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We knew it already of course but a new report from IDC tells the same same story, Open Source is the way to go.

The IDC forecast concluded that, from 2009 to 2013, worldwide revenue from open source software will grow at a 22 percent compound annual growth rate to reach $8.1 billion by 2013. That growth figure is "considerably higher" than previous growth estimates from 2008, IDC says.

IDC says there are three main reasons for the big uptick in predicted revenue for open source software, or OSS, as the analyst group likes to call it. First, the level of acceptance of OSS among enterprises over the last 12 months is "much higher" than what IDC previously expected. Second, the poor economy is driving enterprises to seek alternatives in OSS (which is not to be confused with "free software," but which is often sold at a steep discount to proprietary alternatives). Lastly, IDC recently completed an "exhaustive" search for revenue-producing OSS projects, so apparently it has a better gauge on the breadth and depth of the overall OSS landscape.

IDC sees OSS as one of the disrupting factors in enterprise IT, along with software as a service (SaaS). So-called "hybrid" business models will become the norm.

Source: ITJungle

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Online service developed to migrate data from VirtueMart to Magento automatically. You can easily migrate to Magento and move your store information within very short time period with Cart2Cart - automated shopping cart migration service. It enables you to move your store data, saving the relationships between entities (categories, products, customers, orders, images etc) - basically all information that you currently have in your store. Easy to use It doesn't require you to setup complicated technical things. All you have to do is provide information about your source shopping cart (Virtuemart), target shopping cart (Magento), select the type of data you want to move and the migration to Magento is set! Quick It takes only few minutes to setup and minutes to migrate for small stores. If you have larger store - you just need to wait a bit more, no big difference. Faster than any kind of manual work. Affordable You pay for the information you migrate only, the more you migrate - the less you pay. Demo mode available for you to check it out before doing complete migration. Live Help Available Assisted migration from VirtueMart to Magento is available to save your time, minimize risks and ensure data safety.

Het programma Nederland Open in Verbinding (NOIV) wees een onderzoek naar hoe de Nederlandse softwaresector kan bijdragen aan het plan, af. Hoogleraar Sjaak Brinkkemper van Universiteit Utrecht bood het programmabureau vorig jaar november aan onderzoek te doen. Dat wilde hij doen in samenwerking met de Software VOC, een netwerk van...

Privacy advocates aren't pleased with Google Web History, which records the sites you visit, searches you make, images and videos you view, and even sites you haven't been to but may like. When you create a Google account, the option to use Web History is checked by default. Opting out doesn't mean Google doesn't collect the information, just that you don't have such easy access to it.

It feels like I've been using Gmail for five or six years, but I found my Web history begins in January 2007, according to Google. The entries since that time are far from a complete log of all my searches and surfing; apparently, events are recorded only while you're logged into your Google account.

To open your Web history, sign into your account, click My Account in the top-right corner of the main Google screen, and choose Web History under My products. The default view is All History. Your other view options include Web, Images, News, Videos, Maps, Blogs, and even the Sponsored Links you were served up, just in case you missed them the first time.

I was ready to find all sorts of embarrassing information about myself in the logs, but they were really kinda boring, which probably indicates their accuracy. I did find several entries that didn't belong—obviously, someone borrowed my PC while I was logged into my Google account. To remove unwanted items in your history, click Remove items in the left pane, check the entry or entries you wish to excise, and click Remove.

To surf without being tracked, click the left pane's Pause button. (Frankly, I'm inclined to sign off the account altogether.) When you're ready to go back on the record, click Resume.

One of my favorite Web History features is Trends, which shows your top 10 queries, sites, and clicks over the past seven days, month, year, or all recorded. I had fun trying to figure out why I did almost three times more searching last April than I did the previous October, or why I've never searched at 2 a.m. A real shocker for me was that I search more often on Sundays than I do on Fridays. I would've never guessed that one.

Maybe I should have qualms about anybody keeping such close tabs on me, but the fact is, most or all of this information is tracked whether or not I sign up for the service, unless I use an anonymizing service or product. About a year ago, I described how to customize the history settings in Firefox and Internet Explorer, and all browsers let you wipe your Web history clean, but these settings don't affect Google's servers.

Google's privacy policy offers a link to DoubleClick's opt-out cookie, but the best solution is to disable cookies altogether. Doing so cripples many of the Web's most useful features, in my book. So I'll just keep my surfing semipublic and hope Google doesn't suffer the security breach of all time.

