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Leading Local Search Engine (Just) Dials Open Source for a Growth Call!

Open source technology enabled Just Dial, India’s leading local search engine, to grow at a much faster rate and achieve a lot more than it planned for. Every business that signs on to…

MOTOBLUR – The Latest Android Based Social Media Monster

In their bid to customize the open source operating system, Motorola has come up with a completely different UI, christened MOTOBLUR. It is interesting to note how much social media has affected today’s mobile interface designs, living proofs being the NOKIA N97, HTC Hero and MOTOROLA DEXT.

Usher in a New Era of Web with HTML 5

Google Wave, Opera Unite, Firefox 3.5 and then Gazelle, everyone seems to be racing to dominate the Web. What empowers them all the more are the latest specs of HTML 5.

Bob Young: Because of the much lower cost, open source should do very well in this economy

Bob Young has played a key role in building Linux into a household name. In 1993, with Mark Ewing, he co-founded Red Hat and was the CEO of the company for several years. After leaving Red Hat, he started a print-on-demand website called Lulu, where content creators can sell their books, comics, movies, or any other content that can be digitised and sold over the Web. Young also owns the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a Canadian football league franchise that he purchased in 2003. In this interview with LFY, he talks about Lulu.

Paul Frields: Proprietary Software Has Had Its Day and is on the Way Out!

In February 2008, Paul W. Frields joined Red Hat as the Fedora Project Leader. Naturally, on the occasion of the 10th release of Fedora, we needed the FPL’s insight into what goes inside the project. So, here’s Paul for you…

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