http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/opensource Subnet - Open Source Bloggers en http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/google-users-hey-dummies-dont-root-your-android-phone-and-expect-google-wallet-be-safe?source=nww_rss So website categorization company zvelo caused a wee bit of a stir today when it exposed a potential security vulnerability in Google's near field communications (NFC)-enabled Google Wallet mobile payment platform.  You can see a video of their efforts below: Read more Mobile Apps Google Google Wallet NFC Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:46:57 +0000 Brad Reed 79770 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/my-favorite-android-browser-something-you-may-not-have-heard?source=nww_rss So as you've likely seen, Google is finally releasing a mobile version of Chrome for Android, albeit on a very limited basis.  This is good news for a lot of reasons, the chief being that the default Android browser is pretty boring and nowhere near up to Chrome's standards.  The folks at Opera have predictably been all like, "Uh-UH! Read more Smartphones Android Chrome Dolphin Google mobile browsers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:36:48 +0000 Brad Reed 79758 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/replaylounge?source=nww_rss The Replay Lounge in Lawrence, Kansas, ranked number 64 on Esquire's Best Bars in America 2011 list and landed spot number 31 on Complex Magazine's 2010 list of the 50 best college bars in America. Read more Linux Linux open source Python Small Business WordPress Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:02:38 +0000 Rikki Endsley 79753 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/htc-without-its-own-horse-will-watch-sidelines?source=nww_rss The mobile device market is a brutal place where only the very strongest survive. If you don't have your own horse in the race, you can easily go from first to back in the pack pretty quickly. Now it looks like one time industry darling, HTC may be one of the first casualties of the Google-Motorola Mobility merger. Read more Financial Results Mobile Apps Smartphones Alan Shimel Android applie iPhone open source smartphones Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:10:18 +0000 Alan Shimel 79749 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/database-service-support?source=nww_rss It seems like everything IT is being consumed as-a-Service (aaS) these days. So it should not be shocking that DBaaS, Database-as-a-Service is now available too.  EnterpriseDB, the company that has built a business supporting the PostgreSQL database announced last week that is now offering DBaaS through the Amazon Cloud. The idea is to offer almost "instant on" easy database to anyone who desires... Programming SaaS Cloud Computing Open Source Alan Shimel database open source PostgreSQL Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:43:08 +0000 Alan Shimel 79746 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/gsoc2012?source=nww_rss Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is an international program that pairs students with mentors and mentoring organizations. Students receive a stipend to write code and contribute to open source projects during their participation in the program. Read more Programming Google open source summer of code Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:21:01 +0000 Rikki Endsley 79740 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/techs-original-great-satan-calls-out-google-being-evil?source=nww_rss My, how the tables have turned!  Microsoft is apparently placing ads in major newspapers this week (I say "apparently" because no one reads newspapers anymore and I thus have no way of fact-checking) that call out Google for being too evil and not "putting people first."  Yes, it's pretty amusing that Google, which has long branded itself as the good-guy tech company, is now under fire from Microsoft,... E-commerce evil Google Microsoft privacy Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:47:01 +0000 Brad Reed 79717 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/mapathon?source=nww_rss "It's a LAN-party like feeling for map enthusiasts, and because you may have blood-shot eyes after 8hrs of non stop mapping, we decided to give it a zombie theme," the wiki announcement says. The mapathon is open to experienced "OSMers" and novices alike. Read more Programming cartography maps openstreetmap Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:57:26 +0000 Rikki Endsley 79707 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/internet-it-aint-designed-protect-your-privacy?source=nww_rss Over at Forbes, Scott Cleland has a pretty good column examining why there aren't more social networks and email services that fully protect user privacy, despite the fact that users always get up in arms whenever companies such as Google and Facebook make changes to their services that could harm our ability t Read more E-commerce Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:18:00 +0000 Brad Reed 79706 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/we-aint-backin-down-says-defiant-google?source=nww_rss Google is pushing back on some of the criticism many in the press have tossed its way over the past few days.  Google policy manager Betsy Masiello has taken to Google's public policy blog to clear some of the air about what the company's new unified privacy policy means for its users.  