This is basically the Open Source concept, where sites like IdeaScale facilitate the outsourcing of application development to the Internet community in the form of an open call.
Wikia, which also has categories for entertainment and lifestyle, combines the open-source concept of Wikipedia with a bit of editorial oversight.
During the recent presidential campaign, both Barack Obama and John McCain endorsed the concept of an Open Fuel Standard.
Lopez: The concept of open systems appears to be a win for the customer but not for the video vendors.
What I'm curious about is if this administration is open to the concept suggested by others of a federal buy-back program of, under some circumstance, purchasing back -- as some states have -- ammunition clips, certain types of weapons, other things like that as part of way to deal with two things that are happening.
Best Buy entered into a partnership with the mobile phone retailer in 2010 with plans to open 200 stores and expand the concept under the Best Buy banner in the U.S. with standalone stores.
Governments and public officials are rushing to embrace the concept, throwing open the vast panoply of publicly collected information for the digitally savvy to mine and exploit.
"Apple is getting to be a royal pain in determining who can get at their applications store, " says Farber, who welcomes the concept of an open forum for selling applications.
Part of the problem is the open-world-plus-dungeons concept that weakens not only MMO game design, but also many single-player RPGs.
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Hunt says age 10 is a good time to help them open a savings account, teach the concept of interest and allow them to manage and track its progress online.
Thanks to the breadth of the GALAXY Note II's amazing viewing experience, a feature called Popup Note extends the concept of Popup Play, which lets users open an S Note instantly as a pop-up window anywhere on the screen.
In recognition of this effort, we have to accept that up until now the guiding concept behind it has been public access and promoting open knowledge, so the major challenge that the government is now facing is to mobilise the commitments made in the Paris Declaration and make the leap between public and open.
She also was instrumental in making Mozilla more open and communicative about its security practices, bringing in the concept of threat modeling, as well.
It is a very neat concept and requires input from private and open government sources throughout the world.
And unless you have one of the few movie stars who can open everything ( Will Smith and Denzel Washinton), you need a concept that piques interest.
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One of the biggest undertakings would be a 17, 800-bed Olympic Village, designed in an "open-air museum" concept, which would "be fully financed and guaranteed by the City of Madrid" to ensure "minimum risk factor, " according to the city's application, submitted in February.
Designer Seokwon Hong's Brix mobile phone concept looks to be the stuff of dreams, but we'd welcome it today with arms wide open.
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In 1993, the French department of public works staged an open competition to build a high bypass bridge between plateaus at the top of the gorge, based on an initial concept by its engineer, Michel Virlogeux, who proposed a multispan, cable-stayed bridge with a phalanx of seven masts supporting cable fans.
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