To facilitate Node.js development on its platform, Microsoft delivers a beta release of its new Node.js Tools for Visual Studio. Source: Tech
Day: April 9, 2014
FOSS Community Hustles to Fix Gaping Heartbleed Flaw
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•Heartbleed — the relatively mundane coding error that slashed the Internet wide open — “is just more evidence that even talented and dedicated programmers and developers can make mistakes,” said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. Source: Tech
Councils stage open source revival
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•Local councils behind an ambitious public open source software scheme that flourished briefly with boom-time investment under the last government are attempting to revive it under the cost-cutting coalition’s digital strategy. Source: Tech
Heartbleed: What Programs are 'Critical Infrastructure'?
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•Bugs don’t often get more severe than Heartbleed and OpenSSL, the affected code, is about as critical a library as there is on the Internet. Does it need special treatment? Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Hard disk pioneer wins tech prize
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•A British scientist whose work made it possible for hard disks to radically expand in size has been awarded the Millennium Technology Prize. Source: Tech
A Conversation with Ubuntu's Jono Bacon
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•You’ve probably heard Jono Bacon speak at a Linux or Open Source conference. Or maybe you’ve heard one of his podcasts or read something he’s written in his job as Ubuntu’s community manager or even, perhaps, read The Art of Community , which is Jono’s well-regarded book about building online communities. Source: Tech