Let's take a look: Read more E-commerce evil Google privacy Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:40:02 +0000 Brad Reed 79681 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/googles-new-privacy-policy-attracting-attention-congress?source=nww_rss This isn't entirely surprising, but Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) is calling for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google's sweeping new privacy policy that will extend to most of its major services: Read more E-commerce Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:21:20 +0000 Brad Reed 79675 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/nyse-takes-stock-open-source-cms?source=nww_rss Few global organizations can match the size, scale and importance of NYSE Euronext. (NYX). The leading global operator of financial markets, NYSE Euronext's markets represent fully one third of the entire world's equities trading-and the company is a major player in derivatives and technology services. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index and Fortune 500. Read more Applications Finance Software Alan Shimel CMS drupal NYSE nyse euronext open source Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:51:28 +0000 Alan Shimel 79668 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/security-afterthought-nosql?source=nww_rss There has been a not so silent debate going on in the security world about the security profile of the NoSQL database products. Read more Security Cloud Computing Software 10gen adrian lane Alan Shimel couchbase dwight merriman james parker MongoDB noSQL open source Rich Mogull security securosis Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:10:03 +0000 Alan Shimel 79660 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/gentlemint?source=nww_rss You might be surprised by how many high tech happenings we see in Lawrence, Kansas. For example, does the Django web framework ring a bell? A new quirky site, Gentlemint — a masculine response to Pinterest — recently went live. Read more Programming django gentlemint open source pinterest programming Python Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:40:06 +0000 Rikki Endsley 79656 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/sourcefire-stays-true-its-roots?source=nww_rss Sourcefire is a security company that had its genesis in founder Marty Roesch's Snort open source intrusion detection system. Along the way Sourcefire has taken over the stewardship and introduced several other open source projects. One of the best known was the ClamAV anti-malware project.  Read more Anti-malware Endpoint Security Cloud Computing Alan Shimel fireamp malware open source Sourcefire Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:20:32 +0000 Alan Shimel 79655 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/ubuntu-hud-menu?source=nww_rss The next long term support (LTS) release of Ubuntu is scheduled to roll out in April of this year, and users should expect to see "the first step in a major new approach to application interfaces." In his blog post announcement, Shuttleworth introduces HUD, which he says will eventually replace menus in Unity applications. See his post for a video demo of HUD in action. Read more Linux hud menu Ubuntu Unity Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:00:08 +0000 Rikki Endsley 79649 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/work-hire-open-source-enabled-world?source=nww_rss Some time ago, I worked for a consulting services company that assembled solutions for their clients using open source licensed software as the building blocks.  Clients needed education, however, when it came time to understand who owned the resultant work.  Historically, in a from scratch world, all the newly written software was owned by the client as a “work for hire.”  If the solution was... Applications Programming Software IP law licensing open source Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:44:21 +0000 Stephen Walli 79647 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/advice-social-networks-always-let-us-opt-new-features?source=nww_rss Since I've been giving Google grief for pushing Google+ onto users whether they want it or not, I suppose I should give Facebook similar treatment for now forcing its users to adopt the new timeline feature (via BGR): Read more Collaboration/Web 2.0 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:01:34 +0000 Brad Reed 79646 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/google-reeds-12412?source=nww_rss Here are some key Google links for January 24, 2012:   Forbes' Eric Jackson takes a skeptical look at Google CEO Larry Page's claims of interaction on Google+:   Read more Collaboration/Web 2.0 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:38:00 +0000 Brad Reed 79641 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/google-searches-now-less-evil-otherwise-known-google?source=nww_rss My issues with how Google is pushing Google+ are well-known, so I'm happy to report that some engineers from some major social networking websites have decided to do something about it.  Engineers from Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have designed a new "Don't Be Evil" bookmarklet that actually (gasp!) adds search results from other social networking sites besides Google+ to Googles "People and Pages"... Collaboration/Web 2.0 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:36:45 +0000 Brad Reed 79637 at http://www.networkworld.com/community