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Government

Submission + - Dutch governemnt goes the open standard route (webwereld.nl)

Submitted by Alpha77
Alpha77 writes: Today, the Dutch parliament has agreed to a plan that aims to implement support for open standards in national and local government organisations. The plan (in Dutch) lists a number of actions that will be taken. Support for ODF is mandatory for the national government by April 2008, other government organisations must comply by December 2008, but other existing formats are still allowed too. The Google translation of the source can be found here.
Operating Systems

Submission + - Make Your Own OS With MikeOS

Submitted by ADenyer
ADenyer writes: Want to write your own OS? Fancy trying your hand at x86 assembly language? MikeOS is an open source x86 operating system, designed to show you how a simple OS fits together. Yes, it's 16-bit (for BIOS access), but it's small enough to avoid the old-school DOS memory segment woes, and includes a very thorough HandBook with a guide to writing your first OS kernel. The new 1.1 release includes build scripts for Mac OS X and Windows.
Cellphones

Submission + - Backup your mobile phone contacts, manage online (facebook.com)

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Kunal Gupta
Kunal Gupta writes: "Styky is a free service that wirelessly backs up your mobile phone contacts and lets's you use and manage them online, for free. If you ever lose or break your phone, Styky restores your contacts to your new device. Besides backup, Styky offers a lot of other cool features, like phone number sharing and requesting, group text messaging, reverse number lookups (enter a number, see if one of your friends can identify it), rich profile views — right from the phone book on your phone, photo sharing, and more.

You can get styky by texting "styky" to 4STYKY (478959) or by checking out www.styky.com Styky is also available as a Facebook application, "Styky Phonebook" that let's you manage your phonebook through Facebook, including tagging your contacts, and linking them to your Facebook friends. You can also send free text messages through the Facebook app. And for those of you who ever ever flushed your phone, and your social life down the toilet, Styky helps you rebuild your contacts with a simple profile box, where your friends add themselves right to your phonebook. No more "Lost my phone, Need Numbers." groups.

Styky supports over 300 devices, including Windows Mobile and Blackberry devices, with more being added every day. For phones that don't support the downloadable app, you can access Styky Lite, the WAP site, at m.styky.com"
Businesses

Submission + - The 10 most overpaid jobs in the United States

Submitted by lucabrasi999
lucabrasi999 writes: Almost everyone can point to a co-worker and say, "They are overpaid". Maybe that co-worker is lazy. Maybe they work hard, but their results are say, lackluster. Maybe they are a great worker, but they landed in a nice, cushy job. Well, Chris Plummer from Marketwatch has identified what he thinks are the most overpaid jobs in the United States. Longshoremen? Motivational Speakers? This list may make you wonder if it is time for a career change. Especially for those of us in IT.
KDE

Submission + - KDE 4 uses 40% less memory despite 3D eye-candy

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An anonymous reader writes: Pro-Linux reports that KDE 4, scheduled to be released in January 2008, consumes almost 40% less memory than KDE 3.5, despite the fact that version 4 of the Free and Open Source desktop system includes a composited window manager and a revamped menu and applet interface. KDE developer Will Stephenson showcased KDE 4's 3D eye-candy on a 256Mb laptop with 1Ghz CPU and run-of-the-mill integrated graphics, pointing out that mini-optimizations haven't even yet been started. Will this combination of resource efficiency and consumer appeal make KDE 4 the leader in the booming Linux-based ultra mobile laptop and energy efficient desktop markets?
Internet Explorer

Submission + - Mozilla: when more bugs can mean tighter security

Submitted by biscuitfever11
biscuitfever11 writes: The outspoken head of Mozilla Europe Tristan Nitot has coughed up a few gems in this interview with ZDNet, not least in the security wars against Internet Explorer. Nitot readily acknowledges the massive number of bugs that affect the open source browser, but says that it's the Mozilla community which makes the browser far safer than IE will ever be. Nitot said: "I'm surprised that bug counting, which is a terrible metric, was used by Microsoft. It isn't easy to assess security, but bug counting definitely isn't the way to do it. I'd rather talk about time to fix the duration of the window where users are at risk, which in our opinion is a much better metric. People within the Mozilla community have a better-than-average understanding of this — we work together and have to trust each other." http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39291344-1,00.htm
Software

Submission + - Open source takes aim at high-cost math software (networkworld.com) 2

Submitted by
coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "A new open source mathematics program is looking to push aside commercial software commonly used in mathematics education, in large government laboratories and in math-intensive research. The program's backers say the software, called Sage, can do anything from mapping a 12-dimensional object to calculating rainfall patterns under global warming. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/22768"

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