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Docker At 4: The Container Revolution Continues
ANALYSIS: Four years ago, few had heard of Docker. Now it's one of the leading technologies helping to enable DevOps and microservices deployments
IBM And Red Hat Join Forces To Drive OpenStack And Hybrid Cloud
IBM will become a certified provider of Red Hat’s cloud products and services on its private cloud
Pwn2Own Hackers Earn $340,000 Exploiting Windows, macOS
The second day of the Pwn2Own 2017 hacking competition reveals Windows, macOS, Adobe Flash and web browser exploits
Ubuntu Linux Falls On Day 1 Of Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
First day of Trend Micro-sponsored Pwn2Own competition awards $233,000 to security researchers for exploiting software
Google Touts Smaller JPEGs With Open Source Guetzli Encoder
Does size matter? Google certainly thinks so with the launch of a new encoder to shrink JPEG files
Firefox 52 Marks The End Of Support For Windows XP & Vista
Firefox 52 will be the last mainstream release for Windows XP and Vista, adds WebAssembly support
Google Volunteer Team Patches Thousands Of Open Source Projects
A 50-member team of Google engineers voluntarily worked to patch 2,600 open-source projects against a Java deserialization bug in 2016
FSFE: City Of Munich Might Not Ditch Linux After All
FSFE campaigning forces a delay in Munich Mayor's mandate to return to Microsoft software
MWC 2017: Jolla Sailfish Arrives On Sony Xperia & Will Be Used To Create Chinese Mobile OS
Jolla's Sailfish OS will be able to run on Xperia smartphones and will form the basis of a national mobile OS for China
Raspberry Pi Turns Five, Launches Zero W PC With Wi-Fi And Bluetooth
New product builds on the success of the Raspberry Pi Zero with added connectivity options
OpenStack Ocata Improves Cloud Usability And Federation
The new release comes with better container services integration, improved cloud federation and an enhanced dashboard
Netflix’s Open Source Cybersecurity Tool Hopes To Empower Employees
Netflix says it wants to treat workers like people and educate them rather than restrict them on cybersecurity issues
Microsoft Makes Its Drone AI Training Simulator Kit Available As Open Source Software
The software simulator toolset could be used to train artificial intelligence and autonomous systems for all manner of devices
Docker Secures Container Secrets in Datacenter Update
Docker has added new security features to its open-source and commercial container platforms
LibreOffice 5.3 Online Takes Aim At Office 365 With Cloud Document Collaboration
New release of open source Office suite includes cloud version, plus collaborative editing and other improvements
Platform9 Building Open-Source AWS Lambda Alternative
Platform9 officially launches its managed Kubernetes service and pushes forward on development of its Fission open-source effort
Mozilla Highlights Insecure HTTP Websites In Firefox 51
Unsecured websites will display a lock with a red strike through it
Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug Is Still Alive And Kicking & Affects 200,000 Services
Nearly 200,000 services are still at risk from the OpenSSL bug, with majority coming from the US
Mozilla Rebrands To ‘Help People Understand’ Its Open Web Mission
Mozilla is 'Moz://a' as it debuts new 'open' brand that designers can build upon its mission of accelerating the future of the internet
27,000 MongoDB Databases Suffer Ransomware Attack
Widespead ransomware attack now impacts over 27,000 MongoDB databases, according to researchers
Red Hat CloudForms 4.2 Improves Hybrid Cloud Management
New release of Red Hat's hybrid cloud management platform provides improved container, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and OpenStack capabilities
Popular Android Competitor Pulls Plug
CyanogenMod, which gave Android mobile users more control over their devices, has shut down following commercial friction
Oracle Exec Resigns Over CEO’s Support For Donald Trump
Decision by Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz to join Trump transition team leads to executive resignation
Container Storage Vendor ClusterHQ Shuts Down
NEWS ANALYSIS: ClusterHQ which had been an early pioneer in the container storage market with its open-source Flocker project, ceases operations
Kubernetes 1.5 Brings Container Management To Windows
New release of open-source Kubernetes container orchestration system adds initial support for Microsoft Windows Server and previews beta stateful application capabilities
Mirai UK Botnet Consists Mostly Of TalkTalk Routers
The Mirai botnet has spread like wildfire and now infects 2,398 home routers across the UK, with 99 percent of them being Talk Talk routers.
Docker Boosts Container Storage With Infinit Acquisition
Docker to directly integrate storage capabilities into its container engine, while still leaving room for organizations to choose other storage technologies
Alphabet’s DeepMind Releases AI Training Game To Researchers, Developers And The Public
DeepMind Lab can be used to put intelligent agents to the test and train them to become smarter
OpenAI Releases Universe To Train AI To Use Computers Like Humans
OpenAI has released Universe, a software platform for measuring and training the general intelligence of artificial intelligence (AI) for apps