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Unfortunately, I missed some places when fixing the privilege escalation issues for 2.8.1.  Luckily, the entire WordPress community has our backs.  Several folks in the community dug deeper and discovered areas that were overlooked.  With their help, the remaining issues are fixed in 2.8.3.  Since this is a security release, upgrading is highly recommended.  Download 2.8.3, or upgrade automatically from your admin.

>Being a mad scientist means that you don’t just accept common wisdom; you challenge it in favor of finding actual proven facts. Hard data and experimentation are the only way to the truth and you know it.

When people tell you that you can’t measure something, or that human behavior is not predictable, your first inclination is to laugh at them. You know that the course of human progress has been driven by people who push the limits of science. To put it simply, guessing didn’t get us here.

I know there are lots of us out there and I want to start bringing us together–and not just social and viral mad scientists like me, but anyone who pushes the edges with their work.

To help you tell the world that you’re a mad scientist, and proud of it, I commissioned the incredible artist Pat Perry to draw a sweet cube grenade (hat tip to Hugh Macleod for the idea).

Science doesn’t happen in a vacuum, so I’m also launching a community Page on Facebook and a newsletter to start to build an army of mad scientists.

To sweeten the deal, I’m kicking it all off with a contest. To enter, simply print out the mad scientist cartoon and proudly display it in your “lab.” You know, wherever you do your mad scientist work– an office, cubicle, studio, nuclear power plant or whatever. Take a picture and post it to the wall on the Mad Scientists Facebook Page.

The scientist with the craziest workspace will win a lifetime of free hosting on a MediaTemple dedicated virtual server. Yeah, you read that right, a free server for the rest of your life. And these servers are seriously awesome; it’s what I host all my crazy apps on. The second place winner will get a free 4gb Mimobot USB drive of your choice.

I’ll announce the winners in the newsletter, so make sure you’re signed up for that as well.

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Although Twitter is a tool that helps you connect with others around the world, what if you want to find some "tweeps" that live in your area? It's easier than you might think.

Twitter itself provides location information on profile pages, but that's not enough to help you find some locals. You're not going to sift through every profile to look at the person's location, after all.

That's why you need to check out the following sites and iPhone apps that will help you find folks who live nearby.

Find some locals

Happn.in Instead of simply finding tweeters close to you, Happn.in has you choose your area and see what the "trending" topics are there. So, if nearby users are discussing taxes or a local baseball team, they will be displayed as some of the more popular topics where you live. Under each topic is a listing of the latest tweets from people discussing those items. It's a neat idea, but beware that many towns are not included in the Happn.in listing, so it's a better service for people living in big cities.

Localtweeps Localtweeps asks you to input your ZIP code to add yourself to the service. When you input your ZIP code, it populates (but does not update) your Twitter stream with a tweet that includes your location. Your profile is then added to the Localtweeps directory, allowing people to find you based on where you live.

Because of the way Localtweeps adds users to its directory, you'll find that there aren't as many users as those in other services in this roundup. That said, it tends to be more accurate, since the people who join want to be located. So, although it sacrifices quantity, Localtweeps actually does provide some real quality. It's worth trying out.

Nearby Tweets Nearby Tweets asks you to input your location. It also asks that you choose a search radius to find other local Twitter users. The app uses both the Twitter API and the Google Maps API to ensure it's finding people in the desired area.

Nearby Tweets allows you to input keywords to enhance your search. When you do so, it analyzes all the people in the area first and then finds if any of them are mentioning the term you're searching for. It adds another level to the offering. And it makes it slightly more compelling than some of the other services in this roundup.

Nearby Twitter finds all the folks in your area.

(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET)

Tweetmondo Tweetmondo helps you find people in your area by inputting your location. From there, it finds others who signed up for the service and input the same location.

Although that function works well, I was upset to see that Tweetmondo automatically updated my Twitter stream with a message telling my followers that I signed up for the site (I deleted it from my stream in seconds after it was updated). I don't mind it giving me the option of updating my stream with that information, but I don't want it updated for me.

With that in mind, Tweetmondo did do a good job of finding people in a given location, but it should be noted that you won't find nearly as many people on this site as on others I tested. And since Tweetmondo automatically updates your stream, consider it a last resort.

Twellowhood Twellowhood displays a map of the U.S. You can click on the state you live in and it will automatically list all the people living in different towns in the respective state.

