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47989301 story Posted by Soulskill on Friday June 28, 2013 @04:25PM from the or-skynet,-either-one dept. malachiorion writes "The best thing to come out of the DARPA Robotics Challenge, so far, isn't the lineup of nifty rescue bots being developed by teams around the world, or even Boston Dynamics' incredible Atlas humanoid. It's the pumped-up version of Gazebo, the free, open-source robotics simulation software whose expansion and further development is being funded by DARPA. This article has a look at how the software was used in the recent virtual leg of the competition, as well as how it could change the way robotics R&D is conducted (and create more roboticists, with its low-cost, cloud-based architecture)." You may like to read: Post

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SEATTLE, June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Daminion Software, a company specializing in photo management software programs since 1999, unveils a new update for Daminion Server multi-user photo and document management software for small teams.

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Evaluation version of the Daminion Server can be downloaded for FREE from Daminion's website: http://daminion.net

COMPATIBILITY Daminion is compatible with Windows XP, 2003 or 2008 Server, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. All currently supported versions of Daminion work on both 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows.

ABOUT DAMINION SOFTWARE Daminion Software has been specializing in digital asset management software and (DAM) solutions for the digital photo management market since 1999. The company's flagship product, Daminion, is a network-friendly photo manager for small teams. The software is the product of experience gained over many years in the digital media management industry; PicaJet.com has been around since 1999. In April 2010, Daminion was made available on the market for public testing (3 years ago). Today, many companies around the world trust their media archive libraries to Daminion Server. The company is also the creator of PicaJet Photo Manager and RoboImport; both of which are standalone digital photo management solutions for photographers and digital camera owners.

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Richard Stallman is founder of the Free Software Foundation and has pioneered the notion of copyleft. Video: Richard Stallman - What is free software?

He said today: "It is said that 'knowledge is power.' Internet corporations took this maxim to heart, and set out to know as much as possible about each of us. Then the U.S. and other governments began massively collecting personal information from these companies, and in other ways too. That's how they hope to have power over us. Digital technology turns out to mean building a giant digital dossier about each person. This might be OK if we had a government we could trust implicitly to respect human rights, one that would never try to stretch its power. What we have, under Bush and Obama, is a security-industrial complex that systematically crosses legal limits, egged on by corporations that will make more money through putting together more extensive dossiers, and saying they are doing this to 'keep us safe' from real but minor threats.

"But the threats have multiplied. For years I've called portable phones 'Stalin's dream' because of their surveillance capabilities. (Their movements are tracked, and they can be converted remotely into listening devices that transmit your conversations all the time, even when you try to shut them off.) For years I've warned that it is a mistake to entrust personal data to web sites, or even identify yourself to them. For years I've paid cash rather than use my credit card.

"The U.S. is slowly converting driver's licenses into national ID cards. Without showing ID, you can't fly, or ride Amtrak, or stay in a hotel in New York City, or open a bank account, or fill a prescription for pain killers. The immigration bill now being considered may make it impossible to get a job without national ID.

"Meanwhile, as license-plate cameras spread around our cities, the U.S. is slowly assembling a system that will track all movements of all cars, as is done in the UK. 'Smart meters' will build a dossier of how much electricity you use each hour or each minute, which says whether you are home. And the Internet of Things threatens to recruit all the products in your home as digital informers.

"Once data is collected, it will be misused. Formal limits on accessing the data will do nothing to stop the state from collecting all sorts of data about anyone it is determined to crush, such as torture whistleblower John Kiriakou. If no one dares tell us what the state is doing, the state will get out of control.

"We need to stop the accumulation of digital dossiers about people in general. Such collection should be permitted only under a court order applying to a specific person."

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --AppDynamics, Inc., the next-generation application performance management (APM) solution that simplifies the management of complex apps, today announced the release of a self-service version of AppDynamics Pro. Available as a Software-as-a-Service deployment or as a downloadable On-Premise deployment, the self-service version of AppDynamics Pro is available free for 15 days and enables the monitoring of complex environments within minutes.

The availability of a self-service edition of AppDynamics Pro is unprecedented in the world of IT software. Existing self-service APM trials are not "enterprise ready" and only monitor small, simplistic environments--but AppDynamics Pro allows the monitoring of multiple JVM or Window OS instances, enabling complete visibility and fast root-cause diagnostics in a multi-tier application.

"For years AppDynamics has offered a free download available that equips developers and operations with the ability to monitor a single server. Now we're raising the bar on our 'free to try' strategy and making our entire Pro edition available for two weeks, all via the web, and all for free," said Jyoti Bansal, Founder & CEO of AppDynamics. "AppDynamics believes that enterprise software should be as easy to use and free to try as consumer softwareand we know that once users try us and see the results for themselves, they will be amazed by the visibility and root-cause diagnostic capability they achieve in even the most complex apps."

AppDynamics continues to dominate and disrupt the APM landscape, beating legacy vendors in enterprise deals 90% of the time. In May, the company announced record Q1 revenue growth of 142%, which capped off 13 consecutive quarters of sequential growth. In that same month, AppDynamics announced the addition of Qualcomm, BJC, Fandango, UPS, Lockheed Martin, and Kroger, as well as the United Kingdom's National Health Service and BSkyB, Brazil's Petrobas, and France's EuropCar to the company's customer roster.

AppDynamics stands at the forefront of a generational change regarding how web applications are managed: modern applications are no longer monolithic in nature but are highly distributed and dynamic, fueled by architectural trends like Cloud, Big Data and Agile Development. The phenomenal growth and success of AppDynamics to date is due to its ability to address this generational shift in web architectures with the next generation of application performance management technology.

AppDynamics Pro is currently available via self-service for Java and .NET applications now.

About AppDynamicsAppDynamics is the next-generation application performance management solution that simplifies the management of complex, business-critical apps. No one can stand slow applicationsnot IT Ops and Dev teams, not the CIO, and definitely not end users. With AppDynamics, no one has to tolerate slow performing apps ever again. AppDynamics customers include Netflix, Priceline, TiVo, AMICA Insurance, Hotels.com, StubHub, Staples, Insight Technologies, and Cornell University. For more information, visithttp://www.appdynamics.com.

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