US software expert slams state's free laptop scheme - Times of India

US software expert slams state's free laptop scheme
Times of India
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government may be trumpeting its scheme to distribute computers for free to students but it is setting a poor example for what a state should do, says American software freedom activist Richard Stallman.

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Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its way - ZDNet (blog)


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Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its way
ZDNet (blog)
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | February 1, 2012, 1:47pm PST Summary: Thanks to Android, Linux is well represented on tablets, but there hasn't been a free software tablet, without any proprietary bits, until now. The Spark, which will be based on MeeGo ...
Spark 7in Linux-based tablet detailedHEXUS
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GeekSuit LLC Updates MacDeveloper Beta Testing Resource - DigitalJournal.com (press release)

GeekSuit LLC Updates MacDeveloper Beta Testing Resource
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Register to try out the latest software releases and receive coupons for Free software, or purchase software at huge discounts. "This is totally amazing. I got so much free software for clicking here and there to submit problem reports.

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Truly open source tablet soon - The Mobile Indian


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Truly open source tablet soon
The Mobile Indian
KDE, an international team that develops and distributes free, open source software for desktop and portable computing, has announced plans to launch a completely open source tablet called Spark. While Android is also open source, it divests a lot of ...

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Cars, software, services threaten EU-India trade deal - Reuters


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Cars, software, services threaten EU-India trade deal
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By Sebastian Moffett and Matthias Williams | BRUSSELS/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hopes of India and the European Union striking a free trade deal at a summit this week are fading fast, with differences over duties on cars and market access for software and ...
India, EU set to finalise FTAmydigitalfc.com

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What to do if your mail server is blacklisted - Free Software Magazine

What to do if your mail server is blacklisted
Free Software Magazine
This article is not strictly about free software. In fact, it's not about free software at all: it's about what to do to find out if your server's IP is blacklisted for sending mail. I just discovered Valli.org as one of the things I had to do to sort ...

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Book Review: The Transparent Society by David Brin - Free Software Magazine


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Book Review: The Transparent Society by David Brin
Free Software Magazine
This book is a bit of a departure for my Free Software Magazine book reviews, it's a philosophical and social essay by science-fiction writer David Brin, and it's over 13 years old (published in 1998). But as I am reading this now, I'm struck by how ...

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Does Facebook really embody “The Hacker Way”? Famous hackers discuss - VentureBeat


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Does Facebook really embody “The Hacker Way”? Famous hackers discuss
VentureBeat
To dive into this reference, which itself speaks volumes about Facebook's own culture and agenda, we contacted a handful of well recognized hackers, including PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf; Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman; ...
Race to win cyber worldThe Australian

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