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Amazon Rents Out MapReduce Power with EC2, S3 and Hadoop
Amazon announced today that it is bridging two of its web computing services, EC2 and S3, with Hadoop, an open-source project that brings the same distributed data processing power as
4 More Projects to Create a Government-less Internet
Last week we told you about three projects to create a government-less Internet by taking advantage of wireless mesh networking. Wireless mesh networks are networks that don't require a
Wikipedia's Parent Org Gets $2 Million Grant From eBay Founder
The Omidyar Network, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's philanthropic and investment organization, announced today that it will give the Wikimedia Foundation, parent organization of Wikipedia, a $2 million grant over the
Wikia Acquires Grub from Looksmart
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Wikia_Acquires_Grub_from_Looksmart'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; As part of their ongoing quest to create an open, people-powered search platform, Wikia has acquired Grub, a ditributed web
Wikipedia Has Raised in a Week What Took a Month in 2009
The Wikimedia Foundation announced earlier this week that it would need to raise $16 million to keep Wikipedia ad free, double the amount that it raised last year. That sounds
Iran Blocks Facebook Prior to Upcoming Presidential Election
There are reports today that Iran has blocked Facebook, apparently to "prevent supporters of the leading opposition candidate from using the site for his campaign". Opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has
How Google Warps Time to Keep Its Computers Running
It would be nice if time just marched along in an orderly fashion, one second after another, each of equal length, 31,556,926 times per year, but that's not the way
Coming Soon: Internet Apps that Heal Themselves
European researchers have been working for years on a system that allows developers to create internet applications that can manage and fix themselves. Called SELFMAN, the project aims to address
30 Years After VisiCalc, Socialtext Unveils SocialCalc & Freemium Pricing
Disclosure: Socialtext is a ReadWriteWeb sponsor. On the 30th anniversary of the original killer business application, enterprise platform Socialtext has brought wiki spreadsheet app SocialCalc in to the light of
Supreme Court: Software is Patentable... Sometimes
A decision has finally been reached in the Bilski case, a pivotal patent law case that has been in the appeals process since 2008. According to TechDirt, the Supreme Court
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