I’ve been at FOSS4G 2009 here in Sydney for the last few days. This has been an exceptionally interesting conference and given that Sydney is a long way for many people, there has been a […]
Autodesk has announced a technology preview of Project Cooper, a new drawing software application for all those users who don’t need the full power of AutoCAD, but still want to create AutoCAD drawings such as […]
The Living in a Google World blog has reported stumbling upon what looks to be an early version of Google’s Chrome OS browser.
If you remember, Eric Raymond in the Cathedral and the Bazaar floated the "many eyeballs" theory that all bugs are shallow if you have a large enough community involved in finding solutions. I also remember […]
I blogged earlier about new NIST standards relating to the smart grid. In North America communication networks for automated meters and meter reading tends to be proprietary, locking utilities into one metering vendor, whereas in […]
DigitalGlobe has succcessfully launched and deployed WorldView-2 on a Boeing Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. WorldView-2 will collect multispectral imagery at 1.8 meter resolution and panchromatic imagery at .46 meters*. […]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) directed the FCC to submit a National Broadband Plan to Congress by February 17, 2010 that addresses broadband deployment, adoption, affordability, and the use of broadband to advance solutions to […]
This year’s FOSS4G has an exceptionally diverse roster of what look to be stimulating talks. It is going to be a serious challenge to decide which of several concurrent sessions to attend. Here’s a quick […]