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Helios, the first web-based, open-audit voting system is publicly accessible since last year: anyone can create and run an election, and any willing observer can audit the entire process. Helios is ideal for online software communities, local clubs, student government, and other environments where trustworthy, secret ballot elections are required but coercion is not a [...]

Just as I was about to install Google’s newest baby, the Chrome browser, I thought hackers would unearth some security vulnerabilities. Hours later after it was launched, ZDNet reported a carpet-bombing flaw in Chrome. Since it’s released as an open source, gazillion eyes are very much likely to explore it, exploit it, and just as [...]

Business Computing Magazine in its July 2008 edition selected Alfresco Community Edition 2.2 as the Editor’s Choice Award winner noting that Alfresco was a “top notch open source CMS package” with “Web 2.0 functionality.” Alfresco was also recognized for its ease in publishing new articles on the fly as well its ability to add mashups, [...]