The Supreme Court unanimously decided Apple is not entitled to profits from Samsung’s Galaxy phone line, but is entitled to the value of the copied elements. …read more Source:: Legal
Month: December 2016
IDG Contributor Network: How well does the Linux kernel support Mac hardware?
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•By Jim Lynch The Linux kernel and Mac hardware There is an interesting subset of Linux users that prefer to run it on a Mac. Yes, a Mac. That might seem odd given how …read more Source:: OpenSource
Move over Memcached and Redis, here comes Netflix’s Hollow
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•By Serdar Yegulalp A new open source project released by Netflix after two years in internal use is being positioned by the company as a powerful way to cache datasets that …read more Source:: OpenSource
EU regulators approve Microsoft’s LinkedIn purchase with concessions
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•Microsoft expects its deal to acquired LinkedIn to close ‘in the coming days,’ now that EU regulators have given the pending acquisition their approval. …read more Source:: Legal
Lift language opens the door to cross-platform parallelism
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Wouldn’t it be great to write code that runs high-speed parallel algorithms on just about every kind of hardware out there, and without needing to be hand-tweaked to run well …read more Source:: OpenSource
Samsung boss denies role in presidential scandal
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•Samsung Electronics vice chairman and de facto boss of the conglomerate has apologized for its involvement in the country’s biggest political scandal, but has denied any direct wrongdoing. …read more Source:: Legal
IDG Contributor Network: Should Linux Mint be discontinued?
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•By Jim Lynch Should Linux Mint be discontinued? Linux Mint has been quite popular with many users for a very long time. But changes to Linux Mint in recent years have one redditor wondering …read more Source:: OpenSource
4 likely future twists for Python
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Python’s best times may be yet to come. The language is broadly popular and widely deployed, and it’s a staple presence in many fields enjoying explosive growth, such as machine …read more Source:: OpenSource
No more compensation for Note 7 in Korea: Samsung
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•Following the filing of a class action lawsuit by ex-Galaxy Note 7 users, Samsung has replied that there will be no more compensation for them besides what was offered following …read more Source:: Legal
Google goes ‘fuzzy’ to combat insecure software
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•By Serdar Yegulalp It may sound like something you do to a sweater, but “fuzzing”—testing applications against random input to detect potentially fatal errors—has become a major weapon in the arsenal against insecure …read more Source:: OpenSource