Archive for the 'Apache' Category


Feb 9

NEW! Wiki: Apache Hadoop on Windows Azure and SQL Server 2012 Early Adoption Cook Book Launches

Apache Hadoop on Windows Azure which is currently only available via CTP, now has a Apache Hadoop on Windows wiki, for you get a jumpstart learning."The wiki contains overview information about Apache Hadoop, as well as information about the Hadoop offerings on Windows and
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Jan 26

HP Open Sources WebOS, Now Called Open WebOS 1.0

Hewlett-Packard said that it has begun the open-sourcing of mobile operating system webOS, which now called as "Open WebOS 1.0", and that the company is making available the Enyo 2.0 core application framework code today to developers under open source licensing.Enyo is an object-oriented JavaScript framework
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Dec 22

Google Open Sources Stanislaw Lem’s Doodle Source Code Under Apache 2.0 License

Google announced of sharing the code of the Stanis?aw Lem doodle under the Apache 2.0 License. Google notes that the images and animations accompanying the doodle remains under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 License."The big difference between those two is that the first one allows commercial re-use, whereas the second one forbids it," blogged Marcin Wichary,
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Dec 13

Microsoft Deliver Updates for Node.js, MongoDB, Hadoop, Solr and Memcached on Windows Azure; Released SQL Database Federations

Microsoft announced update on a wide range of Open Source developments on Windows Azure. In a December 12 blog post, Gianugo Rabellino, Microsoft's Senior Director of Open Source Communities, notes "We are extremely happy to be delivering new
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Oct 18

Plugins Bring OpenSocial Gadgets Into Moodle

Google OpenSocial released two new pluigns that introduces OpenSocial gadgets into Moodle. Plugins work for new version of Moodle 2.1.OpenSocial gadgets are rendered via Apache Shindig."The first plugin adds a new module to Moodle. It's very similar to pages in moodle, however in addition, OpenSocial gadgets can be specified. Once it's installed, a teacher can
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Sep 15

Omaha 3 Now Released Under Apache License, Version 2.0: Google’s Automatic Software Updating Tool

In 2007, Google built the Google Update engine to provide a common background automatic updater for all of its products on Windows, and released it to open source as the Omaha project. Today, the company has announced the third major release of Omaha which has now been released as open source.Omaha 3 is already being
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Aug 30

Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS) and NumPy and SciPy Libraries for .NET Available from CodePlex

Microsoft for Python developers released a free, open-source add-on to its Visual Studio suite dubbed "Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS)".PTVS, available under the Apache 2.0 license, and available for download from Microsoft's CodePlex site came out of the Technical Computing Group unit at Microsoft and supports "CPython, IronPython, Jython and PyPy."Key PTVS features include:Support for
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Aug 15

CTP of New Hadoop Connectors for Parallel Data Warehouse and SQL Server Launching Soon!

Microsoft releasing two new Hadoop connectors to help customers exploit the benefits of unstructured data in both SQL and non-SQL environments. "We will soon release a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of two new Hadoop connectors - one for SQL Server and one for PDW.Connectors will include:Hadoop to SQL Server Parallal Data Warehouse (PDW) for large data
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Aug 1

Google Tasks Porter Open-Source App Allows You to Import and Export Google Tasks

Google Tasks Porter, announced today as on August 1, is a new open source application that allows you to import and export your Google Tasks. "Google Tasks Porter is designed with other applications that contain task lists in mind. It supports import and export via the iCalendar format which is used by a variety of applications,
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Jul 28

June 2011 CTP of Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus REST API Published

Interoperability @ Microsoft on July 28 announced Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus samples for all the PHP and Java developers. "Since the AppFabric Service Bus REST API can be used from almost all programming languages and operating systems, it makes it very easy for applications written on any platform to interoperate with each another through
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Jul 11

Interoperability Bridges with Gianugo Rabellino

Meet with Gianugo Rabellino, Senior Director for Open Source Communities at Microsoft.Rabellino is also a Vice President of the Apache XML Project Management Committee and Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Sourcesense. He has a deep understanding of open source technologies and platforms, and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the group of
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Jun 28

‘Hortonworks’ Launched to Increase Investment in Hadoop Technology and Accelerate Innovation and Adoption

Yahoo! and Benchmark Capital today announced the formation of “Hortonworks,” an independent company consisting of key architects and core contributors to the open source Apache Hadoop technology pioneered by Yahoo!.“The formation of Hortonworks increases investment in the development of Apache Hadoop and will accelerate adoption by making it more robust and easier to install, manage and
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Jun 24

Screencast: June 2011 CTP of Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java

Yesterdy, diTii reported the release of the June 2011 CTP (Community Technology Preview) of the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java is now available for download. This plugin is intended to help Eclipse users create and configure deployment packages of their Java applications for the Windows Azure cloud.You can read more about the plugin and
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Jun 23

June 2011 CTP of the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java Is Now Available

The June 2011Community Technology Preview of the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java is now available for download. This plugin is intended to help Eclipse users create and configure deployment packages of their Java applications for the Windows Azure cloud."To install, just point Eclipse's "Install New Software…" feature here. For those who have already
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May 20

WebP Now Natively Supported in ‘Opera, Chrome, Picasa, GMail’ with Improved Compression Algorithms and Other Slew of New Features

WebP, a new image format based on WebM technology and the VP8 codec, today received new features and expanded support for WebP:"WebP is now natively supported in Chrome and Opera. Google products including GMail and Picasa Web Albums, have also added support to WebP so you can share, send and receive WebP images. WebP support is
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