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SQL Server on Linux Shows Microsoft's More Flexible Side

Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to release a version of its enterprise database product SQL Server 2016 for Linux "Bringing SQL Server to Linux is another way we are making our products and new innovations more accessible to a broader set of users and meeting them where they are," said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president for Microsoft's cl...

Amazon Flip-Flop Lands Fire OS Back in Encryption Camp

Amazon last week announced that it had reversed a previous decision to drop support for local encryption on version 5 of its Fire tablet operating system The disclosure came one day after the company joined 14 others to support Apple in itsfight against the FBI, which wants the company to create a tool or code to unlock an iPhone that belonged to o...

Google Joins Effort to Stop Zika Virus Spread

Google last week announced it would contribute US$1 million to theUN Children's Fund to support the global fight against the mosquito-borne Zika virus A team of Google engineers has volunteered to work with UNICEF to analyze data in an effort to figure out the viral infection's path. It also will match employee donations with the goal of giving an ...

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If You Like Fedora, You'll Love Korora

The Korora Linux desktop is a solid computing platform that's loaded with options to suit a wide range of user needs....

Cryptography Pioneers Win Million-Dollar Turing Award

TheAssociation of Computing Machinery on Tuesday named Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman recipients of the 2015 ACM A.M. Turing Award for their contributions to modern cryptography Their invention of public key cryptography and digital signatures revolutionized computer security, the organization said....

Report: 3.5 Million HTTPS Servers Vulnerable to DROWN

Areport released Tuesday on the DROWN vulnerability raises concerns about possible attacks that could expose encrypted communications DROWN, which stands for "Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened eNcryption," is a serious vulnerability that affects HTTPS and other services using SSL version 2, according to the team of security researchers who ...

Fresh Raspberry Pi Has Better Hardware Baked In

TheRaspberry Pi Foundation on Monday announced the availability of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B for US$35, the same price as the previous model It is thesecond major upgrade to the board in just over a year....

Microsoft Bolsters Cloud Security

Microsoft last week announced measures to improve security management and transparency for Azure cloud services and Office 365 The features, which come from technology Microsoft acquired last year when it purchased Adallom, will bolster security in cloud apps such as Office 365, Box, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Ariba....

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RebeccaBlackOS Is a Class Act

RebeccaBlackOS is a Debian Testing-based live distribution that offers a developmental view ofWayland-based Linux desktop sessions....

Chicago School Board Elevates Computer Science to Graduation Requirement

The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday voted unanimously to make computer science a graduation requirement for all high school students beginning with next year's freshmen Chicago Public Schools has become a national leader in computer science education since Mayor Rahm Emanuel launched the Computer Science for All initiative for grades K-12 i...

Operation Blockbuster Brings the Fight to Sony Hackers

Operation Blockbuster, a coalition of security companies led byNovetta, on Wednesday published a report detailing the activities of the Lazarus Group, the organization responsible for the 2014 cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment Researchers last week published detection signatures to the companies' respective software in the hope of dis...

Facebook TIPs the Scales Toward Better Networking

Facebook on Sunday at the 2016 Mobile World Congress announced its Telecom Infra Project, an engineering initiative aimed at developing new technologies and approaches to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure TIP will bring together telecommunications companies, infrastructure providers, system integrators and other technology compa...

Greenwave Brings Unity to IoT Networks

Greenwave Systems on Monday announced the expansion of its AXON Platform to unite mobile machine-to-machine and residential IoT networks into one fully manageable network service Mobile carriers, telecommunications operators and service providers can use AXON for Mobile IoT to integrate a variety of communications protocols into the same standard I...

Google Gives iOS Devs Open Source EarlGrey Testing Tool

Google last week introduced EarlGrey, a functional user interface testing framework for Apple iOS apps YouTube, Google Calendar, Google Photos, Google Translate and Google Play Music have successfully adopted the framework, the company said....

Battle Lines Sharpen in Apple-FBI Encryption Fight

In the days following the court order directing Apple to help the FBI unlock an encrypted iPhone associated with the San Bernardino terrorists, supporters have lined up behind both sides A federal magistrate last week ordered Apple to create software that would let authorities access data in an iPhone used by the shooters in the attack last year. A...

Neverware Brings Windows Into Its Anti-Aging Fold

Neverware on Thursday announced the addition of dual-boot support, allowing its CloudReady operating system and Microsoft Windows to run on the same computer The dual-boot feature preserves existing data on computers. Adding it to CloudReady -- which lets PCs and Apple computers function like Google Chromebooks -- will let users keep their existing...

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Glitches Mar Makulu's Appeal

Makulu 10 Xfce edition continues developer Jacque Raymer's track record of pushing the limits with useful and innovative features to keep his distro line a step ahead of the crowd....

Encryption Bans and Backdoor Efforts Are Misguided, Harvard Study Finds

Any effort to ban encryption or provide government agencies with backdoor access would be unenforceable and prone to failure, according to a Harvard University report released last week Bruce Schneier, a fellow at Harvard'sBerkman Center for Internet and Security, and collaborator Kathleen Seidel, together with Harvard student Saranya Vijayakuma, i...

New SourceForge Owners Start Trust Repair

SourceForge on Tuesday announced that it has pulled the plug on its DevShare program amid growing rebellion from software developers and a change of ownership SourceForge Media announced the termination notice with a promise of other policy changes coming soon....

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Rosa Is a Real Powerhouse

TheRosa Desktop Fresh R series optimizes desktop usage and targets advanced users and enthusiasts looking for rich functionality. Add to that mix the default KDE flavoring and you have a compelling Linux distro that challenges your first-choice OS....

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