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Mozilla Firefox will Block Flash Content To Save Battery And Boost Security
Curtains for Flash? Next month Firefox will block certain Flash content deemed “not essential to the user experience”
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
Facebook’s OpenCellular Platform Enables Open Source Mobile Networks
OpenCellular platform looks to make it cheaper and easier to deliver mobile connectivity using open hardware and software
Bulgaria Demands Open Source For Public Sector Software
The country is to legally require open source licensing for all new software projects
Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Looks To Ditch 32-Bit
Canonical is the latest software maker looking to end support for Intel's once-great 32-bit platform
Red Hat Doubles Down on Containers, Takes a Swipe at CloudFoundry
On the first day of the Red Hat Summit, Linux vendor Red Hat makes some incremental container announcements and belittles its competitors
Security Tool Strengthens Tor And ‘Foils’ FBI Attacks
The tool, called Selfrando, could greatly improve on the attack protection provided by techniques such as ASLR, researchers say
Study Claims HMTL5 Isn’t Much More Secure Than Flash
Flash not so bad? New report casts doubts on HTML5 adverts being safer than Adobe Flash
Cisco Warns Of Libarchive File Compression Flaw
Patch it now! Popular open source file compression tool libarchive contains wide reaching vulnerabilities
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
Mozilla Awards £260,000 To Tor, Tails And Caddy Open Source Projects
Mozilla kicks off MOSS awards program with funding to accessibility, security and privacy upstarts
OPNFV Is ‘Critical’ For Telecoms Industry, But Skills Shortage Persists
OPNFV Project is driving uptake of NFV, but a lack of skills and manager commitment causes concern
Docker Container Usage Growing
A trio of new reports show positive trends for Docker container adoption, despite concerns Docker too complex to integrate into organisations' environments
Mozilla Splashes £350,000 On SOS Open Source Security Fund
Firefox creator wants to save open source by starting fund to help community prevent security threats
HPE Gives Open-Source Developers Early Access To The Machine
The tech vendor wants developers to start developing code for the Machine, a system officials say will fundamentally change data center computing
Open Data For Social Good: The Case For Better Transport Services
ANALYSIS: Martin Howell from Cubic Transportation Systems explores how open data can transform urban mass transit
CoreOS Launches Torus Project for Cloud-Native Storage
While there are already multiple distributed storage systems, Torus aims to be cloud-native and integrate closely with Kubernetes.
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 userbase
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 credibility in the open source community
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
Microsoft Moves Open Source Jenkins Project To Azure
Significant customer partnership for Microsoft cloud, as Jenkins project infrastructure moves to Azure
Why VCs Have Invested More Than $200M in Container Tech
ANALYSIS: Last week alone, investors—aiming to profit from the new approach to building, deploying and managing apps—poured $63M into container vendors.
How Fuzzing Can Make A Large Open Source Project More Secure
Emily Ratliff of the Linux Foundation explains the considerations to take when planning to fuzz your open source project
Updated £4 Raspberry Pi Zero Adds Camera Connector
'Thousands' of Raspberry Pi Zero devices will be built every day to satisfy demand for the cheapest flavour of Pi
Facebook Open-Sources Its Capture The Flag Competition Platform
Security gamification technology has already been used for hundreds of contests, helping to improve the state of security education
Researcher Discovers ‘Multiple’ Exploitable Vulnerabilities In 7-Zip
Update now. Flaw in popular open source compression tool uncovered by Cisco researcher
Firefox iOS 4.0 Adds Widget Support And Security Features
Firefox for iPhone and iPad lets you access functions quickly from notification centre and override security warnings
Google Open Sources Nest ‘Thread’ IoT Networking Platform
Google wades into IoT standards war by opening up protocols behind Nest
How Linux Kernel Development Impacts Security
At CoreOS Fest, Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the Linux kernel, declares that almost all bugs can be security issues