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Google and open source want to make us OCD on energy. Google's open source PowerMeter API is more powerful than you think.

137 years of Popular Science Magazine now online. Google helped make the archive possible.

Apache bug leads to update advice. IT security company Sense of Security has discovered a serious bug in Apache's HTTP web server.

The newbie's guide to hacking the Linux kernel. Kernel hacker Greg Kroah-Hartman explains what it takes.

Are the networks we depend on for our smartphones and other mobile devices destined to stay mediocre? Funambol's Fabrizio Capobianco, who can usually be counted on for good insight into all things related to mobile open source technology, has an interesting post up on the topic, titled What if the carriers want the network to be crap? ?

In it, he notes that many observers predict that Google might eventually leverage something like Google Voice to allow for VoIP calls that would eliminate the need for expensive carrier contracts. And, he notes, that creates an incentive for network providers to avoid throwing millions into upgrading their networks and deliberately keep them mediocre. Here is why that won't happen, though.

Registration for this year's Google I/O Conference has scarcely been open two months and it's already sold out. Google announced today that it is formally closing registration for the event, slated to be held on May 19-20 at Moscone West in San Francisco.

Google representatives say this is the first time the event has sold out this quickly, and well over 4,000 people are expected to attend. The event brings more than 4,000 developers together for a two-day sprint through sessions about some of Google's most popular products and tools, including App Engine, Google Web Toolkit, Android, and Chrome.

Open-Xchange: Another Big SaaS Partner Win. The open source competitor to Microsoft Exchange gets a very big partner.

Making a Videoloop With Kino and Audacity. How to make a short loop of video that transitions through five video segments and back to the beginning again.

Risks in Google Killing Adobe Flash. Google may be headed for heavy scrutiny from the Justice Department.

Sorry, English Major, the Engineers Have Triumphed. More thoughts on whether Google makes us stupid.

News is making the rounds that Twitter has put up a directory showing all the open source projects it loves, which in real terms means the projects that Twitter contributes to. It's an impressive list of projects, including cachet, its Java-based text-processing software for handling Tweets, contributions to several Ruby tools, and other major contributions. Of course, notably absent is the actual platform that runs Twitter itself ? so the love only runs so deep, apparently.

I don't mean to pick on Twitter too much, but if the company is going to declare its love for open source, why not go all the way? Or at least mention the elephant in the room: The primary platform is still closed. Other companies, however, really do go all out in showing their love for open source. You can get a similar microblogging platform from the all-open Status.net, which runs the Identi.ca microblogging service.