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POPSDecoding the HTML 5 video codec debate Conclusion: It's unfortunate that this debate is threatening to derail the adoption of standards-based Internet video solutions. The dominant video solution today is Flash, a proprietary technology that is controlled by a single vendor and doesn't perform well on Linux or Mac OS X. There is a clear need for an open alternative, but the codec controversy could make it difficult.
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POPSGoogle Chrome is here This is just the beginning -- Google Chrome is far from done. We're releasing this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We're hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and will continue to make it even faster and more robust. We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we're committed to continuing on their path. We've used components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox, among others -- and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.
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POPSPublic Participation GIS This approach to development of the city and surrounding areas is exactly what we need. The people must be empowered with the information that is typically held by the government, development organizations, and those with developed computer skills and high-speed internet access. PPGIS will facilitate the participation of marginalized members of society in the creation of the ecocity. It can be integrated with accessibility software and accessed from libraries, computing centers, and other designated points in the neighborhood, and should be integrated with a user-friendly interface —such as google maps, rather than the more technologically and geographically -oriented interface employed in typical online GIS sites.
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POPSFREE Sun Microsystems OpenOffice Download Welcome to the home of OpenOffice.org extensions! Publish your extensions and discover their popularity. Experience new functionality. Adjust your OpenOffice.org to your needs. Maximize your productivity... ...with the help of extensions, which add functionality or slight tweaks to the user interface or entirely new features to the OpenOffice.org product. Please note that some extensions hosted on this site are not free. Extensions * All * By Application * By Operating System * Highest Rated * Most Popular * Most Recent Tags calc dictionaries dictionary document management documents eurooffice free french hyphenation impress language language tools opendocument oxygenoffice presentations spreadsheets Sun template thesaurus writer Beta 2 available The second public beta release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now ready for testing. http://www.openoffice.org/
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POPSOpensource Robotics: the iCub A European initiative to build an open source robot 'iCub': a robot designed to have the physical and sensory capabilities of a two-and-a-half year old child. Both the hardware and software are open source. More information: http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FGBBQRPM5BZ44QSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=208808365&printable=true&printable=true
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POPSGmail Redesigned 2.0 This userstyle is full of win. I've been using it for a while now and they just released 2.0 which is faster. I'm also using their userstyle for Google Calendar and looking forward to their userstyle for Google Reader. Stylish extension required
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POPSDomain Name Portfolio now here is a really cool bit of opensource software. So easy to template and modify. Could probably develop this a lot more too.
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POPSA fantastic synthesizer for all!!! This is really an excellent work. The sounds are great and can be played by anyone. If you have problems downloading from the site try here.http://www.freewarefiles.com/zynaddsubfx_program_21135.html
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POPSOpen education recommendation service A Javascript tool that allows you to discover open-courseware recommendations related to pages you are browsing. I haven't really tested it yet but all the ed-tech geeks love it.
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POPSOpenEduvationdisc The OpenEducationDisc offers you nearly 50 carefully selected programs to help with educational and student needs. It is also built especially for users who have very little technical knowledge and offers simple to understand descriptions and instructions. The disc is split into 8 easy to navigate categories.
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POPS How Wikipedia Works Virgil Griffith created the Wikipedia Scanner to catch companies and organizations who were editing Wikipedia articles to their own benefit. Stories frequently surface about an organization or individual altering a Wikipedia entry, either maliciously or for the sake of a practical joke. But limiting people's ability to easily edit Wikipedia would infringe on one of its most celebrated features and what's arguably the key to its success.
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POPSOpen-Source Hardware - The Bug Users of the Bug can put modules together as they see fit and then write or download code to make them operate as required. They are then free to share designs and programs with other users. ... Eric von Hippel, head of the innovation and entrepreneurship group at MIT's Sloan School of Management, says that Bug Labs is part of a general economic trend toward letting users do things for themselves. Von Hippel expects that early adopters will come up with useful innovations, encouraged by the Bug's relatively cheap modular components and the community spirit that Bug Labs is trying to foster. "Ordinary users can benefit from the hacking efforts of the leading edge," he adds.
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POPSPrint your own stuff with a DIY replicator Zack Hoeken, one of my fellow members of NYC Resistor is working on a opensource do-it-yourself 3D printer called RepRap. The RepRap community (and Zack himself) are working like crazy to make this machine a reality, with the eventual goal of it being able to print itself!
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POPSWeb Operating System: eyeOS I believe the future is the web, even to the extent that we'll be putting all of our data, including the OS, up in the cloud and compute from there. eyeOS is one example of a possible implementation of this concept. A more in-depth look-see will most probably follow on my blog.
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