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Can't remember your passwords? Tired of filling out registration forms? OpenID is a safe, faster, and easier way to log in to web sites.

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer currency. Peer-to-peer means that no central authority issues new money or tracks transactions. These tasks are managed collectively by the network.

ImageShack is a great, intuitive and easy-to-use media hosting service. You can upload images, flash files and movies for sharing and it also allows direct links. Registration is free and you can upload as many files as you want. Finally ImageShack provides some useful extras, like toolbars, sidebar, iphone app, uploader tool, etc. And to make your own implementations, there's a development API too.

Now it's easier than ever to build a website. Publish content, share your documents, collaborate with friends or coworkers, create a place for your community!

Tornado is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools that power FriendFeed. The FriendFeed application is written using a web framework that looks a bit like web.py or Google's webapp, but with additional tools and optimizations to take advantage of the underlying non-blocking infrastructure.

Tizen is an open source, standards-based software platform supported by leading mobile operators, device manufacturers, and silicon suppliers for multiple device categories such as smartphones, tablets, netbooks, in-vehicle infotainment devices, and smart TVs. Tizen offers an innovative operating system, applications, and a user experience that consumers can take from device to device.

"XBMC is a free and open source media player application developed by the XBMC Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium. XBMC is available for multiple operating-systems and hardware platforms, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet."

Document Cloud is a platform that is primarily meant to be used by journalists who are reporting on (or publishing) primary source documents. They will be able to have their documents run through OpenCalais, and get comprehensive information on all the places, people and organizations that are mentioned in the document. Plus, Document Cloud can look at all the dates that are mentioned on the original text, have them plotted on a timeline, and let them know about documents that are related to what they have written. 

"An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps - Tap to interact"

"The world's first open payment network"

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This service allows you convert a Flash Video / FLV file (YouTube's videos,etc) to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) file online. It is using a compressed domain transcoder technology (outline in Japanese). It converts FLV to MPEG4 faster and less lossy than a typical transcoder. When you submit an url, it will download and convert to the video format. Then you can download the converted file. FLV to MPEG4 Conveter engine is now OpenSource. You can download the source code via subversion: http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=183657

.. the opn source media center

"OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network."

"Mapzen builds open-source mapping tools and collaborates on open geodata initiatives."

"WireGuard® is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. It aims to be faster, simpler, leaner, and more useful than IPsec, while avoiding the massive headache. It intends to be considerably more performant than OpenVPN. WireGuard is designed as a general purpose VPN for running on embedded interfaces and super computers alike, fit for many different circumstances. Initially released for the Linux kernel, it is now cross-platform (Windows, macOS, BSD, iOS, Android) and widely deployable. It is currently under heavy development, but already it might be regarded as the most secure, easiest to use, and simplest VPN solution in the industry."

"Joplin is an open source note-taking app. Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device."