Open Source

The Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Will Be Running For EU Parliament

“We need to reboot the thing called democracy,” says former spokesman for the file-sharing website

11 years ago

Mt Gox Discovers 200,000 BTC In An “Old-Format” Wallet

There’s nothing suspicious about a forgotten bitcoin cache worth $100 million, says Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles

11 years ago

Operation Windigo Infects 25,000 Linux Servers Over Two Years

An unidentified hacker group possesses the capability to send 35,000,000 spam messages and redirect half a million visitors to malicious…

11 years ago

Samsung Releases Tizen SDKs For Gear 2 And Gear 2 Neo

Samsung hopes to encourage Tizen community to create apps for its wearable tech

11 years ago

GitHub Co-Founder Suspended, Accused Of Intimidation

The start-up has put one of its co-founders on leave after receiving a complaint form a female employee

11 years ago

Federal Judge Freezes US Assets Of Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles

The head of the defunct bitcoin exchange will not be able to access his money. Oh, the irony.

11 years ago

Canonical: Ubuntu Mobile Probably Won’t Appeal To iPhone Users – CeBIT 2014

Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth says developers and Android enthusiasts are likely to be tempted by converged computing - not iPhone…

11 years ago

Mozilla Stops Developing ‘Persona’ Single Sign-On Service

The project is handed over to the community as Mozilla focuses its attention on Firefox Accounts

11 years ago

Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto Denies Being Bitcoin Creator

The quiet Japanese-American man says he never admitted creating the virtual currency

11 years ago

Newsweek Claims To Have Found The Creator Of Bitcoin

The publication says the 64-year old Satoshi Nakamoto from California created the virtual currency to ease international transactions

11 years ago

MWC 2014: Mozilla Says Firefox OS Will Fill The Entry-Level Vacuum

Mozilla vice president of mobile Andreas Gal tells TechWeekEurope about the budget-friendly future of Firefox OS and the likelihood of…

11 years ago

Winklevoss Twins Use Bitcoin To Pay For Virgin Galactic Space Trip

The twins who claim to have invented Facebook praise the spirit of exploration, compare Richard Branson to Marco Polo

11 years ago

Big Data Firms Predict Mainstream Adoption In 2014

Get on board the big data train now, or surrender the advantage to competitors, warns an industry panel

11 years ago

GoDaddy Reveals OpenStack Cloud Support

GoDaddy publicly reveals its support of OpenStack, but in reality has been using it for months

11 years ago

MWC 2014: Finland Is Rooting For Jolla ‘Big Time’

Jolla co-founder Stefano Mosconi discusses platform's future at MWC

11 years ago

Mt Gox Finally Admits It Lost $500,000,000 In Bitcoin

The exchange has launched a dedicated call centre to handle furious investors after admitting that it lost 750,000 bitcoins belonging…

11 years ago

The Big Boys Are Rocking The OpenStack Bandwagon

HP and IBM have picked up on OpenStack quickly, says Chris Preimesberger. But the real kudos should go to the…

11 years ago

Ford Drops Microsoft And Opts For BlackBerry’s QNX

BlackBerry's QNX division receives a boost following reports Ford is to use it instead of Microsoft in its cars

11 years ago

Bitcoin In Crisis: Mt Gox Exchange Goes Offline

Several reports claim the Tokyo-based company will file for bankruptcy

11 years ago

OpenStack Opens Up Vendor Certification

Sean Michael Kerner welcomes an effort by OpenStack vendor Mirantis to apply open source rules to the age-old problem of…

11 years ago

Bitcoin In Crisis: Mt Gox Quits Bitcoin Foundation

CEO Mark Karpeles resigns from the Foundation’s board, Mt Gox still doesn’t transfer bitcoins into third-party wallets

11 years ago

MWC 2014: New Firefox OS Smartphones As Mozilla Targets All Price Levels

ZTE and Alcatel launch new devices as Mozilla shows off Firefox OS Flame and targets $25 smartphones

11 years ago

MWC 2014: Tizen-Powered Samsung Gear 2 Aims To Take Smartwatch Lead

Samsung Gear 2 billed as "essential" companion to smartphones, as Samsung swaps Android for Tizen

11 years ago

Jolla Preps For Expansion As Sailfish OS Reaches Version 1.0

Jolla adds new features to Sailfish, plots global expansion and agrees Angry Birds deal

11 years ago

Canonical Secures First Two Ubuntu Mobile Manufacturing Partners

Canonical signs up bq and Meizu to make Ubuntu Mobile handsets, while CEO Mark Shuttleworth dismisses Tizen as a threat

11 years ago

Open Data Institute Signs Up Five More International Partners

Osaka, Seoul, Sheffield, Philadelphia and Hawaii join the global movement to make better use of public sector data

11 years ago

Chinese Linux Distributor Red Flag Software Disappears Overnight

Red Flag Software employees are missing $2.5 million in wages

11 years ago

ZTE And 14 Others Join Tizen Association Ahead Of MWC 2014

15 new operators, manufacturers and developers join Tizen Association ahead of expected Samsung launch at MWC

11 years ago

Silk Road 2.0 Hacked, £1.5 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Stolen

Attackers have used the ‘transaction malleability’ flaw which prompted Mt Gox exchange to stop withdrawals a few days ago

11 years ago

Intel Software Suite Launch Targets Big Data Analytics

Intel builds upon its Hadoop distribution with the introduction of the Intel Data Platform for big data analytics

11 years ago