I was really impressed by Twellowhood's listings. The site listed several people in both small towns and big cities across New York state. The same was true for all the states I checked. When you click the town you want, Twellowhood lists the users by the number of followers they have. You can go to their Twitter profile or follow them from the page.

Twinkle Twinkle is an iPhone app that allows you to tweet with nearby Twinkle users. The app uses the iPhone's GPS functionality to locate you and those in your area.

Twinkle is, theoretically, a self-contained social network allowing you to send messages to nearby users, but you can also update your Twitter and Facebook statuses in a flash, allowing you to tweet with others that are nearby. It's a full-featured app that you don't want to miss.

Twinkle is a social networking app that also lets you find nearby Twitter users.

(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET)

Twittelator Pro Twittelator Pro provides you with a variety of location-based features to help you find local tweeps. The app lets you post your location on a map for others to see. It also uses the iPhone's GPS to find the location of Twitter users in your area. You can then send them tweets from the app. Twittelator Pro is extremely capable, but there's one catch: it will cost you $4.99 to get it.

TwitterLocal When you start using TwitterLocal, you'll find that it provides a single search box, asking you to input a location. TwitterLocal also asks you to choose the mile radius to search for people in the area. It then delivers the latest tweets written by those around a specific location. It's not the best app in this roundup, but it did do a fine job of finding people close to home.

TwitterLocal finds people in your area with an Adobe AIR app.

(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET)

My top 3

1. Twellowhood: With a great interface, Twellowhood is worth trying out.

2. TwitterLocal: TwitterLocal gives you enough options to make it a useful service.

3. Twittelator Pro: Twittelator Pro is the most feature-packed iPhone app in this roundup. It's the tool to use, if you can get over its hefty price tag.

The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.13 [Wojmamni ama baji]. This is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately.

This release contains 26 bug fixes, one high-level security fix and one moderate-level security fix. It has been 3 weeks since Joomla 1.5.12 was released on July 1, 2009. The Development Working Group's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.

Download

Click here to download Joomla 1.5.13 (Full package) »

Click here to find an update package. »

Instructions

• New installation and technical requirements
• Upgrade from an existing Joomla 1.5 version
• Migration from Joomla! 1.0.x

Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 1.5.13 Post-Release Notes to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

If you have modified core template overrides, please be sure to back them up before upgrading.

Security

One high-level and one moderate-level security issues were fixed in this release:

• High Priority: Core - File upload. More information »
• Moderate Priority: Core -XSS. More information »

For additional information, visit the Joomla Security Center.

Components

• Edit icon now appears in correct location (16726)
• "usertype" column is now saved correctly in the database during front-end account creation (16073)

Modules

• No modules issues were fixed for this release

Plugins

• Typographical error fixed in PHPdoc comment (15548)
• TinyMCE editor now works when using compressed mode (17058)
• Media Manager now shows correct message after a successful upload (17053)
• Image button can be used by users who don't have upload permission (17101)

Legacy

• No legacy issues were fixed for this release

Templates

• No template issues were fixed for this release

Language

• Error message in Media Manager is now translated (17008)

Administrator

• No administrator issues were fixed for this release

System

• No system issues were fixed for this release

Statistics

Statistics for the 1.5.13 release period:

• Joomla 1.5.13 contains:
  • 7 issues fixed in SVN
  • 7 commits
• Tracker activity resulted in a net increase of 42 active issues:
  • 68 new reports
  • 19 closed
  • 7 fixed in SVN
• At the time the 1.5.13 release was packaged, the tracker had 188 active issues:
  • 89 open
  • 68 confirmed
  • 31 pending

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug with Joomla, please report it on the 1.5 Bug Tracker.

Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: Ian MacLennan and Mark Dexter co-coordinators; Airton Torres, Amy Stephen, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Ercan Ozkaya, Flavia Tarzwell, Gergő Erdősi, Hannes Papenberg, Jennifer Nodwell, Joe Palmer, Kevin Devine, Klas Berlič, Marieke van der Tuin, Marijke Stuivenberg, Marius van Rijnsoever, Mark Smeed, Mati Kochen, Ole Bang Ottosen, Pete Nurse, Rajesh Dhanusu, Samuel Moffatt, and Shantanu Bala.

A warm welcome to the newest members of the Joomla Bug Squad: Christophe Demko, Jean-Marie Simonet, and Andrew Rose.