At the same time, Open Source Developer Labs launched a patent commons project, which will provide a central list of patents that have been donated to the collaborative programming community. The threat of patent-infringement lawsuits has long...
Is the rush towards open source and collaborative development a healthy trend or an investment bubble? Alongside tiny start-ups, established providers from IBM to Microsoft are seeking to capitalise on open source products or replicate the...
A DEFRA report, dubbed "Partners for Success", said: "We are developing and refining electronic services for farmers such as an electronic portal for information and advice and an online waste exemption service, and identifying and developing...
IBM is also expected to detail three multi-party efforts to increase review of patent applications, in part by tapping open-source developers and collaborative software. IBM's Sutor said growing interest in the patent system and emerging...
User-generated content, online collaboration and diverse forms of community interaction have implications for political engagement, policy development, service delivery and operational efficiency. But few politicians can claim to have really...
Anyway… the boffins have tagged hundreds of bees at their east London lab to track their movements, assuming that having a RFID chip on their backs doesn't hinder their aerial manoeuvrability. The scientists hope to unlock the secrets of the...