Market suspects the shutdown was due to iTunes Movies’ inclusion of a controversial Hong Kong movie, which was banned on the Chinese mainland due to its political standpoint. …read more Source:: Legal
Month: April 2016
IDG Contributor Network: Should beginners install Kali Linux on their computers?
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•By Jim Lynch DistroWatch reviews Kali Linux 2016.1 Kali Linux is bird of a slightly different feather, in terms of Linux distributions. Kali’s focus is on security and forensics, but some Linux novices have …read more Source:: OpenSource
New functional programming language can generate C, Python code for apps
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Computer Science recently unveiled Futhark, an open source functional programming language designed for creating code that runs on GPUs, …read more Source:: OpenSource
OpenStack by the numbers: Who’s using open source clouds and for what?
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•By Brandon Butler The latest bi-annual survey data of OpenStack users shows a continuing march of the open source cloud software into mainstream of enterprises, but also the project’s continued challenges related to …read more Source:: OpenSource
Hot property: How Zillow became the real estate data hub
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•By Eric Knorr If you’re buying a home or looking for an apartment, most likely Zillow.com will come to mind first, which is a branding triumph for a website that launched just 10 …read more Source:: OpenSource
Linux scheduler bug got you down? Here’s a fast fix
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•By Serdar Yegulalp The Linux kernel scheduler has deficiencies that prevent a multicore system from making proper use of all cores for heavily multithreaded loads, according to a lecture and <a class="colorbox" …read more Source:: OpenSource
Meet the new Ubuntu: A Linux release tailor-made for enterprises
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•By Katherine Noyes Meet the new Ubuntu: A Linux release tailor-made for enterprises Image by Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS is now out, and its extended support makes it particularly suitable for businesses. Here’s …read more Source:: OpenSource
Uber to pay $100m, drivers deemed independent contractors in California
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•Uber has agreed to pay up to $100 million to settle class action lawsuits over whether its California drivers are employees or independent contractors, resolving a major challenge to its …read more Source:: Legal
PyPy 5.1 puts Python’s pedal to the metal
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•By Serdar Yegulalp PyPy, the just-in-time optimizing compiler for Python, has been updated to 5.1, boasting even faster startup and optimization times. But CPython, the default Python interpreter written in C, is …read more Source:: OpenSource
Singapore penalises firms for data breaches
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•Government fines organisations and issues warning to several others for breaching the country’s Personal Data Protection Act, including local IT retailer Challenger and Chinese handset maker Xiaomi. …read more Source:: Legal