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GNOME 3.8 delivers more privacy and a new 'classic' mode

Posted April 2, 2013 - 1:46 pm

Linux fans may recall the GNOME project's announcement late last fall that it was planning to drop its "fallback" mode aimed at systems incapable of 3D rendering and to deliver a brand-new "classic" mode instead.
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Open source plug-in speeds mobile app development

Posted April 2, 2013 - 11:24 am

Soasta, Cloudbees partner to connect mobile app dev to Jenkins continuous integration server, making it easier for developers to test and deploy apps to the cloud
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Dataguise introduces field-level encryption for Apache Hadoop database

Posted April 2, 2013 - 12:18 am

Dataguise says the latest version of its data-protection product enables users to encrypt sensitive data right down to specific fields within an open source Apache Hadoop database.
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Turns out, there already is a cloud for spooks

Posted April 1, 2013 - 3:26 pm

The NSA revealed it is running an OpenStack cloud
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Unix commands and tools you just can't live without

Posted March 31, 2013 - 8:42 pm

Are you someone who never met a Unix command you didn't like? OK, maybe not. But are there commands you just can't imagine living without? Let's look at some that have made a big difference on my busiest days and those that people I've worked with over the years have said are their most important essentials.
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Google pledges not to sue open-source users or developers over specified patents

Posted March 28, 2013 - 4:56 pm

Google will not sue any user, distributor or developer of open-source software on specified patents, unless first attacked, the company said on Thursday.
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Will Ford's open-source car API drive us to distraction?

Posted March 28, 2013 - 4:50 pm

Ford's new app competition based on an automative API portends a new linked-in world on the road.
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Linux use in enterprises jumps again: survey

Posted March 28, 2013 - 4:46 pm

In the next 5 years 80 percent of organizations plan to increase Linux server use, but only 20 percent plan to purchase Windows servers.
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Android: The IT community's latest problem child

Posted March 27, 2013 - 8:44 pm

Microsoft's Windows operating system spent close to two decades as the 'problem child' of the IT world - ubiquitous, buggy and easy to hack. But this week brought more evidence that Google and its Android mobile operating system may be taking that mantle from the folks in Redmond, Washington.
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Four alternatives to Android, iOS, and Windows Phone

Posted March 26, 2013 - 1:47 pm

Phones running Tizen, Ubuntu, Firefox, and Sailfish are coming soon. Here's what you need to know about each one.
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Big Switch looks to ramp up OpenFlow implementations

Posted March 26, 2013 - 1:22 pm

In an effort to accelerate the adoption of OpenFlow for software-defined networking, Big Switch Networks this week unveiled an open source-based "thin" virtual switch for servers and commodity switches.
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Spanish Linux user group files European antitrust complaint against Microsoft

Posted March 26, 2013 - 12:21 pm

Spanish Linux user group Hispalinux on Tuesday filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft over the use of the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot feature in Windows 8 PCs.
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Cell system used in Antarctica may help to cover the Plains

Posted March 26, 2013 - 12:14 pm

Rural residents in North America may soon get a shot at better cellular coverage with an open-source technology being used in Antarctica, Mexico and Papua, Indonesia.
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Linux distro update: Ubuntu slashes support, Debian 7.0 draws near

Posted March 25, 2013 - 8:52 pm

Users of Canonical's Long Term Support (LTS) releases will remain unaffected.
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Army takes a flier on OpenSim

Posted March 25, 2013 - 3:46 pm

Training center deploys alpha version of open source project to build Second-Life style virtual world grid.
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Have an older PC? Try the new Ubuntu Linux-based LXLE

Posted March 25, 2013 - 3:44 pm

For users of Microsoft Windows, frequent hardware upgrades tend to be a fact of life in order to keep each new iteration of the resources-hungry operating system running smoothly.
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Malware abuses Chromium Embedded Framework, developers fight back

Posted March 25, 2013 - 2:20 pm

The latest version of the TDL malware downloads and uses the 50MB-large Chromium Embedded Framework, Symantec researchers say.
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Career Watch: Linux pros are in demand

Posted March 25, 2013 - 10:13 am

Linux: It's Good to Be King
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Apache helps free CloudStack from Citrix fetters

Posted March 25, 2013 - 10:04 am

Apache has approved CloudStack as a top-level project, showing how the project is moving beyond the control of Citrix.
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China plans to standardize around local version of Ubuntu

Posted March 22, 2013 - 1:28 am

China has picked Canonical's Linux-based Ubuntu OS as the reference architecture to establish a standardized operating system in the nation that could end up in PCs, servers, tablets and smartphones.
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Ready for a new Google Docs alternative? Meet open source OX Documents

Posted March 21, 2013 - 2:51 pm

First to arrive will be a word-processing component enabling multidevice editing and collaboration on major text document formats.
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NoSQL showdown: MongoDB vs. Couchbase

Posted March 21, 2013 - 2:14 pm

MongoDB edges Couchbase Server with richer querying and indexing options, as well as superior ease-of-use
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Google launches Realtime API for Drive

Posted March 20, 2013 - 3:41 pm

Yesterday, Google announced its release of a Realtime API for Google Drive. If you’ve ever collaborated on a document using Google Drive, you know how cool this technology is. You can see the other users typing, their cursor position, their highlights, comments, and more.
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Open-Xchange to launch open-source, browser-based office suite

Posted March 20, 2013 - 5:09 am

Collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange plans to launch an open-source, browser-based productivity suite called OX Documents.
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Like Ubuntu Linux? This week, help make it better

Posted March 19, 2013 - 11:25 am

It's no secret that Linux offers an increasingly compelling alternative for business users in this mobile-influenced computing era, complete with desktop interfaces and a variety of user-experience options designed for solid desktop productivity.
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