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New Creative Commons licence for using government data Print E-mail

Anyone wishing to reuse government and parliamentary information will have to apply for a new licence from now on.  The Click-Use licence, available for the last decade, has been phased out and replaced with a Creative Commons type licence devised by the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI). The new licence is already used on the data.gov.uk website and will authorise the reuse of data both commercially and non-commercially.

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Android overtakes iPhone in open source app stakes Print E-mail

A study conducted by Black Duck Software found that open source projects for Google's Android platform outstripped those for Apple's iPhone in 2009.

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Forrester Research explores why OpenOffice uptake by enterprise is slow Print E-mail

Despite being a low cost alternative to Microsoft Office, only 10% of enterprises have adopted OpenOffice.org, the open source alternative. With the release of Office 2010 imminent and the increasing popularity of online office apps from Google and Zoho, what does the future hold for OpenOffice?

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Microsoft to develop open source programming platform Print E-mail

The future of open source programming took an exciting twist with the announcement that Microsoft is developing a native running open source platform for Windows.

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KnowledgeTree to plant living trees in Africa Print E-mail

KnowledgeTree, the Enterprise Content Management provider, has announced the launch of a green IT promotion benefiting Food & Trees for Africa to promote environmental sustainability.

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