Unless seven players fall back behind Tiger Woods to push the cut at the 2009 British Open to 5-over, Tiger Woods will not be playing at Turnberry over the weekend. And that’s not happening. Which makes this really, really awkward. Especially for people who hate the “TIGER IS DONE” crap from the talking heads.

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Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez leads by one shot going into day two of the 138th Open at Turnberry.

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readthemall writes to let us know that the Symbian Foundation has released the first of several packages in their plan to open source the entire Symbian mobile OS. “On Wednesday, Symbian made available its first package covered by the EPL, the OS Security Package, according to Symbian developer Craig Heath. ‘The OS Security Package source code is now available under the EPL, and it is the very first package to be officially moved from the closed Symbian (more…)

Thomas Levet is given a last-minute call-up to play at the Open after American Brett Quigley decides not to compete at Turnberry.

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He didn’t totally dominate, but thanks to poor finishes by Mickelson, Barnes and Duval, Lucas Glover walks away from Bethpage Black as the surprising 2009 US Open champion.

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destinyland writes “Falling costs and garage tinkering are creating a grass roots movement of amateur biologists whose research is more transparent than that of academia. They are building lab equipment using common household items and even synthesizing new organisms, and their transparency also allows the social pressure which creates more ethical research. DIY Bio.org fosters lab co-ops for large equipment and provokes important discussions. (Would (more…)

Roger Federer has won his first French Open championship Sunday to tie Pete Sampras’ record of 14 major titles and complete a career Grand Slam to become arguably the greatest player of all time.

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rbrander writes “Vancouver, Canada’s third-largest city, has adopted a policy of ‘open standards, interfaces and formats’ for all public data. They will also consider open-source software on an even footing with proprietary for all new software purchases. Fifteen of the fifteen people who signed up to speak to city council on the topic spoke in favor. Their only criticism was, ‘can’t you do more?’ with one advocating that free and open source software (more…)

An anonymous reader touts a blog posting up at PC World titled “Trademarks: The Hidden Menace.” Keir Thomas asks why open source advocates are keen to suggest patent and copyright reform, yet completely ignore the issue of trademarks, which can be just as corrosive to the freedom that open source projects strive to embody. “Even within the Linux community, trademarking can be used as obstructively as copyright and patenting to further business ends. (more…)

The software giant’s long-held and deeply rooted enmity toward open-source software appears to be crumbling, if its new Kumo search technology is any indication. In other words, open-source software appears to be the default choice for the Kumo team, not proprietary software. It looks like Microsoft’s anti-open-source bubble really has burst.

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