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Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects

The Verge

A developer appears to have purposefully corrupted a pair of open-source libraries on GitHub and software registry npm — “ faker.js ” and “ colors.js ” — that thousands of users depend on, rendering any project that contains these libraries useless, as reported by Bleeping Computer. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Fusion-io Accelerates Flash Apps With Open Source Contributions.

Data Center Knowledge

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The Radiant Group Acquires HumanGeo to Advance Data Analytics and Open Source Capabilities

CTOvision

Since its founding in 2011, HumanGeo has worked to turn information into insight and create innovative technology that provides customers with "leap ahead" capabilities. The post The Radiant Group Acquires HumanGeo to Advance Data Analytics and Open Source Capabilities appeared first on CTOvision.com.

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Tech Moves: Washington STEM names CEO: Former Nike exec joins Nordstrom board

GeekWire

Founded in 2011, Seattle-based Washington STEM has 10 partner networks across the state, provides communities with investments and open-sourced tools, as well as advocating at the state and federal level. Milton Lang previously served as Washington STEM CEO but left after four months in June 2022.

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Tech Moves: Xamarin co-founder leaves Microsoft; OfferUp adds execs; and more

GeekWire

He was co-founder and chief technology officer at Xamarin, a mobile app development platform founded in 2011. de Icaza, known as a leader in open source software development, was a distinguished engineer at Microsoft. Xamarin co-founder and CEO Nat Friedman left in November.

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OneBusAway needs ‘influx of cash’ to hire dedicated developer and keep popular transit app running

GeekWire

The open-source code project has grown far beyond the Seattle region and is used by transit agencies in New York City, Washington, D.C., Ferris joined Google in 2011, where he works on transportation and urban-mobility technology for Google Maps. San Diego, Spokane, Wash., Buenos Aires, Australia, Finland and more.

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IBM, Pivotal Team to Boost CloudFoundry » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

IBM said today that it will make CloudFoundry a component of its open cloud architecture and work with Pivotal on further development of the CloudFoundry open source project and establishing an open governance model for the community. December 2011 (126). November 2011 (142). October 2011 (147).