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Free Software made the difference

In 1983 Richard Matthew Stallman started a project called GNU, which stands for GNU is Not Unix. He had a dream, a vision, he wanted to have a world free from proprietary software, a world made of Free Software. What he saw wasn't a foolish vision, but a growing interest in coding and sharing, which brought him to found the Free Software Foundation, a no profit organization whose aim was to advocate and pro ...

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Penultimate, A Must Have App For iPad

When we talk about apps, we usually focus on the ones that make our daily life funnier such as Angry Birds, Temple Run, Instagram and Doodle Jump; however there are many other apps that make our daily life easier, faster and more efficient. One of these apps is Penultimate. If you are an iPad owner, you must download it. What Is It? Developed by Cocoa Box Design, located in San Francisco, Penultimate has th ...

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Stop Software Patents

Software Patents have become so common in technology, but here the question is Are they right? Recently Yahoo sued Facebook for infringing on 10 of its patents involving advertising, privacy controls and social networking. After less than a month, the Facebook's response was direct, they accused Yahoo of violating ten of their patents on photo tagging, advertising and more. What these two company haven't re ...

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Wirehog, How Facebook Could End

Thefacebook.com, the social networking website which has spread across campuses from Harvard to CalTech, eclipsed half a million users yesterday as the site’s creator prepared to unveil his latest project—a file-sharing program integrated with its predecessor. The program, named Wirehog, allows digital “friends” to connect to each other’s computers and download files, from documents to music to movies. Thes ...

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