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Microsoft-incubated open source runtime Dapr is now enterprise-ready. It allows developers to build microservice applications without worrying about the challenges posed by distributed systems.

WordPress issued a statement that pirated themes and plugins are prohibited from being distributed from the official repositories

Feb 17, 2021 When the Census Bureau announced that the data states use for redistricting would be delayed, many states plans were thrown for a loop. Between complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, new technology to protect privacy and security and the Trump administration’s shifting deadlines, the release of the redistricting data will delayed until Sept. 30. That data includes the details on race, ethnicity, voting age, housing occupancy status at the census block level – all of whi...

Open source—software source code made freely available for distribution and modification—has undergone a drastic image change in the past decade.

Security experts understand the desire of entrepreneurs and election officials to use new voting methods to reach voters who may be disenfranchised by in-person or mail-in voting, but the security risk might be too great, they say.

Second attempt to run entirely in the browser – but nothing works yet Tim Anderson Tue 16 Feb 2021 // 09:30 UTC Share Copy The LibreOffice team has been working on a port to browser-hosted WebAssembly, and hopes for a working demo by summer 2021. "Its the way the industry is heading," said Document Foundation board member Thorsten Behrens. Browser-based versions of the open-source office productivity suite already exist in the form of Collabora Online and LibreOffice O...

Carahsoft and Vyopta Partner to Provide Collaboration Intelligence to the Public Sector /EIN News/ -- AUSTIN, Texas and RESTON, Va., Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vyopta, a leading provider of Collaboration Intelligence, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider ®, today announced a partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Vyopta’s Master Government Aggregator ® and make Vyopta’s comprehensive monitoring and analytics for Collabora...

Open Source video, audio and image converter based on FFmpeg and other great tools. It has been designed by video editors in order to be as accessible and efficient as possible.

Keeping up with WRAL TechWire’s ongoing initiative to track events happening across North Carolina, here’s a look at what’s to come in March: March 1 The NC IDEA Foundation is offering two grant opportunities for startups this season: NC IDEA MICRO provides $10,000 project-based grants to entrepreneurs looking to validate and advance their ideas. NC IDEA SEED provides $50,000 grants to early-stage companies, giving them the boost they need to scale faster. March 1 NC State’s Sweat Equit...

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.