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Bummer: Web mixtape service Mixwit to shut downOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 19 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: internet | Tags mixtape, service, mixwit, closed, economy, recession,
"Mixwit, one of my personal favorites for creating and sharing hosted mix tapes is calling it quits next week. Starting Saturday, December 27th the site will no longer serve up streaming music track read more »
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Apple more closed than MicrosoftOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 31 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: other | Tags apple, closed, microsoft, monopoly, , ,
Dale Vile talks about Microsoft's long standing as a monopolistic "evil" entity and how Apple, while initially appearing as an escape is actually more closed than the current incarnation of Micros read more »
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Did Sun just make mySQL closed source?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 263 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: software | Tags sun, microsystems, mysql, closed, source, ,
Dana Blankenhorn responds to mySQL competitor's accusations that Sun Microsystems has taken mySQL in a closed source direction. read more »
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The Kindle Swindle - Why Its Closed Nature is Disturbing.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 367 days ago (http://www.defectivebydesign.org)
Category: other | Tags kindle, swindle, amazon, jeff, bezos, closed,
Joshua Gay writes a blasting article concerning Amazon's recent Kindle ebook reader. He doesn't have a problem with the device itself, nor the books - rather it is with the DRM utilized by the Kind read more »
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When open source projects close the process, something's wrongOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 401 days ago (http://www.linux.com)
Category: software | Tags open, source, closed, process, projects, ,
Nathan Willis takes the GIMP UI redesign team and the KDE Oxygen Project team to task for closing the process of development on these two respective applications in what he feels are moves that compr read more »
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We need to talk...(about Apple).Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 470 days ago (http://acdvictim.blogspot.com)
Category: communications | Tags apple, iphone, development, closed, , ,
TheCompKid over at Addictive Chronocide Disorder isn't happy about Apple's decision to block out third party apps. and wants developers to rise up and complain, forcing Apple to change its ways. read more »
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