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Sharing Work Is Easier With An Open Document Format
2We often wish to share electronic documents with friends, colleagues, business or government, and the software application we use to prepare these documents will save them in a particular format. Any application that later loads the document will also need to be able to understand this format. If an organisation can control the format, and…
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A Visual Map Showing Government Investments Around Australia? Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Governments around the world receive a lot of criticism and a lot of it has to do with citizens not knowing where their hard-earned tax-payer dollars are going. Over in the US, the White House has done something of the sort, releasing a map tool where users can easily see all the community-based programs it’s…
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How openHAB Lets You Develop For Connected Environments
We’ve all seen the utopian product demos where lights, TVs and thermostats automatically activate and adjust to optimal settings as someone enters their home. But those demos usually require everything to come from one vendor. openHAB might provide the middleware solution for the Internet of Things in the home.
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The Best Alternatives To Google Code For Your Programming Projects
Google announced last week that it was shutting down Google Code, its hosting service for open source projects and coding initiatives. If you haven’t already migrated your projects to another service, you’ll need to do so. Here are a few alternatives that can get you up and running quickly.
