The Genius of the Crowd ... Source

Austin programmers look to create a public redesign of the city's website

"...Austin ACLU put Proposition 1 – billed as the Open Government Online City Charter amendment – on the May..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Revolution OS

"...thing about Moore's documentary on the birth of the open source software movement isn't all the internecine warfare involved..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keeping It Together

You mean open source hasn't saved the world yet?

"...or fire dancers. Their goal was to create a software environment for the work of the League of Technical..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Warm Fuzzies Follow AISD Linux Flap

All is well after a teacher's misunderstanding about open-source software sparked much unexpected ire

"...Starks, threatening him with legal action for distributing the open-source software, his natural response was the kind of righteous..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...pleased to have great neighbors here. The amount of open space, the Slaughter Park, the hike-and-bike trail, disc golf..."

March 7, 2003 Column

Tech Talk

A guide to some of the terms and concepts in redeveloping the city website

"...Open Source: Software programming whose source code is publicly available..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Plays Well With Others

How Creative Commons is redefining copyright law and what it means for artistic collaboration across the Internet.

"...intellectual concept discussed by lawyers and academics, but a resource available right on your desktop. A struggling musician living..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

What I Learned at the Dot-Bomb Revolution

Robert Bryce recounts his short, happy career in the Internet wave

"...integrate their computer systems with their suppliers' systems with software that uses open standards with acronyms like SOAP, UDDI,..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Robert Bryce

SXSW Film Reviews

Moore manages to encapsulate the entirety of the open source software movement and keep non-techheads awake simultaneously.

"...that he manages to encapsulate the entirety of the open source software movement and keep non-techheads awake simultaneously. This..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Inherit the Net

Lawyer and Stanford professor Lawrence Lessig talks copyright law and the Internet.

"...to get a basic idea across: Keeping the Net open and free is a critical factor in making the..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

Hacking the Vote

"...system: a time tested, verifiable, and transparent method completely open and observable by the public. County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir,..."

Oct. 29, 2014 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...at Fourth, Austin's new tallest building. The official grand opening of the $137 million, 33-story building has been set..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

AISD Working Out Technology Costs and Kinks

Austin ISD goes on computer-buying spree

"...deeper questions about whether the district should look at open-source software rather than defaulting to a major vendor. "The..."

July 10, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Think Globally, Vote Locally

Why your country is depending on you to vote no on Prop 1

"...sure someone else will fill the niche in the open vehicle-for-hire market. Houstonians are willing to pay for a..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Free Stuff to Do at SXSW: Week One

Your guide to free events on SXSW's first weekend

"...bit going on during South By that's free and open to the public. All you need to do is..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

SXSW Film Review: Deep Web

Alex Winter's cybercrime doc takes up Dread Pirate Roberts' case

"...a rapid evolution from the already accomplished Downloaded (the opening explanation of the underlying technology is a master class..."

March 16, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"..."food activists and Rastas, Mayan calendar followers and bio-regionalists, open-source software geeks, and student activists" from 42 countries...."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

How Safe Is Your E-Vote?

Proponents of electronic voting promise no repeat of Florida in 2000, but critics say it could be even worse

"...Diebold and ES&S (Election Systems & Software) have some conspicuous Republican connections that automatically make yellow..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Your 15 Minutes Are Up, Mr. Gates

Top Nine Cyber Stories

"...8. Linux and the Open-Source movement prove that it might not be Bill's world..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

No Purchase Necessary

Does Napster, the MP3-sharing software program that has spawned several lawsuits and been banned at universities across the nation, mean the end of music as we know it?

"...The studios poured massive resources into their case, but after a protracted battle, Sony..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Is Knowledge Power?

A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor

"...the Stratfor analysis as mere Internet dross, unattributed and unsourced. Most dangerously, they said, no one had paid for..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?

Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.

"...Gunner sales copy reads: "With simple tools and point-and-click software, the machine automatically finds and aligns to your 80%..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Graffiti on the Superhighway

The digital age has ushered a new era in visual art, with the Internet offering artists a new medium for the creation of art, an infinite space to display their work, and a marketing tool. But with this expansion of creative opportunities come sticky questions of ownership and the communal experience of art.

"...Case in point: www.16color.com, where visitors may download software to create their own animation. When complete, visitors may..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Don't Fear the Interface

Web designers are wielding the coolest new tools for the greater good

"...NYC software designer and author Joel Spolsky seems to understand my..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...portal. Instead, the city contracted with third-party vendors using software from Salesforce, the Fortune 500 tech giant that dominates..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

TradeMark of the Beast

"...from Redmond for an MS Enterprise Agreement -- the software giant's most exhaustive and expensive flavor of site license,..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Top 10 Technology Stories of 1999

"...4. Linux and Open Source. Part two of a one-two punch: As Microsoft..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Cash in on Pecan Street Project

A how-to talk

"...Street Project's clean energy laboratory as well as developing open source protocols and software. Join The Pecan Commons in..."

Feb. 1, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Ouya: The People's Gaming Console

Could Julie Uhrman's Kickstarted project be the innovation the gaming industry was waiting for?

"...room console to come before it, Ouya is an open gaming and app platform priced at $99. Its low..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Sean Carey

The Bruce & Cory Show

Sterling and Doctorow debate scarcity, or the lack of it.

"...out of steam. They were countered by Doctorow's unvarying Open Source optimism...."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

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