Open Source

‘Hand Of Thief’ Trojan Targets Linux Users’ Bank Accounts

Researchers surprised by high price of Linux Trojan selling for $2,000 on Russian underground forums

11 years ago

Amazon Appstore Now Accepts HTML5 Applications

Developers can now submit their web apps for download on Kindle Fire and Android devices

11 years ago

Firefox 23 Arrives With Social Features And New Security

Mozilla’s Firefox 23 boasts new social-sharing features as well as mixed-content security capabilities

11 years ago

‘Wi-Fi Pineapple’ Allows Covert Penetration Tests

A small, Linux-powered device unveiled at DEF CON allows hackers to take over devices' Wi-Fi connections and manipulate data flows

11 years ago

Mt. Gox BitCoin Exchange “Hosted On Thousands Of Servers All Around The World”

The world’s largest BitCoin exchange partners with Akamai for speed and security

11 years ago

IT Life: Open Source Is Open For Business

Steve Nice, CTO at Reconnix, tells TechWeekEurope that the future is in the cloud, as long as we can secure…

11 years ago

IBM Adds PowerLinux 7R4 Server For Cloud Workloads

IBM had added a new PowerLinux server to cope with analytics and cloud computing workloads

11 years ago

Android ‘Is The Most Fragmented It Has Ever Been’

Open Signal says there are 11,868 different Android devices, presenting challenges and benefits to developers

11 years ago

Ambitious Ubuntu Edge Funding Goal Is A Statement Of Intent – Canonical

Target of $32m is deliberately ambitious to encourage manufacturers to jump on board the Ubuntu Mobile train, Canonical tells TechWeek

11 years ago

Met Office To Use MongoDB For Space Weather Forecasts

The open source NoSQL database will help predict solar flares

11 years ago

Oracle Looks To Internet of Things With Java ME Embedded

Oracle aims its new Java ME Embedded technology at tackling the Internet of Things and M2M

11 years ago

Fusion-io Shares Secrets Of Flash-Aware Applications With Open Compute And MariaDB

The enterprise Flash pioneer makes its first official contribution to open source

11 years ago

Mozilla Plans ‘Aggressive’ Firefox OS Quarterly Update Schedule

Mozilla plans six-weekly security updates for the mobile OS too

11 years ago

Ubuntu Edge Smartphone Sets Record £20.8m Crowdsourcing Target

Canonical wants £20.8m to build 40,000 Ubuntu superphones

11 years ago

SUSE Starts Cloud 2.0 Beta Testing

SUSE has begun testing SUSE Cloud 2.0, its CloudStack-based technology for building private clouds

11 years ago

Win Campus Party Europe Tickets With TechWeekEurope!

We are giving away two pairs of tickets to Campus Party Europe, plus a 20% discount and 3 for 2…

11 years ago

Ubuntu Forums Hack Exposes 1.8m Accounts

Canonical advises members to change their passwords as soon as possible

11 years ago

Oracle Updates Java Tools For Mobile And Cloud

Oracle updates its Java developer tools to include better support for mobile and cloud technologies

11 years ago

Open Source Mourns Death Of Fedora Veteran

Longtime member of Red Hat's Fedora team Seth Vidal was killed on his bicycle by a hit-and-run driver

11 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Linux

How well do you know the open source operating system?

11 years ago

Tizen App Contest Tempts With £2.7m Cash Prize

Intel and Samsung announce an App contest for the Tizen mobile OS, with $4 million in prizes on offer

11 years ago

Sony’s SmartWatch 2 To Launch In The UK Next Week

The clever timepiece is available for pre-order at £120

11 years ago

HTC Sees Slump Despite HTC One Success

HTC’s second quarter results contain some positives, but are below expectations

11 years ago

Fedora Project Unleashes Schrödinger’s Cat

Fedora 19 features better developer tools and more GUI options, and switches from MySQL to MariaDB

11 years ago

BitCoin London: BTC Wins Friends But Alienates Regulators

Experts say it is much easier to run a BitCoin business in Europe than the US

11 years ago

We’ll Aim OpenStack At Service Providers – Red Hat CTO

OpenStack is ready for prime time, says Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens

11 years ago

PHP Forever – Andi Gutmans Of Zend

PHP maintains a lead for developing websites, because of enterprise features, says Andi Gutmans of Zend

11 years ago

The DEA Seizes Drug Dealer’s BitCoin Cache

In the first operation of its kind, federal agents seize virtual currency from a Silk Road trader

11 years ago

Talking Head Wins Our Office Gadget Challenge

Lyndsay Williams will build the ‘Office Pet’ – a robotic head capable of watercooler conversation

11 years ago

Citrix Takes Open Source Route With XenServer

Citrix has updated its XenServer solution and announced a free open source offering

11 years ago