Github articles

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  President Obama signs executive order requiring agencies to publish 'open data'

  By Carl Franzen on May 9, 2013 06:46 pm + 30 comments

  President Obama came into office 2009 with a promise to make his administration the most "open" in Continue reading…

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  Chat Heads, set free: jailbreak tweak puts Facebook Messenger all over your iPhone

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 17, 2013 07:08 pm + 88 comments

  When Facebook launched Chat Heads for iOS yesterday, the feature's functionality was limited. On Continue reading…

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  GitHub's Seinfeld-inspired calendar aims to motivate developers

  By Ben Kersey on January 9, 2013 02:27 am + 2 comments

  Comedian Jerry Seinfeld once revealed the secret to honing a craft: practice every single day, then Continue reading…

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  White House makes 'We the People' online petition tool open source

  By Andrew Webster on August 24, 2012 01:16 pm + 8 comments

  The White House has announced that its "We the People" online petition system is going open source. Continue reading…

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  GitHub raises $100 million in funding, plans for expanded enterprise sales

  By Dieter Bohn on July 9, 2012 09:46 pm + 10 comments

  The tech start-up and go-to code repository GitHub has announced that it has secured $100 million in Continue reading…

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  Skype hack reveals your global and local IP addresses

  By Jamie Keene on April 30, 2012 11:36 am + 16 comments

  Your Skype name can reveal more than just the information you add to your profile, after a hack that Continue reading…

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  Original 'Prince of Persia' Apple II source code released on GitHub

  By Bryan Bishop on April 17, 2012 11:40 pm + 7 comments

  Last month Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner discovered the floppy disks containing the source Continue reading…

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  GitHub adds support for '0x10c,' the new game from 'Minecraft' creator Notch

  By Jamie Keene on April 11, 2012 10:54 am + 10 comments

  This time last week, Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson announced his new game 0x10c, a space Continue reading…

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  Forking the code: how GitHub is changing software development

  By Bryan Bishop on February 24, 2012 12:56 am + 5 comments

  The web-based software hosting service GitHub is everywhere lately, hosting over 2 million source Continue reading…

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  Siri proxy hack adds custom commands including Wi-Fi thermostat control

  By Jamie Keene on November 21, 2011 08:23 am + 17 comments

  Once the folks at Applidium had cracked the Siri protocol, it was only a matter of time before the Continue reading…