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Dirty COW Linux Flaw Can Root Android DevicesDirty COW Linux Flaw Can Root Android Devices

Dirty COW Linux Flaw Can Root Android Devices

Long standing Linux vulnerability also impacts Android and can be used to root devices, researcher warns

8 years ago
Microsoft Releases A Brace Of Raspberry Pi 3 Powered IoT KitsMicrosoft Releases A Brace Of Raspberry Pi 3 Powered IoT Kits

Microsoft Releases A Brace Of Raspberry Pi 3 Powered IoT Kits

The Redmond company continues with its foray into the Internet of Things arena

9 years ago
Digital infrastructure At Risk From Security Flaws In Java And Open SourceDigital infrastructure At Risk From Security Flaws In Java And Open Source

Digital infrastructure At Risk From Security Flaws In Java And Open Source

Veracode reveals 97 percent of Java applications contain at least on security vulnerability

9 years ago
Canonical Delivers Openstack Cloud On IBM Iron For Canadian UniversityCanonical Delivers Openstack Cloud On IBM Iron For Canadian University

Canonical Delivers Openstack Cloud On IBM Iron For Canadian University

Canonical creates campus 'Research Cloud' to help Carleton University offer centralised system for researchers

9 years ago
Vive Launched Viveport Store To Fuel The Spread Of VR SoftwareVive Launched Viveport Store To Fuel The Spread Of VR Software

Vive Launched Viveport Store To Fuel The Spread Of VR Software

Developers will have a dedicated store to showcase HTC Vive compatible apps

9 years ago
Raspberry Pi Gets ‘More Visually Appealing’ Pixel Desktop OSRaspberry Pi Gets ‘More Visually Appealing’ Pixel Desktop OS

Raspberry Pi Gets ‘More Visually Appealing’ Pixel Desktop OS

The operating system aims to be more visually appealing than Raspbian

9 years ago
Mozilla Ends Support For Firefox OSMozilla Ends Support For Firefox OS

Mozilla Ends Support For Firefox OS

Mozilla ends support for Firefox OS despite hope it could be used for smart TVs and reborn for connected devices

9 years ago
Splunk Big Data Analytics Software Gets Machine Learning InjectionSplunk Big Data Analytics Software Gets Machine Learning Injection

Splunk Big Data Analytics Software Gets Machine Learning Injection

Splunk software gets some machine learning while the big data firm also extends philanthropic activities

9 years ago
Oracle Now Lays Claim As World’s One-Stop IT ShopOracle Now Lays Claim As World’s One-Stop IT Shop

Oracle Now Lays Claim As World’s One-Stop IT Shop

ANALYSIS: Oracle wants to become what IBM, the original Hewlett-Packard and Dell EMC once aspired to be: the true one-stop…

9 years ago
Why Co-Founder Thinks Documentum Is Doomed Under OpenTextWhy Co-Founder Thinks Documentum Is Doomed Under OpenText

Why Co-Founder Thinks Documentum Is Doomed Under OpenText

ANALYSIS: John Newton fears the new owner will promise customers investment in their products but that the product lines eventually…

9 years ago
IBM Reveals Power8 Linux Servers Aimed At AI and Big Data WorkloadsIBM Reveals Power8 Linux Servers Aimed At AI and Big Data Workloads

IBM Reveals Power8 Linux Servers Aimed At AI and Big Data Workloads

Big Blue's new servers mix Power8 processors with Nvidia's NVLink technology

9 years ago
OpenOffice In Danger Of Retirement, Warns Project LeaderOpenOffice In Danger Of Retirement, Warns Project Leader

OpenOffice In Danger Of Retirement, Warns Project Leader

Lack of developers blamed, but others cite poor support from Apache for the Microsoft Office alternative

9 years ago
Tales In Tech History: Linux Celebrates 25th BirthdayTales In Tech History: Linux Celebrates 25th Birthday

Tales In Tech History: Linux Celebrates 25th Birthday

A humble open source software project from Finland has thrived for 25 years despite decades of competition from rival proprietary…

9 years ago
Linus Torvalds Gives GPL Credit for Linux’s SuccessLinus Torvalds Gives GPL Credit for Linux’s Success

Linus Torvalds Gives GPL Credit for Linux’s Success

On the 25th anniversary of Linux, its creator details Linux's history to date and why he credits the GPL for…

9 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: Linux At 25

How well do you know Linux, the open source operating system?

9 years ago

Red Hat CEO Tells LinuxCon Crowd What Makes Linux Stand Out

Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, explains at LinuxCon how the open-source management style works

9 years ago

LinuxCon To Highlight How Linux Has Changed In Its 25 Years

Linux users are set to assemble for the annual LinuxCon event, this time celebrating the 25th anniversary of the technology…

9 years ago

Microsoft Open Sources Powershell Tool

Also opens Powershell to both Linux and Mac OS X platforms, as Redmond continues open source push

9 years ago

LinkedIn: Open-Sourcing Under the Microsoft Regime

Q&A with LinkedIn head of engineering Igor Perisic : Will Microsoft’s acquisition slow down the social network's cadence of open-sourcing…

9 years ago

Fedora Linux Account System Patched For Serious Flaw

Fedora Linux and Red Hat look into account vulnerability that could allow attacker to add, edit, or remove user or…

9 years ago

Open Source Office Suite LibreOffice 5.2 Targets Enterprise

LibreOffice 5.2 adds usability, interoperability and security features ahead of greater integration with cloud edition to take on Office 365

9 years ago

Microsoft Launches Brand New Skype For Linux Alpha

But Skype warns Linux users it's far from ready, as it needs feedback to help develop a better client

9 years ago

Cisco Warns Of Libarchive File Compression Flaw

Patch it now! Popular open source file compression tool libarchive contains wide reaching vulnerabilities

9 years ago

Red Hat Grows Again As It Snaps Up API Firm 3scale

Red Hat records yet more revenue growth and announces acquisition of 3scale to bolster API management credentials

9 years ago

IBM Enhances Support For The Swift Programming Language

At WWDC, IBM extended its already-considerable support for the Swift programming language, particularly for using Swift for server-side development

9 years ago

GitHub Is Relying On Developers To Crack The Business Market

GitHub focuses on developers who are getting jobs in big business, but needs to avoid alienating its sizable individual developer…

9 years ago

What Google’s Victory In Java Case Signifies To The IT World

ANALYSIS: Following court loss to Google over Java and the exit of a key Linux thought leader, Oracle must regain…

9 years ago

Docker Founder Talks Of New Tool And Open-Source Lessons He Learned

Solomon Hykes, founder of Docker, details his firm's open-source experience and releases new tools at the OSCON conference

9 years ago

Microsoft Moves Open Source Jenkins Project To Azure

Significant customer partnership for Microsoft cloud, as Jenkins project infrastructure moves to Azure

9 years ago