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ICANN rejects .xxx domain registry

March 30, 2007 Internet overseer says proposal to create top-level domain for adult Web sites raises too many public-policy concerns. TAGS: proposal, applicant, community, concern

How to spend a billion (Google) dollars

April 7, 2006 Consultant Paul Lamb suggests that making a difference in the world could itself become the next big thing. TAGS: poverty, billionaire, foundation, Google Inc., community, dollar

Fedora wants to draw in women

July 31, 2006 The project is trying to attract female coders, but some members of the open-source software community doubt it will be a success. TAGS: Fedora Project, women, F/OSS, community, mailing list, open source, Debian, open-source software

IBM AlphaWorks: From software theory to fact

June 5, 2008 Laura Bennett, senior engineering manager at IBM's software development community, discusses how the group helps turn research concepts from the labs into practical products. TAGS: software engineering, data visualization, Semantic Web, community, IBM Corp., RAD, software-as-a-service, division, theory, health care, Web 2.0, programming, career, open source, health, information technology

Yahoo's game of photo tag

March 22, 2005 Flickr purchase points to radical--and largely untested--theory that could up-end Web search. TAGS: Flickr, tagging, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, community, photograph, Google Inc.

Esquire wikis article on Wikipedia

September 29, 2005 Magazine writer puts online encyclopedia's collaborative, open-source ethos to the test. TAGS: Wikipedia, encyclopedia, draft, article, community, entry, open source

Mass deletion sparks LiveJournal revolt

May 30, 2007 Users rebel after Six Apart deletes 500 groups, including ones devoted to literature, abuse recovery and Harry Potter fan fiction. TAGS: LiveJournal, Six Apart Ltd., journal, fiction, deletion, community

New community czar at Microsoft

June 15, 2006 Harvard teacher will direct company's community investment programs and digital-divide, technology-training initiatives. TAGS: workforce, community, Microsoft Corp.

Canonical dismisses Ubuntu security concerns

August 16, 2007 Worries over Ubuntu's security, following shutdown of Canonical-sponsored community-run servers, are misplaced, company says. TAGS: Ubuntu, data center, community, server, London, security

Hacking's a snap in Legoland

September 15, 2005 Toy-brick fanatics decided to modify Lego's Digital Designer product. The company's response? "It's great." Photos: Designer Legos TAGS: LEGO Co., brick, palette, 3D modeling, community, hacking, 3D

'Second Life' for teens: 3D fun sans the brothels

August 8, 2005 After two years as an adults-only playground, the virtual world will feature a new grid for teenagers. Images: A new metaverse TAGS: Second Life, teen, grid, online game, virtual worlds, community, Electronic Arts Inc., 3D, games

Perspective: The end of philanthropy

January 29, 2003 Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff writes that corporate acts of goodwill typically occur in isolation, separate from the forces that created them, and remain the exception rather than the rule. TAGS: philanthropy, globalization, corporation, community, shareholder, percentage, agency, CEO

Mapping a revolution with 'mashups'

November 17, 2005 The ability to mash together maps and other content has people mapping everything from urinals to UFO sightings. TAGS: mashup, computer graphics, revolution, map, Google Maps, Google Inc., community

In Seattle, a spark of Burning Man

June 26, 2006 The fourth-annual Critical Massive in the forest north of Seattle is that community's regional burn. Photos: The yearn to burn TAGS: Burning Man, Seattle, attendee, Arizona, event, Las Vegas, community

Burning Man backs solar-power project for Nevada towns

December 18, 2007 Nonprofit partners with renewable-energy venture and a Nevada power company to install solar arrays in public buildings. TAGS: Burning Man, Nevada, array, community, solar energy, Borders Books & Music, school, project, entertainment

Keeping it real about virtual living

January 16, 2007 Online veteran Howard Rheingold scopes out Second Life and "the Darwinian nature of the Internet." TAGS: Howard Rheingold, Second Life, community, Wiki, Stanford, blog, video, IM

Novell halts its Hula dance

November 29, 2006 Founder of open-source e-mail and calendaring software project decides to move on while calling on community to continue. TAGS: Novell Inc., open source, leadership, community, e-mail

Which way, open-sourcers?

September 12, 2006 Software advocate says the latest draft of the GPL license is driving a wedge between the open-source and free-software communities. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, open-source community, Linus Torvalds, provision, Richard Stallman, community, open source, Linux

Cablevision: We're not afraid of Verizon's fiber

May 5, 2005 Verizon announces further expansion into Cablevision's territory, sparking fightin' words from the cable company's COO. TAGS: Cablevision Systems Corp., Verizon Communications, cable company, data service, fiber, COO, DSL, community, telephony, broadband, TV

Mozilla plans to fund developer community

March 22, 2006 "While we have funds beyond our operating levels, some of it should to go to community members," company CEO says. TAGS: Mitchell Baker, fund, Mozilla Corp., open-source project, contributor, foundation, open source, community, Yahoo! Inc., CEO
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