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• Easy access required to government data: Apps4NSW winner

  The joint first prize winner in the 2010 Apps4NSW mashup competition has called upon all levels of government to provide better ways to search and use public datasets.

• Victorian government kicks off $100,000 app development contest

  The Victorian government is offering up to $100,000 to software developers in a contest to create applications out of 90 data sets on the data.vic.gov.au website.

• Mashup artist calls for changes in copyright law

  U.S. copyright law should be updated to better reflect the changing ways that mashup artists and other new content creators use existing works, some participants in the first World's Fair Use Day said.

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  MashupAustralia competition winners announced

  Two mashups of open access government data, Suburban Trends and Know where you live, have taken out top honours in the MashupAustralia contest.

• Developers build useful, fun apps with fed data

  The White House's data.gov effort is spurring the creation of some entertaining and informative applications from private developers.

• IBM 'online theater' may boost care at Boston hospital

  IBM is working with a Boston hospital to develop a browser-based application that uses mashups to let medical experts in different locations study patient data as if they were sitting side by side, IBM said Thursday.

• IBM working on Web-based collaboration platform

  IBM is working on a platform for collaborative mashups that needs little more than a browser and a server to create a shared environment that includes audio and videoconferencing.

• Serena offers mashups on demand

  Serena is offering on Wednesday its Serena Business Mashups via an on-demand format, enabling users to blend consumer widgets with enterprise data and business processes.