SQL or NoSQL: FoundationDB launches a ‘best of both worlds’ database

FoundationDB's team of ambitious founders are launching a new database that borrows from existing NoSQL and SQL databases, bringing developers "the best of both worlds."

The White House releases its first open source app on Github

Don't worry, hell has not frozen over. But the White House is very definitely not doing business -- or government, rather -- as usual. The U.S. government has released a repository of open source code for allowing citizens to create and vote on petitions, the same functionality that drives WhiteHouse.gov.

MongoDB database creator 10gen grabs a whopping $42M from NEA, Sequoia, others

10gen, the startup that created the popular MongoDB open-source data application, has raised a new $42 million round of funding to improve its data-harnessing technology and build out its team.

The New York- and Palo Alto-based company generates most of …