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Sony Delivers Five FOSS Filmmaking Apps, Adding to Existing Ones

If you followed the box office success of the Pixar film called Up, you may have heard that it was the 10th animated box office success in a row for Pixar. Animated films are big business, and part of the reason they're succeeding is because of many types of improved technology.

Not everyone realizes, though, that open source software plays a big, behind-the-scenes role in how animated films are created. Partly as an acknowledgement of that fact, Sony Pictures Imageworks, the visual effects and digital character animation unit of Sony Pictures Digital Productions, is launching an open source development program focused on software for use in creating films. To launch the program, the company has announced five new open source technologies for anyone to use, where they will join many other ones.



10 Open Source Ways to Improve Your Online Video Mojo

All of us are viewing, collecting and streaming video online much more than we used to. Video content has proliferated on the web, and creating online video is no longer the work of just an isolated group of skilled technocrats. Anyone can become a video broadcaster online, and there are countless tools that can help you collect and consume video content. In this post, you'll find 10 resources for making your experience with online video better, and more efficient.?


The "R" Statistical Environment, and REvolution Computing, Spread Out

As we noted in this post, one of the open source-focused companies that made a big splash at the recent OSCON conference was REvolution Computing. The company champions the use of R, an open source language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. R is used by many researchers when parallel processing of statistical data can help sift and analyze large amounts of information. We discussed what it's capable of at length in this post,?and here are some of the new directions REvolution Computing and R are going in.


As Microsoft Powers Yahoo!'s Search, Whither Yahoo!'s Open Efforts?

Back when Microsoft was actively pursuing an acquisition of Yahoo!, only to withdraw its bid, many observers felt that the withdrawal was good news for Yahoo!'s many open source and open initiatives. But we made the point back then that the game might just have begun. From Yahoo!'s open strategy for developers, to its Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI), to the company's reliance on Hadoop for advanced fast queries, Yahoo! has always been a strong supporter of open standards. Yahoo!'s entire site runs on FreeBSD--a free operating system descended from AT&T Unix.

Microsoft still isn't acquiring Yahoo!, but it has struck a far-reaching search deal with the company. What are the implications for Yahoo!'s many open source and open standards initiatives?



OStatic Buffer Overflow...

SpringSource takes on Java goliaths. The company is proving that commercial open source can peacefully coexist with community involvement.

Microhoo lessons for open source. Yahoo?s open source projects are now held by a company that is cash poor.

Acer: Android netbook on track for Q3. The company has wavered on whether it will deliver one, but it apparently is on track, and may dual-boot with Windows.

The Gap moves from Windows to Red Hat Linux. The company needed to revamp its entire end-to-end business technology platform.

Dell: New Ubuntu desktop PC launching soon. There?s a high probability that it will debut the week of August 2nd.



Open Source and E-Learning Continue to Converge

We've reported before on how big universities such as U.C. Berkeley, as well as publishing companies such as CNet have used the open source Moodle platform to deliver e-learning content online. M.I.T.'s Open Courseware site, and its M.I.T. World video effort, are also notable for providing excellent, free educational content online. Meanwhile, the United States is the single largest e-learning market worldwide with revenues exceeding $17.5 billion in 2007, according to a report from Global Industry Analysts. Now, U.C. Berkeley is funding the development of an open source project for expanded distribution of free recordings of lectures and other events, as the San Francisco Business Times reports. There are other notable free e-learning initiatives underway, too.


IDC: Open Source Rising, Set to Go On a Tear

As has been true for quite some time now, economic malaise and the maturity of applications and platforms are continuing to boost the market for open source software. Those trends are also helping to build a healthy ecosystem for commercial open source companies, and enterprise adoption of open source. Today, market researchers at IDC are reporting on a new study that predicts that worldwide revenue from open source software will grow at a 22.4 percent compound annual growth rate to reach $8.1 billion by 2013. Here are some of the other key findings.


SugarSync: Sync Files Folders and Photos from Android

As JKOnTheRun notes, Sharpcast's extremely popular SugarSync file synchronization service now works with Android-based phones and devices. Widely used on the iPhone, BlackBerry and on Windows Mobile devices, the service also works on both PCs and Macs. It lets you retrieve and view files from any computer in a SugarSync account, browse and upload local files, send files and share folders directly from a phone, view folders shared with other phone users, and upload and view photos from a phone. Sharpcast offers a free 2GB storage account, and you can sign up from the Android application, which is available on Android Market today.?


Novell's SUSE Appliance Program Enables Roll Your Own Linux

Today, Novell announced its SUSE Appliance Program, which encompasses Suse Studio Online, a customizable, lightweight version of Linux called SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS (Just Enough Operating System), tie-ins with Amazon's cloud services, and full support for custom software. According to the company it is an end-to-end appliance solution that enables ISVs to rapidly build, update, configure and go to market with fully supported software and virtual appliances. In essence, developers can quickly use Novell's tools to build software appliances and even custom operating systems, and then use Amazon's cloud services and Novell's distribution channel to reach new users in new markets, with help available.?

Adobe, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Ingres and others have voiced support for the program, and Novell claims that more than 3,800 ISV applications are currently certified on the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform. Here are more of the details.?



Miro Media Player Gets an Overhaul

Open source media player Miro is out in a new version 2.5, downloadable for Windows, the Mac, and Linux. Miro has long been well-liked as a way to collect and view timely video content, as well as manage video libraries. There are many enhancements in the new version, detailed here, but two of the new features that have jumped out at me as I've used the new version are audio podcasts available through Miroguide (a really nice way to navigate to content from all around the web and sample offerings that you may like), and smarter handling of BitTorrent files, especially videos.


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