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According to Eric Raymond, a widely respected American software developer and open source advocate, computer software—so often said to be eating the world—is an increasingly critical factor in the ...

MapD Technologies, the big data analytics platform startup developing a parallel SQL database that runs on GPUs, has more than doubled its venture-funding total with the close of its latest investment ...

Build databases using larger-than-usual field entries. At $20, GS-Base 9 is very inexpensive and requires virtually no prior database knowledge to use. Furthermore, it uses a number of metaphors and ...

What does it mean for a NoSQL database to offer a SQL query language? Ask the folks at Couchbase, because they announced just such a facility at their Couchbase Connect event yesterday in Santa Clara, ...

Filling the gap between shared spreadsheets and IT-oriented development tools, Quick Base aims to let business users quickly create their own applications. Business users have lots of ideas for tools ...

DIY: Create data entry forms for databases in LibreOffice Base Your email has been sent The Forms Wizard in LibreOffice Base makes it easy to create forms so any user can enter data in a database.

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Monash University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. In the past week, news has spread of a Florida judge’s decision to grant a warrant allowing police to search one of the ...