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Open Source Word Generator Using OpenXML SDK 2.0
OpenXML SDK 2.0 for MS Office provides strongly typed part classes to manipulate Open XML documents. WorddocGenerator, an open source utility for generating template driven word files is one example of what can be done with this SDK. InfoQ got in touch with Atul Verma the developer of this utility to ask him a few questions about this project.
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SpringSource Releases Spring Data Redis 1.0.0
SpringSource has recently released Spring Data Redis, an abstraction over the existing Java Redis libraries that offers a unified API and easier Java Object serialization for Spring based applications.
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LinkedIn Open Sources IndexTank, a Customizable Indexing Engine
LinkedIn has open sourced IndexTank, a document indexing engine that runs on the cloud and lets users customize the indexing process and tweak the results.
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GitHub Has Open Sourced Janky, A CI Server
GitHub has open sourced Janky, their Continuous Integration server built on top of Jenkins and augmented with Hubot, a chat automation tool.
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HP Has Decided to Open Source webOS
HP will open source webOS along with Enyo, and promises to remain active in its development.
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JDK Enhancement Process
In the middle of this year, Oracle launched a new process called the JDK Enhancement Process, or JEP for short. What is it all about?
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Restfuse 1.0.0 - A Library For Easy REST/HTTP Integration Tests
EclipseSource has released the first stable version for an open source JUnit extension that automates testing of REST/HTTP services supporting both synchronous and asynchronous calls.
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appMobi Open Sources Its Mobile Platform During Black Friday
appMobi wants to make mobile web applications more attractive by open sourcing several technologies: JavaScript Bridge API –a cross-platform API providing access to the hardware-, mobiUs Web App Browser –a browser that looks and behaves like a native application, and HTML5 Game Acceleration – a Canvas object that improves HTML5 speed for games.
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Google Eclipse Plugin now Open Source
Google announced yesterday that their Google Plugin for Eclipse is now fully open source under the Eclipse Public License. This includes the GWT Designer, which is based on the Window Designer project that had previously been open-sourced from their Instantiations purchase in late 2010.
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Apache Wicket 1.5 Released
The Apache Wicket project has released version 1.5 of its open source, component oriented Java web application framework, with new HTML 5 components, and Improvements to the message/event model.
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Is The Patent System Broken?
In a recent interview with The San Francisco Chronicle the patent counsel of Google, Tim Porter, claims the patent system itself is broken. Patent offices worldwide have been increasingly granting protection to “innovations” that are not innovative. The IT Industry is currently facing a series of patent trials which some large corporates seem to leverage as weapons for attacking competitors.
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Eclipse Marketplace Passes One Million Installs
The Eclipse Marketplace passed 1 million installations this week. The marketplace provides a centralised location where users can discover plug-ins for Eclipse, and open-source and commercial vendors can publish information about their plug-ins. InfoQ caught up with Ian Skerrett, VP of Marketing and Ecosystem at the Eclipse Foundation, to find out more.
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Ten Years of Eclipse
Ten years ago today, an open-source Java development environment called Eclipse was released for both Windows and Linux. The Eclipse consortium itself wasn't founded until 29th November 2001, and the Eclipse Foundation wasn't created until 2nd February 2004; so today marks the 10th anniversary of the initial release of the software rather than the organisation itself.
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OpenSim 2.4 - Open Source Software for Modeling & Simulating Movement
OpenSim represents a freely available open source software system for modeling and simulation of movement. The system is provided by NCSSR (National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research) which denotes a research department within Stanford University, California. The spectrum of possible application domains such as rehabilitation medicine, robotics, or games makes OpenSim interesting.
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Ruby 1.9.3: Improved Performance and Stability and BSD Licensed
The latest Ruby release 1.9.3 further improves the stability and performance of the 1.9 series and brings only few new features. Ruby's license changed to 2-clause BSD + Ruby License instead of GPLv2 + Ruby License.