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Fedora wants to draw in women

July 31, 2006 The project is trying to attract female coders, but some members of the open-source software community doubt it will be a success. TAGS: Fedora Project, women, F/OSS, community, mailing list, open source, Debian, open-source software

ICANN, VeriSign make strange bedfellows

November 21, 2005 Tucows exec Ross Rader says proposal to end ICANN-VeriSign dispute could mean end of Net community's role in determining its future. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., community, proposal, settlement, RFC, litigation, administrator, domain name, DNS

New community czar at Microsoft

June 15, 2006 Harvard teacher will direct company's community investment programs and digital-divide, technology-training initiatives. TAGS: workforce, community, Ford, Microsoft Corp.

Mass deletion sparks LiveJournal revolt

May 30, 2007 Users rebel after Six Apart deletes 500 groups, including ones devoted to literature, abuse recovery and Harry Potter fan fiction. TAGS: LiveJournal, Six Apart Ltd., journal, fiction, deletion, community

ICANN rejects .xxx domain registry

March 30, 2007 Internet overseer says proposal to create top-level domain for adult Web sites raises too many public-policy concerns. TAGS: proposal, applicant, community, concern

Canonical dismisses Ubuntu security concerns

August 16, 2007 Worries over Ubuntu's security, following shutdown of Canonical-sponsored community-run servers, are misplaced, company says. TAGS: Ubuntu, data center, community, server, security, London

Keeping it real about virtual living

January 16, 2007 Online veteran Howard Rheingold scopes out Second Life and "the Darwinian nature of the Internet." TAGS: Howard Rheingold, Second Life, Wiki, Stanford, community, blog, IM, video

Mozilla plans to fund developer community

March 22, 2006 "While we have funds beyond our operating levels, some of it should to go to community members," company CEO says. TAGS: Mitchell Baker, fund, open-source project, Mozilla Corp., contributor, foundation, open source, community, Yahoo! Inc., CEO

Perspective: The end of philanthropy

January 29, 2003 Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff writes that corporate acts of goodwill typically occur in isolation, separate from the forces that created them, and remain the exception rather than the rule. TAGS: philanthropy, globalization, corporation, community, shareholder, percentage, agency, CEO

How to spend a billion (Google) dollars

April 7, 2006 Consultant Paul Lamb suggests that making a difference in the world could itself become the next big thing. TAGS: billionaire, poverty, foundation, Google Inc., community, dollar

LiveJournal apologizes for mass deletion

June 1, 2007 Following Six Apart's deletion of 500 journals, users stage a blistering backlash and the company moves to make amends. TAGS: LiveJournal, journal, deletion, terms of service, community, role-playing game, discussion, character, account, e-mail

Novell halts its Hula dance

November 29, 2006 Founder of open-source e-mail and calendaring software project decides to move on while calling on community to continue. TAGS: Novell Inc., open source, leadership, community, e-mail

Which way, open-sourcers?

September 12, 2006 Software advocate says the latest draft of the GPL license is driving a wedge between the open-source and free-software communities. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, open-source community, Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, provision, open source, community, Linux

Cell phone becomes new town crier

April 20, 2007 Universities and cities are seeing how these staples of 21st century society can be turned into tools for keeping people informed and protected. TAGS: campus, text messaging, student, cell phone, university, community, alert, college, SMS, situation, U.S., security, e-mail

IBM AlphaWorks: From software theory to fact

June 5, 2008 Laura Bennett, senior engineering manager at IBM's software development community, discusses how the group helps turn research concepts from the labs into practical products. TAGS: software engineering, Semantic Web, IBM Corp., community, data visualization, software-as-a-service, division, RAD, programming, theory, Web 2.0, career, health care, open source, health, information technology

Burning Man backs solar-power project for Nevada towns

December 18, 2007 Nonprofit partners with renewable-energy venture and a Nevada power company to install solar arrays in public buildings. TAGS: Burning Man, Nevada, solar energy, community, array, Borders Books & Music, school, project, entertainment

Study: Americans feel strongly about social ties online, too

November 29, 2006 Annual report examining the Web's impact on society highlights boom in social activities online. TAGS: tie, study, community, kid, U.S.

Site for Fido gets funding

September 14, 2006 Dogster gets $1 million from angel investors, who surely are hoping for better returns than those of the Pets.com era. TAGS: Pets.com, founder, investor, community

When more bugs can mean tighter security

December 7, 2007 Mozilla Europe president explains why having fewer disclosed vulnerabilities doesn't mean Internet Explorer is safer than the open-source Web browser. TAGS: Mozilla Corp., secure, motivation, bug, community, Firefox, vulnerability, open source, president, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., security

BT creates Wi-Fi community throughout U.K.

October 4, 2007 Alliance with Fon effectively extends BT's Openzone network to every street in the U.K. where its Home Hubs are being used. TAGS: BT Openzone, British Telecommunications, hot spot, broadband, community, Wi-Fi, U.K., Internet Service Provider, handset
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