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  WordPress guns for Web content management duties

  Long popular with bloggers, the open-source WordPress blogging software is also starting to find a niche as a low-cost corporate CMS (content management system), at least for managing relatively simple Web sites.

  By Joab Jackson | 09 March, 2010 10:36

  Tags: opensource, Wordpress

• Stay away from OpenOffice.org until Oracle shows commitment, analyst says

  A European IT consulting firm is warning large enterprises and government entities not to deploy OpenOffice.org until Oracle Corp. shows proof that it will invest as heavily in the development of open-source productivity suite as project champion Sun Microsystems Inc. did.

  By Eric Lai | 21 January, 2010 06:06

  Tags: business, government, openoffice, opensource, oracle, sun

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  Open-source, proprietary vendors partner on cloud BI

  Four open-source and proprietary vendors on Wednesday announced a new partnership resulting in a cloud-based BI (business intelligence) stack.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 13 August, 2009 06:11

  Tags: business intelligence, cloud computing, opensource

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  KDE 4.3 released for a 'greatly' improved experience

  After six months of development the KDE project has released the most anticipated upgrade of the KDE 4 series, KDE 4.3, which promises to greatly improve the overall user experience of the open source desktop environment.

  By Rodney Gedda | 05 August, 2009 09:06

  Tags: kde, kde4, opensource, plasma, upgrades

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  NICTA opens its software to the world

  Research organisation National ICT Australia (NICTA) has stepped up its support for open source software by launching the OpenNICTA portal where people can view and download software developed and licensed by the organisation.

  By Dahna McConnachie | 16 July, 2009 08:25

  Tags: nicta, Open Kernel Labs, opensource, R&D

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  Open-source adoption faces extra obstacles in China

  The uphill battle that open-source programs face to steal ground from proprietary software comes with added pitfalls in China, where problems like software piracy take away strengths that open source has elsewhere.

  By Owen Fletcher | 16 July, 2009 04:38

  Tags: China, Linux, market research, opensource

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  PostgreSQL 8.4 released, focus on admin, monitoring

  The PostgreSQL project has released version 8.4 of its namesake open source database system with some 300 new or improved features and a renewed focus on administration and monitoring tools.

  By Rodney Gedda | 02 July, 2009 00:00

  Tags: databases, opensource, postgresql

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  Seattle center develops tech for poor people

  The first question many people asked when Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus proposed the Village Phone idea was: Who will they call?

  By Nancy Gohring | 18 June, 2009 03:35

  Tags: Mifos, opensource

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  OpenSource World offering free admission

  Organizers of the upcoming OpenSource World conference broadened the event program and are offering free admission, hoping to attract more attendees in a time of slashed travel budgets and increased competition from similar shows.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 12 June, 2009 03:53

  Tags: idg, opensource, OpenSource World conference

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  Dell bundling open source applications for SMBs

  Dell is planning to offer small and medium businesses (SMBs) globally pre-configured bundles of hardware and open source software to run their businesses, according to an executive at the company.

  By John Ribeiro | 10 June, 2009 04:23

  Tags: dell, opensource, small business, SMB

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  Wikipedia drops GNU in favor of Creative Commons license

  The Wikimedia Foundation will change the terms under which it licenses the content in Wikipedia, the organization said Thursday.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 22 May, 2009 04:04

  Tags: creative commons, gnu, licensing, opensource, wikipedia

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  Cisco settles lawsuit with Free Software Foundation

  Cisco Systems will appoint a director to ensure that its Linksys products comply with the terms of free software licenses, and in return the Free Software Foundation will dismiss its lawsuit against the networking giant, the parties said on Wednesday.

  By Nancy Gohring | 21 May, 2009 03:32

  Tags: Cisco, Free Software Foundation, lawsuits, Linksys, Linux, opensource

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  SugarCRM chief steps down

  The CEO of open-source customer-relationship-management software vendor SugarCRM has stepped down.

  By Robert McMillan | 08 May, 2009 04:08

  Tags: CEOs, opensource, sugarCRM

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  Apple is sued after pressuring open-source iTunes project

  The operator of a technology discussion forum has sued Apple, claiming that the company used U.S. copyright law to curb legitimate discussion of its iTunes software.

  By Robert McMillan | 28 April, 2009 05:09

  Tags: Apple, digital music, dmca, EFF, iTunes, legal, opensource

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  PostgreSQL 8.4 goes into beta, ups performance

  The PostgreSQL open source database project has released a beta of the upcoming version 8.4 release with a significant focus on performance improvements.

  By Rodney Gedda | 20 April, 2009 10:25

  Tags: databases, opensource, postgresql