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3:00PM Angus Kidman | You may never have heard of NICTA (the national ICT centre of excellence), but if you’re an open source enthusiast, you’ll likely be drooling at the new centralised open source portal it has just launched. More »
NICTA Puts Open Source Projects In One Place
3:00PM Angus Kidman | You may never have heard of NICTA (the national ICT centre of excellence), but if you’re an open source enthusiast, you’ll likely be drooling at the new centralised open source portal it has just launched. More » 
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3:00PM Angus Kidman | Australian research institute NICTA is working on the development of Badumna, a peer-to-peer system specifically designed to make it easier to players in massively multiplayer environments to communicate. NICTA has released a beta version of the technology to games developers, who typically have to spend millions building reliable infrastructure for multiplayer communication. It might be a while before this technology hits the average consumer, but it’s a timely reminder that the need for P2P development didn’t die when BitTorrent appeared.
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NICTA Preps P2P Engine For Game Developers
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Australian research institute NICTA is working on the development of Badumna, a peer-to-peer system specifically designed to make it easier to players in massively multiplayer environments to communicate. NICTA has released a beta version of the technology to games developers, who typically have to spend millions building reliable infrastructure for multiplayer communication. It might be a while before this technology hits the average consumer, but it’s a timely reminder that the need for P2P development didn’t die when BitTorrent appeared.
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8:47AM Angus Kidman | Linux.conf.au, Australia’s annual get-together for Linux hackers, coders and enthusiasts, is shifting to Hobart in January 2009 (I’ll definitely be attending). The call for papers has just opened, so if you’ve got a nifty Linux project you’re keen to publicise or some technical knowledge to share, get over to the official site, register and get your suggestions in.
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Linux coders, prep yourself for Hobart
8:47AM Angus Kidman | Linux.conf.au, Australia’s annual get-together for Linux hackers, coders and enthusiasts, is shifting to Hobart in January 2009 (I’ll definitely be attending). The call for papers has just opened, so if you’ve got a nifty Linux project you’re keen to publicise or some technical knowledge to share, get over to the official site, register and get your suggestions in.
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