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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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David Bray of FCC @FCC_CIO Discusses Public Service and Data Analytics at 2014 Analyst Forum 

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To illustrate his point, Mr. Bray shared the story of an application for smartphones created by the FCC. — Trajectory Magazine (@TrajectoryMag) July 30, 2014. — Seth Grimes (@SethGrimes) July 30, 2014. — Seth Grimes (@SethGrimes) July 30, 2014. — Michael Nelson (@MikeNelson) July 30, 2014.

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Your car is about to go open source

Galido

Having an open-source IVI operating system would create a reusable platform consisting of core services, middleware and open application layer interfaces that eliminate the redundant efforts to create separate proprietary systems. By developing an open-source platform, carmakers can share upgrades as they arrive. .”

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NGA joins GitHub, offers code to help disaster response

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April 11, 2014. If they can do open source, any agency can. It enables analysts to review imagery from different sources simultaneously, rather than sequentially, which results in much faster damage assessments and better prioritization of limited first-responder resources in a time-sensitive environment. “We

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Which Government, Non-Profit and NGO Have Big Data/CDH Lessons Learned To Share?

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If you are in or know people in government, non-profits or NGO’s that have leveraged Hadoop in service to missions please nominate them for recognition as part of the 2014 Data Impact Awards presented by Cloudera. 2014 Data Impact Awards. Nominations are open through September 12, 2014. Presented by Cloudera.

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CDH Users: If you have done impactful things with data please share how what and why

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The 2014 Data Impact award, presented by Cloudera, is a great way of helping the community learn best practices by highlighting mission-focused solutions. 2014 Data Impact Awards. Nominations are open through September 12, 2014. The 2014 Data Impact Awards highlight achievements in the following areas: BUSINESS IMPACT.

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IDF 2014: Data Center Mega-Session

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the Data Center Mega-Session from day 2 of Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 in San Francisco. Open source investments in Ceph and OpenStack Swift. Both Olson and Bryant reinforce the value of open source to “amplify” the effect of certain efforts. IDF 2014 Day 1 Recap.