By Serdar Yegulalp A recently revised JavaScript library now makes it possible to run untrusted JavaScript code, in either Node.js or a modern browser, in a sandboxed environment that provides a controlled way …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: June 2016
Unikernel power comes to Java, Node.js, Go, and Python apps
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•By Serdar Yegulalp An open source project sponsored by EMC allows applications written in C/C++, Java, Go, Node.js, and now Python to be transformed into unikernels — operating systems that do nothing but …read more Source:: OpenSource
Microsoft’s open source .Net Foundation eats Cake
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•By Paul Krill Cake, a C#-based cross-platform build automation framework, has moved to the jurisdiction of the .Net Foundation. Joining the foundation ensures the long-term viability of the project, according to Cake builders. The …read more Source:: OpenSource
Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming in the next Linux Mint
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•By Katherine Noyes Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming in the next Linux MintImage by Linux Mint The beta version of Linux Mint 18 ‘Sarah’ made its debut this week, and a final …read more Source:: OpenSource
Is Microsoft publishing its own FreeBSD? Yes and no
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•By Serdar Yegulalp It sounds like another one for the Hell Freezes Over file: Microsoft has released a version of FreeBSD 10.3, an edition of the liberally licensed Unix-like OS. But as with …read more Source:: OpenSource
Mozilla’s new fund will prevent the next Heartbleed, Shellshock
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid Open source software is no longer just limited to applications running on computers and servers. It’s used in mobile devices, entertainment systems, medical equipment, and connected cars, to name a …read more Source:: OpenSource
New Mozilla fund will pay for security audits of open-source code
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•By John Ribeiro A new Mozilla fund, called Secure Open Source, aims to provide security audits of open-source code, following the discovery of critical security bugs like Heartbleed and Shellshock in key pieces …read more Source:: OpenSource
Linux desktop apps take a packaging cue from Docker
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Flatpak, a project sponsored by the Freedesktop project and engineered mainly by Alex Larsson at Red Hat, is a single application package containing everything needed to run a …read more Source:: OpenSource
We have the big data tools — let’s learn to use them
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•By Andrew C. Oliver Recently, at the Apache Spark Maker Community event in San Francisco, I was on a panel and feeling a bit salty. It seems many people have prematurely declared …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: How to run Android on an iPhone
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•By Jim Lynch How to run Android on an iPhone Android has long battled Apple’s iPhone in the smartphone marketplace, but have you ever wondered what it might be like to run Android on …read more Source:: OpenSource