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Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community.

Every hour, 10x10 scans the RSS feeds of several leading international news sources, and performs an elaborate process of weighted linguistic analysis on the text contained in their top news stories. After this process, conclusions are automatically drawn about the hour's most important words. The top 100 words are chosen, along with 100 corresponding images, culled from the source news stories. At the end of each day, month, and year, 10x10 looks back through its archives to conclude the top 100 words for the given time period. In this way, a constantly evolving record of our world is formed, based on prominent world events, without any human input. Sources. Currently, 10x10 gathers its data from the following news sources: * ABC * BBC * CNN * The Guardian * MSNBC * Reuters Photography. All photographs within 10x10 come from the aforementioned news sources, and full copyright ownership is maintained by those sources. 10x10 uses the images purely for artistic and educational purposes, and does not profit in any way from their use.

An Open Source web conferencing company, 1VideoConference is completely revolutionizing the way people interact online. 1VideoConference allows its Web, Audio/ Video phone, Skype, Msn and Yahoo users to instantly participate in live web conferences without the need for lengthy downloads or complicated installations. At any time, our host customers can simply drop a small piece of code onto their websites and INSTANTLY create their very own online video conference room.

An Open Source web conferencing company, 1VideoConference is completely revolutionizing the way people interact online. 1VideoConference allows its Web, Audio/ Video phone, Skype, Msn and Yahoo users to instantly participate in live web conferences without the need for lengthy downloads or complicated installations. At any time, our host customers can simply drop a small piece of code onto their websites and INSTANTLY create their very own online video conference room.

Awesome open source web conferencing as part of the Google codeplex project

Awesome open source web conferencing as part of the Google codeplex project

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work-in the web browser itself.

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work-in the web browser itself.

"Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency."

Open Source E-portfolios

.LRN is the world's most widely adopted enterprise-class open source software for supporting e-learning and digital communities.

Convert Latex Equations into Images to Embed in Documents Embed Equation in Web Page, Forum, Google Docs, Twitter Render Latex Math Equations into Plain Text ASCII Insert ASCII Eqn as comment in source-code or email Convert your email or address to image to avoid spam Supports (PNG, GIF, JPG, TIF, BMP, PNM, FIG, PS) Control Equation Font Family, Size, Color, and Opacity Unlimited Uploads, No Registration"

About Inkscape An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development.

Open source image editing software

Free, open source file-sharing application effective for distributing very large software and media files. Documentation, FAQ, search-engine.

Shows you how Google search rankings correlate with conversions and revenue for keywords purchased - interesting source of statistical data.

OpenSimulator is a 3D Application Server. It can be used to create a virtual world which can be accessed through a variety of clients, on multiple protocols. OpenSimulator allows you to develop your world using the technologies you feel work best - we've designed the software to be easily extendable through loadable modules to build completely custom environments. OpenSimulator is released under a BSD License, making it both open source, and commercially friendly to embed in products.

Project Wonderland is a 100% Java and open source toolkit for creating collaborative 3D virtual worlds. Within those worlds, users can communicate with high-fidelity, immersive audio, share live desktop applications and documents and conduct real business. Wonderland is completely extensible; developers and graphic artists can extend its functionality to create entire new worlds and new features in existing worlds.

Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

Welcome to the AVALON project website, your route into virtual worlds for language education! The information presented in this website (click on the right-hand menu for specific topics) is addressed to anyone interested in virtual worlds for educational purposes and in particular to: * Language teachers * Language learners * Teacher trainers * Learning technologists * Decision makers in the field of education The AVALON website provides you with access to: * Information about the use of virtual worlds for language education * Information on how to Get Started in the virtual world of Second Life® * An Online Community of educational experts and language teaching practitioners who are using virtual worlds for language education * Guidelines for teaching in virtual worlds * Resources for Teachers * Resources for Teacher Trainers * Resources for learning technologists * Tested Course Scenarios for use in virtual world environments * An Open-source archive with selected 2D and 3D content from the project

"ordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. "

"Alfresco reduces your ECM costs by up to 96% compared to proprietary systems like Documentum, Open Text and SharePoint. It's as simple to use as a shared drive or SharePoint and does not lock you in to a proprietary stack."