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Thomson Reuters Takes Virginia to Court over Zotero

Legal news wire service Courthouse News reported recently that Reuters was suing the Commonwealth of Virginia because George Mason University was handing out its proprietary software. Nothing is ever that simple, is it?

George Mason University's Center for History and New Media distributes Zotero, an open source Firefox extension that helps users manage citations found on the web. It performs a similar function as Thomson Reuter's EndNote software. The lawsuit is based on the premise that Zotero's newest beta is able to convert the proprietary EndNote format to the open CSL (Citation Style Language) format. A lawsuit over a file format conversion?



Update: OStatic's Library of Open Source Tools and Training

A while back, we posted a collection of the many tutorials, reviews and pointers to web-based resources that we've been compiling on OStatic since it was launched. We've been steadily adding to that collection, and readers have pointed out a few omissions from the original collection. In this post, you'll find an update with even more resources. Whether you're looking for useful Firefox extensions, want to improve your AJAX skills, or you're launching a web-based open source project, check out some of the tips and tutorials found here.

 



BlueOrganizer: A Firefox Extension for Souping Up Searches

Yesterday, on our sister blog WebWorkerDaily, I did a post on BlueOrganizer, a very handy extension for Firefox. BlueOrganizer lets you share content on del.icio.us, Twitter, and Facebook, but it really stands out in my eyes for allowing you to search laterally for content that is similar to what you're currently looking at. Here's more about it, including some illustrative screenshots.


Getting More Out of Google Chrome

As is typical for Google, its new Chrome browser features a tabula rasa interface, without the Windows menu system and toolbars that many browser users are used to. At the same time, it shares much code with Mozilla's Firefox browser, and is customizable in many of the same ways as Firefox. Around the web, I'm already seeing some astute tutorials and resources show up for those interested in souping Chrome up and getting the most out of it. Here are some strong resources.


OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Huge price drops for Asus Eee PC netbooks.....

Using virtual desktops in Linux.....

Firefox extensions for improved download management.....

Many more useful Firefox extensions.....

Can Google Chrome build an ecosystem?.....

 



A Flurry of Open Source Video-Related News

There are a number of new moves afoot regarding video formats and standards for open source browsers and operating systems. Last week, we covered comments from Sridhar Vembu, CEO of AdventNet/Zoho, about how improved Javascript in Google's Chrome browser could be a threat to both Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight. Meanwhile, the new alpha version of Mozilla's upcoming Firefox browser update has HTML 5 video support, and One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has entered a partnership to to advance the open source video format Ogg.


ZoooS Aims for Online Versions of OpenOffice Apps

Webware has recently been covering a port to the web of the OpenOffice.org suite of productivity applications from ZoooS. If it sounds like it competes with Microsoft Office Live, it does in some ways, and it also competes with Zoho's large suite of free productivity applications hosted online. From SQL databases to spreadsheets and presentations to word processing (although applications are only previews at the moment) you'll be able to use ZoooS to work online and collaborate with others there. From ZoooS' home page, you'll also get a number of other interesting applications.


OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Red Hat acquires Qumranet, an open source virtualization company.....

Dell has an Ubuntu based netbook in the works.....

Ubuntu Linux now tops 8 million users.....

A new model: Open source software after it's acquired.....

Mozilla's Mitchell Baker on Firefox and Chrome.....



Chrome, JavaScript, and Flash: Two (Mostly) Opposing Views


In one of the more interesting reviews of Google's open source Chrome browser, released yesterday, AP technology writer Peter Svensson suggests that Google missed the boat by focusing on JavaScript performance in the browser, and submits that the real culprit behind much pokey web performance and many browser crashes is Adobe's Flash. Notably, Svensson's diatribe against Flash coincided with some interesting comments sent to us at OStatic from AdventNet/Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu. Vembu sees Chrome's focus on JavaScript as right on, to the point where it may begin to stifle Flash. Here's the gist of all this.


Hands-On With Chrome: Clean and Crisp, But Needs Extensions

Google's Chrome open source browser is now available for download in beta, for Windows users. We've put it through some paces today, and have overall been favorably impressed with how clean and complete for a beta browser it is. If you haven't yet read through Google's explanation of its goals for Chrome, see that here. The browser reflects a focus on web applications--letting you create shortcuts for your favorite ones that will open the apps even if Chrome is closed, and more--and runs well. Still, it will be some time before I consider it as my default browser. Here's more, after the jump.