BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 — Yesterday, a diverse network of organizations opposing Fast Track legislation, including the Free Software Foundation, announced they are extending their ten days of activism following massive and widespread public action. Since its inception on January 22nd, more than a hundred new groups have joined the effort…
Day: February 5, 2014
Adobe Flash Remote Code Execution Flaw Exploited In the Wild
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•An anonymous reader writes “Adobe has released an emergency patch for a critical vulnerability affecting Flash Player for Windows, Linux, and OS X, the exploitation of which can result in an attacker gaining remote control of the victims’ systems . Source: Tech
Turn an Old PC Into a NAS, VPN, Media Streamer, and More with Amahi
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•If you have an old computer with some life left in it, or you’re building a do-it-all home server that can store your backups, music, movies, and everything else you need backed up and secure, Amahi is the perfect utility for the job. Source: Tech
Engage women, have fun, get more out of your open source project
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•There are few women developers and even proportionately less working in open source communities. Source: Tech
Wanted: Simple Apps for Complex Enterprise Applications
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•End-users want to see experiences similar to what they get from their smartphones. Can IT deliver? Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Eclipse Foundation: 10 Years Down, Many More to Come
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•On its 10th anniversary the Eclipse Foundation looks back at its origins and ahead to new projects focusing on the Internet of Things, cloud development and more. Source: Tech
Linus Torvalds Applauds NVIDIA For Posting Early Tegra K1 Open Source Drivers To The Nouveau Project
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•If the Internet had a pantheon of deities, Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds would surely be among them, with a big white beard and a laurel wreath. Source: Tech