Monthly Archives: December 2014

Unlocking the ivory tower: Free and open source software in collaborative humanities research – Video

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Unlocking the ivory tower: Free and open source software in collaborative humanities research
Presenter(s): Claudine Chionh URL: http://2010.linux.conf.au/programme/schedule/view_talk/50163 Freedom to learn; freedom to share; freedom to connect. Human...

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Linaro takes space at Harston Mill

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Linaro, a not-for-profit engineering organisation within the open source software sector, has taken space at the high profile Harston Mill complex, on the southern edge of Cambridge.

A three-year lease was secured by Carter Jonas, acting for the landlord.

One of the biggest-sized office deals in the third quarter of this year sees Linaro occupy Block K which totals 3,873 sq ft plus 1,662 sq ft in part of Block B.

Linaro consolidates and optimises open source Linux software and tools for the ARM architecture.

Its mission is to bring together the electronics industry and the open source community to work on key projects, deliver great tools, reduce industry wide fragmentation and redundant effort,and provide common software foundations for all.

Member companies fund Linaro and provide half of its engineering resources as assignees who work full time on Linaro projects. These assignees combined with over 100 of Linaros own engineers create a team of over 200 software developers.

Work is conducted openly and Linaro engages with the broader open source community on a daily basis on IRC, mailing lists and at industry events, including its own Linaro Connect events.

Shortlisted for honours at the Business Weekly Awards in March, Linaros work is at the heart of all modern Linux-based devices running on ARM processors, including Android smartphones and tablets. As ARM processors pick up market share in networking, servers and the digital home, the majority of these systems will also be Linux based and will be leveraging Linaros work.

Carter Jonas is active elsewhere at the Harston Mill complex. It has been acting as agent under instruction on the letting of the newly completed refurbishment of the original mill building home of product design hothouse Sagentia and other leading companies in the science, technology and R & D sectors.

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Ray McGovern interview with RT International following press conference of Julian Assange – Video

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Ray McGovern interview with RT International following press conference of Julian Assange
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern speaks to RT about the press conference held by Julian Assange and his upcoming book.

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Julian Assange clocks up four years away from home

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WIKILEAKER Julian Assange is entering his fifth year as a man with a travel toothbrush and the heavy weight of legal charges over his head.

Assange is languishing in luxury or spending his time between chair and treadmill, depending on who you listen to. He most certainly is not at liberty, however, and has been living in a room at the Ecuadorian embassy for the last two and a half years of his life.

Assange will - if he has been allowed to - have scratched some 1,462 marks on the wall of his room.

Each of these will probably cause him to lose his deposit, if he paid one, and each will serve as testimony to the number of days that he has been away from what he might consider his home.

The Free Assange campaign said that, as the fifth year rolls into being, it is perhaps time to do something about it.

The group is suggesting that policing his stay is a waste of time and money, and has a number of other people who are happy to corroborate that assertion.

A web site called Govwaste makes this point with a number of figures and comments, including a statement from Boris Johnson, London Mayor, who called the police effort a waste of money.

Govwaste said that the Ecuadorian agency has offered Assange amnesty for as long as he needs it, which bodes rather ill for police finances.

So far, the group said, the cost of policing the embassy would have paid for almost seven million meals for the needy.

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Julian Assange clocks up four years away from home