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OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Google releases open source Mac updater software.....

Free Software Foundation creator and GNU founder Richard Stallman rails against cloud computing.....

Zarafa: Open source e-mail gets competitive.....

realXtend open source virtual reality system expands its ecosystem.....

Zimbra's ubiquity play with ISPs.....



Precipitate Puts Spotlight on the Cloud

If you are a frequent user of either Google Bookmarks or Google Docs and you're using Mac OS X, there is now a free, open source way of searching your content via Spotlight. As TheAppleBlog notes, Precipitate makes a local copy of your files on your machine, then Spotlight imports them. Precipitate periodically checks in with the 'cloud' and updates the local files to reflect any changes, says the post. Check out more at TheAppleBlog.


Google Chrome--Minus the Snooping

As Downloadsquad is reporting, the Chromium source code for Google's Chrome open source browser has already been fashioned into a new version of the browser: Iron.ﾠ Apparently German company SRWare developed its knock-off of Chrome for users who are concerned about Google's policies for collecting private information--a constant Achilles heel for the company. SRWare's home page is in German, but the folks at the Incomplete News Project have published a translation with details on what SRWare's version does.


The Google Phone: There's a Problem in the Fine Print

The Web is already teeming with analysis of the T-Mobile G1--the first phone to run the Android operating system, which we covered yesterday. Today, our sister site JKOnTheRun has some good critiques of the phone and its data plan, inlcuding lack of Exchange support, and no way to sync with a computer. However, a reader of WebWorkerDaily who responded to a post on the phone that I wrote alerted me to a problem with T-Mobile's data plan that in fact be the deal-breaker for some people. It's in the fine print, and here's the problem, below the fold.


GigaOm: Live from the Google Phone Announcement

GigaOm is live blogging from the unveiling event for the first Android-based phone. At $179, it features a touch screen, a Webkit-based browser, one-click ordering from Amazon, integration with Google maps, and a compass mode where street view maps move as you do. The phone looks interesting, but we still expect follow-on Android phones to be more full featured. Check out GigaOm's thoughts.


OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Precipitate merges Mac OS, Google Cloud.....

With Android it's the software stupid.....

Open source software in U.K. schools gets the green light.....

Open source founders doubling up on startups.....

OSCON leaves Oregon, will be held in San Jose.....



If Android Won't Do, Consider the Alternative Alternatives

The fateful day has arrived for the first Android-powered phone. This Google-backed open phone will likely be sufficient for a large number of users -- if not in its first incarnation, certainly within a few models and revisions.

But it certainly isn't the only open phone. It isn't the first by any means, and it has another competitor hot on its heels.

Some more pioneering souls might forego the tamer Android for the Neo FreeRunner or the upcoming NeoPwn.



Google Touts Open Source Cred

Who's the first company you think of when the words open source come up in conversation? Red Hat? Canonical? MySQL? Well, if Google co-founder Larry Page is to be taken seriously, apparently it ought to be Google.


Google's Chrome Browser isn't Going Unnoticed

Even though it's only available in a Windows version so far, Google's open source Chrome browser is reaching a lot of people, according to data from Nielsen Online. Nielsen reports that between Sep. 1st and Sep. 7th, more than 1.9 million unique visitors in the U.S. visited the Thank You page for the Chrome browser. The data lines up with similar findings from NetApplications, which has found that Chrome has about one percent of browser share--ahead of Opera. Which browser does Chrome not appear to be taking share from, though? That would be Safari.


The First Android Phone is Mainly a Novelty

As The Register reports, T-Mobile is sending out invitations to the launch of the first handset based on Google's Android platform. The handset is from HTC, and the Wall Street Journal reports that HTC says it expects to ship 600,000 to 700,000 units of the phone, called the Dream. However, I'm in agreement with Dana Blankenhorn that this first phone won't set the world on fire.


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