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Nvidia Promises Better Access For Linux Community
Nvidia offers an olive branch to the Linux community following sharp criticism by Linus Torvalds
Oracle Opens Up With Cloud Marketplace And OpenStack Connectivity
Oracle getting a lot more open, even if Larry Ellison is more interested in his sailing team
SUSE Cloud 2.0 Available For Deployment
The OpenStack-based SUSE Cloud 2.0 platform is now available for deployment and download
Infoblox Promises Tapestry, Open Source Network Complexity Tool
How complex is your network? The Tapestry tool can tell you
Valve Announces SteamOS – A Linux-Based System For Gaming
The open source OS will be used to stream PC games and access media services on a living room TV
Mozilla Launches Firefox Preview For Windows 8 Tablets
The company wants user feedback ahead of the official release in December
Spotify Shifts To HortonWorks’ Hadoop Platform
Music provider Spotify moves its burgeoning Big Data repository of music preferences from one Hadoop player to another
Ubuntu Touch Mobile OS Set For 17 October Launch
Ubuntu Mobile plans to press ahead despite crowdfunding failure of Ubuntu Edge
Tech City Is Not Enough: UK Firms Need Government Help to IPO
John Newton of Alfresco asks why are there so few British tech IPOs?
Intel Explains Open Source, OpenStack Commitments
Intel’s open source executive explains the chipmaker’s commitment to open source and the OpenStack cloud
Coverity Tackles Open-Source Defects
Coverity's testing solution is now used by the ANTLR open-source project to find and fix critical software defects
CERN Preparing Clouds For Big 2015 LHC Switch-On
As CERN prepares to restart the Collider, the IT guys are turning to OpenStack and a European Science Cloud for help
Linus Torvalds Jokes The NSA Wanted A Backdoor In Linux
Torvalds' LinuxCon keynote covered a lot more than the NSA backdoor joke, says Sean Michael Kerner
Linux Is the Future… For Learning And Gaming?
Thanks to the Raspberry Pi and gamers, Linux is all set to come out on top, says Sean Michael Kerner
FutureLearn Launches Free Online University Courses
UK’s biggest provider of online education announces open beta stage
Mozilla Releases Firefox 24 And Fixes Security Issues
Mozilla has patched a number of security issues with the release of its Firefox 24 web browser
IBM Throwing $1bn Into Linux And Open Source
IBM is throwing a load of its money into open source stuff
Sailfish OS Is Now Fully Compatible With Android
The successor to MeeGo works on Android hardware, runs apps from Google Play
OpenDaylight Prepares ‘Hydrogen’ SDN Platform
The first release of OpenDaylight's SDN architecture comes five months after founding members including IBM, Cisco and the Linux Foundation announced the initiative
Google Releases Tool To Teach Code On Raspberry Pi
Creators say open source “Coder” software is an easy way to learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript
WordPress Update Fixes Three Security Vulnerabilities
A new update of the popular WordPress blogging platform tackles a number of security issues
Canonical Landscape Updated For ARM Server Support
Canonical’s systems management solution Landscape can now manage x86- and ARM-based server environments
Torvalds’ Dead SSD Delays 3.12 Linux Kernel
Even the father of Linux is not immune to hardware failure
Google Patchfield Boosts Audio Application Development
Patchfield is aimed at Android developers who want to create focused audio applications that can be connected together
Open Cloud Is Good. Interoperable Cloud Is Better
Open source cloud is not enough. Sean Michael Kerner says solutions have to interoperate as well
Apache Ships Cassandra 2.0 Open-Source Database
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) launches version 2.0 of the Cassandra NoSQL database
Linux 3.11 For Workgroups Arrives With Added Lustre
The final release of Linux version 3.11 - codenamed Linux for Workgroups - is now out
LibreOffice Gains Collabora Commercial Support
The open-source LibreOffice office productivity suite is to gain commercial support from Collabora Productivity
Kickstarter Project Flutter Proposes M2M Net With Half A Mile Range
Flutter is building a cheap Arduino-based tool for the Internet of Things