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Apple’s Court Loss Could End The Book As We Know It
The Justice Department is hailing a judge’s finding yesterday that Apple and publishers conspired to fix e-book prices as a victory for consumers, who are paying less since the alleged cabal was thwarted. But readers shouldn’t rest easy... Read More »
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Apple’s Fingerprint ID May Mean You Can’t ‘Take The Fifth’
[...] While there’s a great deal of discussion around the pros and cons of fingerprint authentication — from the hackability of the technique to the reliability of readers — no one’s focusing on the legal effects of moving from PINs to fingerprints. Read More »
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Applications Now Open For 2014 OpenNews Fellowships
Today we’re proud to announce the start of the 2014 Knight-Mozilla OpenNews Fellow application process. Read More »
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Applying New And Existing Technologies To Atrocity Prevention
Over the past year, I’ve had the honor to be part of the team at USAID implementing the President’s vision of preventing and responding to mass atrocities, including through my service on the White House’s Atrocity Prevention Board. I have deep personal connections to the issue of atrocity prevention, having worked throughout my career on countries in the midst of conflict where such atrocities have occurred, from Rwanda to Angola to Libya. Read More »
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Appropriate Technology, Open Source Blueprints
Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, Missouri farmer Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch. And that's only the first step he's taking to write instruction sets for an entire self-sustaining farm operation with equipment costs of under $10,000. Read More »
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Apps: The Afro Revolution
Five mobile apps that are putting key information into the hands of ordinary Africans Read More »
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April 2013 Contributor Of The Month: Suranga Kasthurirathne
Each month, we highlight one of our community contributors so you have the chance to learn to learn more about the people involved in OpenMRS. This month, our community manager Michael Downey “sat down” virtually with Suranga Kasthurirathne from Sri Lanka to learn more about his story. Read More »
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ARA's BioGears(TM) Presented at Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference
Applied Research Associates (ARA) will present BioGears(TM), an open-source modeling tool that will allow a wide variety of users to create accurate simulated physiology that fits the needs of the medical simulation and training community, at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) Conference. The BioGears(TM) project will enable the public to develop medical simulations that will benefit military as well as civilian medicine. Read More »
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Archaeology, Open Access, And The Passing Of Aaron Swartz
I don’t post to this blog as much as I used to, but every once in a while there are some developments in the world of data sharing and scholarly communications that I think worthwhile discussing with respect to archaeology. [...] Read More »
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Archaeology, Open Access, RIP Aaron Swartz
Last week Aaron Swartz killed himself because of the issue of Open Access. He was facing 35 years in prison for trying give people access to pre-1920s publications e.g. not under copyright. He also had a history of depression which probably played a significant aspect in his decision to kill himself. [...] Read More »
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Archimedes, HHS Align To Speed HIT Development Via Analytics
San Francisco-based healthcare modeling and analytics company Archimedes and the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have formed what they call a first-of-its-kind partnership designed to provide free and easy access to CMS synthetic claims data for any software developer – commercial, private, or individual. Read More »
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Architecture for Living Closer Together
During a research project titled Dense Cities, the Institute of Architectural Typologies at the Graz Universtiy of Technology, in Austria, will focus on the array of topics concerned with urban density and their relevance to current architecture. Read More »
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Archives Releases Updated Open Government Plan
The National Archives and Records Administration has released an updated version of its open government plan that covers the agency’s open government initiatives through 2014.
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Arduino Creator Explains Why Open Source Matters In Hardware, Too
Most of the technology world is familiar with open source software and the reasons why, in some eyes, it's more appealing than proprietary software. When software's source code is available for anyone to inspect, it can be examined for security flaws, altered to suit user wishes, or used as the basis for a new product. Read More »
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Arduino Workshop—New From No Starch Press
It may be small in size, but the Arduino is having a huge impact on the maker movement. This powerful, easy-to-use microcontroller makes it possible for creative people everywhere to turn their ideas for interactive projects into reality—from simple LED displays to responsive robots and Twitter-enabled appliances. All that's needed is a computer, a DIY imagination, and—for the uninitiated—a guide on how to get started. Read More »
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