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How to win a game without having to play it - the hacker’s way.
The full schematics (and code - written in VHDL) is available too. Woot!

O Projeto Rigg acaba de ser disponibilizado em código aberto - e precisa de desenvolvedores. Rigg é uma aplicação Rails que permite a construção rápida de sites de notícias colaborativas como Digg.com, DZone.com e Reddit.com.
A versão inicial ainda tem um bom número de pontas soltas, mas uma versão alfa deverá ser lançada dentro de alguns [...]

The Rigg Project is now online, open-sourced and calling for developers. Rigg is a Rails application that allows quick implementation of collaborative news sites like Digg.com, DZone.com or Reddit.com.
The initial release is still a work in progress - an alpha release is expected anytime soon, but the source code is already accessible as we speak.
Happy [...]

In the beggining, the alphabet was a great arcane art. No one could imagine that ‘common people’ could ever learn how to use it. Hey common guy, watch this out: you’re reading just now.
In the beggining, IBM was very certain that ‘common people’ would never need a computer at home. And 5 would be enough [...]

OSynergy é uma ferramenta open source (leia-se: GRÁTIS) que permite controlar diversos computadores com apenas um par de teclado/mouse. Uma outra boa notícia é que o programa suporta Windows, MacOS e diversos sabores de Unix (apesar de alguns bugs nas versões Mac/Unix, de acordo com o próprio site).
A interface é um tanto feia (como é [...]

Synergy is an open source (read: FREE) tool that allows you to control several computers with one single set of keyboard and mouse. Another good news is that Synergy supports Windows, MacOS and Unixes (although with a few bugs on the latter two, according to their site).
The interface is a bit awkward (like on most [...]

Aprendam, crianças: é assim que se ganha com software livre!
(já pensou se ele decide cobrar royalties de todo mundo…?)

Fico me perguntando quantas outras milhões de empresas existem por aí usando projetos open-source por aí e violando as ditas ‘licenças’ de copyleft…

It was a big week for open-source news, kicking off with the announcement Monday of partnerships intended to make the LAMP stack more attractive.
The LAMP stack of open-source software–which includes the Linux operating system, Apache Web server, MySQL database and scripting languages PHP, Perl or Python–is pushing its way into mainstream corporate computing.
Start-up ActiveGrid, one [...]