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MapR Gets $110 Million To Improve Its Hadoop Distribution
The company closes its largest ever financing round, led by Google Capital
Non-Profit XSS Vulnerability Archive Launched
XSSposed wants Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities to be disclosed responsibly
Open Wireless Movement Wants People To Open Up Their Wi-Fi To Everyone
Open Wireless Movement says W-Fi should be open by default and wants industry to work together to make it safe, easy and legal
Elon Musk Gives Away All Of The Tesla Patents
CEO of Tesla Motors says the company will not sue anyone for using its proprietary technologies
Firefox 30 Adds Security Fixes And Developer Features
Mozilla's latest web browser steps into the ring to trade punches with Chrome and Internet Explorer
Jolla ‘Saapunki’ Update Adds 4G Support For All Sailfish OS Users
Jolla adds LTE support and browser features in new update for Sailfish OS
$25 Firefox OS Smartphones To Be Released In India
Ultra low-cost Firefox OS smartphones seek to tempt feature phone owners in emerging markets
Red Hat Launches Enterprise Linux 7
The new open source OS adopts XFS as the default file system, introduces application container support
The Isle Of Man Embraces Virtual Currencies
Local authorities promote the island as the perfect base for Bitcoin and Litecoin operations, say they can prevent money laundering
Google Open Sources End-To-End Email Encryption
Open source effort should help email providers encrypt messages between one another
Samsung Z Is First Tizen-Powered Smartphone
Samsung Z to debut in Russia in Q3 ahead of wider release as company seeks to reduce Android dependency
Mozilla Opens Pre-Orders For ‘Flame’ Smartphone
The mid-tier Firefox OS reference device from China costs just $170 with free shipping
Google Previews Docker Support On Compute Engine
Google is testing support for containers on its cloud infrastructure service, as interest in the Docker project grows
No More Windows 8 For The Chinese Government
Chinese authorities ban Windows 8 in government offices, to avoid the ‘end of support’ dilemma they are facing with Windows XP
Autodesk To Launch Its Own 3D Printer Later This Year
The ‘Spark’ platform includes both software and hardware, is expected to cost around £3,000
Mutiny At Bitcoin Foundation Over New Director Brock Pierce
At least ten foundation members want to see former child star and Bitcoin investor removed from the board
The Impact Of Heartbleed On Open Source Security
Thanks to Heartbleed open source software will be better engineered and more secure, says Steve Nice, CTO at Reconnix
Mozilla Reluctantly Adopts Digital Rights Management
Mozilla says it has no choice if it wants to keep its user base, while the user base calls adoption of DRM “a betrayal”
Canonical Pushes OpenStack Managed Service With ‘Your Cloud’
Canonical is offering to build and operate OpenStack cloud infrastructure either on-site or using a customer's service provider of choice
Five Year Old Flaw Fixed In Linux Kernel
A high severity bug in the Linux kernel remained undetected since 2009
Australian Government Plans To Save With Open Source Drupal
The Australian government wants to build a unified CMS for all government websites, based on the open source Drupal software
Docker-Based CoreOS Linux Distribution Beta Launches
New Linux version CoreOS uses the Docker container system for apps
Samsung Prepares Tizen Smartphones For Russia And India – Report
Samsung Tizen smartphone could finally see the light of day in the next few weeks
Mozilla Reassures Users Over Firefox Ad Programme
Mozilla has said it will test its Directory Tiles programme to ensure it delivers 'user value' before rolling it out in the Firefox browser
Oracle Wins Round In $1bn Android Court Battle
A US federal court has ruled that Oracle's Java programming interfaces can be protected by copyright, in a blow to Google
Firefox OS-Powered ZTE Open C Goes On Sale In UK For £69.99
ZTE Open C is available on eBay and runs the latest version of Firefox OS
UK ISPs Will Have To Issue Alerts To Suspected Pirates
Customers who infringe copyright will start getting warning letters in 2015, but there are no legal consequences
Anonymous Linux Distribution TAILS Reaches Release Version 1.0
The OS that helped Edward Snowden communicate with journalists is ready for prime time
‘Most Customisable Ever’ Mozilla Firefox 29 Boasts Brand New Interface
Firefox 29 offers new tabs, bookmarks and sync options, while developers get new tools to play with