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Google Open Sources Browser Sync
Dan Berlin writes "After announcing that Browser Sync was being discontinued, a lot of people asked for Google to open source the code so development could continue.
Well, they've done just that.
The code for browser sync is now available on code.google.com, and a blog post about the release can be found on the Google open source blog"
Thats a good point. With Google you knew where you stood. They might use your info to to target advertising. They might reveal it to the government if ordered to do so. They would not be likely to sell it to spammers or pass on lists of people who bookmark anti-Islamic sites to an Al-Qaeda operative.
Without google hosting it you need to host your own or find someone you can trust.
yes, but only when we decide it's either bad business (as in we just dropped it) or when it makes us look good. If it should in any way shape or form be a 'key' item (GFS, linux kernel improvements) then forget about it.
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I'm sure there's better examples, but off the top of my head I know that a few years ago, there was a petition started to release the source code to Warzone 2100, an old (yet brilliant) 3D RTS game that still stands out amongst the crowd today. After a few months (possibly a couple of years), Eidos scrambled together the source code and released it to the community.
Since then, the Warzone resurrection project has come leaps and bounds - fixing bugs, improving what platforms the game runs at, allowing higher resolutions, improving the AI, etc.
The only slight catch (that I'm aware of) is that the Video CODEC used in the original game was proprietary, so Eidos couldn't release the source to that and the company that owns the CODEC wouldn't allow it to be distributed any more.
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A program supplied by a THIEF? Is this to be TRUSTED? http://www.identitytheft911-sunj.com/articles/article.ext?sp=90
Might it be part of the reason they're shutting down and releasing source?
They don't want a judge to release the data to Corporation X.
Besides i can easily host my own browsersettings on my home computer, in fact, i'll be setting it up (or trying to) when i come home
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And I have to say that it works much better than browsersync ever did, with the added bonus that I can host my own data.
The difference between Canada and the USA is that in Canada healthcare is a right and gun ownership is a privilege.
I don't understand people. You could send your sync data to _any_ server, even your own, it will *never* be totally safe. Just *_don't_* send data that can potentially harm you if it's intercepted. Personally, I sync only my bookmarks, and I don't give a damn if anyone ever gets access to them.
Open source their abandonware. The world would be a much better place, and the companies wouldn't get hurt.
Another way to use your google data is to access it trough MS Outlook.
We just launched KiGoo, a free tool that allows Google users to fully manage (create, read, update and delete) their Calendar and Contacts from MS Outlook.
Also KiGoo manage the Free Busy information of your Gmail contacts for appointments if they shared their FB status.
Currently we support Windows XP and office 2007.
You could download it from http://www.getkigoo.com