Open Source

Open Source: Constructive or Harmful to Competition?

by Mike Mansell August 24, 2011

When we look at the success of businesses and projects – both from the standpoint of those with interest in a business and the consumers that buy and use their products – competition is one of the most important components in any market. Working in retail, competition is what forces me to offer my prospective [...]

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Will WebOS Pick Up Where Android Falls Short?

by Mike Mansell June 27, 2011

For what seems like forever now, we have seen an ongoing war between rival technology companies Apple and Google, both of whom have managed to tap into the constantly growing mobile industry with their feature-rich operating systems; iOS and Android. With both companies being huge in the public eye, many have taken up one platform [...]

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What Direction Is Android Heading?

by Mike Mansell April 8, 2011

Recently I have been reading quite a few articles online that have questioned the openness of Google’s “Android” mobile operating system; a platform that has grown significantly since it went mainstream in 2009 and appears to be taking a long-term grasp upon the smartphone market. You see, Google has recently implemented a few restrictions with [...]

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Why Linux Distributions Will Never Be Mainstream

by Keaton Taylor March 26, 2011

Throughout the history of software there has always been people who prefer customization over simplicity. In the more modern era of computer software the most evident example of this phenomenon is Linux distributions. A distribution of software cobbled together into one massive bundle that seems to be held together by an elastic band. Normally these operating systems are outdated and are [...]

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Linux Claims The First USB 3.0 Drivers

by Matt Hodges June 11, 2009

After what is said to have been a year-and-a-half of work, it appears that the first driver for USB 3.0 has been born. Was it created for Microsoft Windows? Nope. How about Mac OS X? Not quite. As it turns out, Intel’s Sarah Sharp has created the world’s first USB 3.0 driver; and it’s for [...]

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My Thoughts On OpenID

by Jeff Weisbein July 22, 2008

OpenID is a decentralized open source platform which allows people to create services to provide users with a single log-in/ID for the web. While I feel the platform has a lot of potential I do have some concerns regarding security and standardization of services/functionality. My main concern is what these services are doing to protect [...]

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