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Dotted Eyes Ltd - #6 Open Source Data presented by Jamie Justham

Part 6 of a 6 part series of presentations by the Charman and founder of Dotted Eyes Ltd, Jamie Justham, discussing the benefits of Open Source data. Dotted Eyes is one of the leading enablers of the Unified Spatial Environment, bringing together geographical data in a seamless, controlled and automated environment.

At the IDC Directions conference in Silicon Valley, research firm's chief analyst argues that the cloud is here to stay, proclaiming it the dominant platform for the next two decades.

Linux comes in all shapes and sizes...from the full-blown app-heavy distros like Fedora and Ubuntu, to the lean and mean distros such as Puppy and Damn Small Linux.

Whatever the size of the distribution, there are always going to be applications that you will want to download and install, depending on your needs.

As we approach the release of the Federal Communication Commission’s National Broadband Plan next week, the agency has mounted a major PR offensive, trickling out nuggets of information, hoping each one generates a favorable story.

Google's open-source approach to Android is a key reason that it is quickly gaining ground on closed-source competitors like Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry. But challenges remain.

In the coming weeks, Comcast Internet customers should see an insert in their bill with a rare offering: a $16 payment.

CA makes another cloud computing acquisition, picking up IT performance and availability monitoring software vendor Nimsoft in all-cash deal.

Chipmaker introduces its first desktop chip packing that many processing cores for gaming boxes.