, regardless of the platform. Linux programmers are no exception.
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Google Releases Program To Take Web Apps Offline
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All of the following under the New BSD license:
"Google Gears (BETA) is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs:
*Store and serve application resources locally
*Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
