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Quiz of the Week: Bitcoin Bonanza
Bitcoins are getting a lot of attention right now - see how much you know with our quiz!
Google Drops WebKit Rendering For Chrome, Opts For Blink
Google is dropping its involvement with the WebKit rendering engine to focus on its own open source alternative
Mozilla And Samsung Working On A New Browser Engine
‘Servo’ engine will be made from scratch using the new ‘Rust’ programming language
Yahoo Builds Dropbox Into Email
Now attachments can be saved directly into a Dropbox account
Bug Kills Facebook Search Privacy Tool
This time it is a bug rather than a Facebook decision that has caused concern
Hadoop From MapR Heads To Ubuntu
Two open source giants collaborate on Big Data tools
‘Critical’ BIND Vulnerability Puts DNS Servers At Risk
A flaw reported in the handling of regular expressions means most DNS servers running on Linux or Unix are vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks, according to security experts
Google Makes Open Source Patent Pledge
Google has promised not to sue open source developers and distributors over a list of 10 patents related to MapReduce, implemented in Apache Hadoop amongst others
Study: Big Businesses Increase Linux Investment
Enteprise investment in Linux has grown for the third consecutive year, with rapidly increasing adoption leading to fears of a skills shortage, according to the Linux Foundation
Google Updates Chrome 26 With Spell Checker
The latest version of Google's Chrome browser adds individual profiles for different users, as well as context-aware spell-checking
Linux Users In Spain File An Official Complaint Against Microsoft
Hispalinux demands an investigation into the use of UEFI Secure Boot protocol in Windows 8
Digg Reveals Google Reader Replacement Details
Digg promises that its 'fast and simple' reader will arrive in the second half of 2013
PayPal Sidelines VMware For OpenStack
PayPal puts OpenStack virtualisation platform to virtualise 10,000 servers. Will the rest of eBay follow?
Facebook CEO To Take Political Action
Mark Zuckerberg wants more open immigration to the US
Chinese Government And Canonical Working On Bespoke OS
Chinese government looking to create a new OS for its people
Open-Xchange Launches Web Productivity Tools
Can OX-Text take on Google Apps and Microsoft Office 365?
Python Software Foundation Settles UK Trademark Dispute
The Python Software Foundation and UK-based services firm Veber said they have reached a settlement over the use of the 'python' brand in the UK
Raspberry Pi Contest Unlocks Coding Delights
Frazer Bennett had a ball as 40 schoolkids showed PA Consulting their Raspberry Pi skills
Why Software Defined Networks Won’t Kill Hardware –...
Why does a hardware vendor want sofware defined networks? We asked Mike Marcellin of Juniper Networks
Ingenuity Showcased At PA Consulting Raspberry Pi Awards
The Raspberry Pi-making competition revealed great enthusiasm for coding
Twitter Patents Its Service As It Reaches Seventh Birthday
Twitter promises to play fair with broad messaging patent
Microsoft Previews CRM Changes
Microsoft is preparing users of its Dynamics customer relationship management for major changes, stemming in part from its acquisitions of NetBreeze and MarketingPilot
Chrome RSS Extension Reappears Following Google ‘Mistake’
Chrome's RSS extension disappeared just as Google controversially announced it would discontinue Google Reader, but it seems the RSS move was an 'honest mistake'
Big Data Firm MapR Technologies Closes $30m Funding Round
Hadoop distribution provider MapR has now raised a total of $59m, and plans to use its latest funding for worldwide expansion as well as research and development
Fusion-io Buys UK-based ID7
ID7 gives Fusion-io software-defined storage for its flash-based campaign
Microsoft Adds 3D Scanning To Kinect SDK
With an update to the Kinect software developer kit Microsoft is looking to more widely promote augmented reality and 3D printing
Google Briefly Pre-Releases Note-Taking Application
Google's note-taking application Keep, released briefly over the weekend, appears to be intended as a rival to Evernote and Microsoft OneNote
Dropbox Buys Startup Mailbox
Popular Mailbox, email app joins up with Dropbox
Microsoft Blames Firmware Update For Cloud Failure
A firmware update caused a data centre temperature spike, that in turn nixed access to Hotmail and Outlook.com