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As Boxee Grows, It Should Remember Two Things

by Sam Dean on Nov 24, 2009

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All the way back in August of last year, we reported on how open source media center software player Boxee was racing to bring its platform to consumer electronic devices. A Boxee blog post at the time announced: "To make Boxee more accessible for a mainstream consumer it’s important for us to get Boxee embedded into connected TVs and Blu-Ray players, game consoles and set-top boxes. We’re already talking to device makers to ensure Boxee works on a variety of platforms for 2010." As Boxee recently announced, that vision has become a reality. The open source software platform will ship on a hardware device in 2010, and will likely go on other ones. What should Boxee keep in mind as that happens? Here are two essential things for the company to focus on.

Mozilla Picks Up the Drumbeat

by Joe Brockmeier on Nov 24, 2009

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Yeah, the Mozilla folks just keep going. Like the Energizer Bunny of the Web, they're always up to something new. This time it's Drumbeat, a sort of umbrella project for various projects to create "tools that enable Internet users to understand, participate and take control of their own lives." The project has been bootstrapping itself and Mark Surman, executive director of the Mozilla Project, posted an update on the progress of the project yesterday.

Open-Xchange Update Adds New Features and Account Configuration Wizard

by Lisa Hoover on Nov 23, 2009

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Life just got a little bit easier for anyone using the open source groupware solution Open-Xchange. Now customers can manage and aggregate email and contact information thanks to a setup wizard that helps users more easily configure external email accounts and social networks.

Open-Xchange is a great alternative to Microsoft Exchange that also syncs and supports Macs and Apple Mobile devices. It's used to manage email, tasks, calendars, documents, contacts, and social networking communication. Other new features Open-Xchange is rolling out include:

Roku Launches 10 New Content Channels -- But No Hulu

by Lisa Hoover on Nov 23, 2009

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Roku quietly launched 10 new free content channels over the weekend that will be rolled out to owners of all models of the open source-based Internet TV streaming device in the next couple of weeks. Kristin extolled the virtues of her Roku and I adore my recently-released wireless HD model, so the addition of more content options makes this cool device that much sweeter.

In addition to Netflix and Amazon Video on Demand, now Roku users can watch videocasts by tech guru Leo Laporte on twit.tv, view their photostream on Flickr, keep up with Diggnation episodes on Revision3, or listened to personalized streaming music on Pandora. The full list of soon-to-be-available channels can be found on Roku's Web site.

OStatic Buffer Overflow...

by Sam Dean on Nov 23, 2009

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Chrome's mission: making Windows obsolete. Is Google's new operating system bad news for Microsoft's Windows efforts?

Microsoft Azure to capture open source revenue streams. It will support many major open source apps and platforms.

Tim O'Reilly and the Cassandra act. He says the web is under threat from closed applications.

Google has actually managed to patent displaying patents.The USPTO buys in.