By Serdar Yegulalp Lux, a new Lisp-like functional language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine, has ambitions to pick up where similar languages leave off. Currently in an 0.5 …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: January 2017
IDG Contributor Network: How Linux scared Microsoft into improving Windows gaming
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•By Jim Lynch How Linux scared Microsoft into improving Windows gaming A former Valve developer recently shared some of the history behind the company’s interest in Linux for gaming. He notes on his blog …read more Source:: OpenSource
Open source server simplifies HTTPS, security certificates
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid For administrators seeking an easier method to turn on HTTPS for their websites, there is Caddy, an open source web server that automatically sets up security certificates and serves sites …read more Source:: OpenSource
FTC files lawsuit against D-Link for router and camera security flaws
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•The FTC has filed a lawsuit against D-Link for failing to protect its customers against ‘well known and easily preventable software security flaws’ in its routers and IoT cameras. …read more Source:: Legal
Snapchat faces lawsuit alleging it falsified metrics to inflate IPO value
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•A former Snapchat employee has claimed he was terminated for attempting to blow the whistle on the falsification of metrics to inflate the IPO value of the social media company. …read more Source:: Legal
IDG Contributor Network: SiFive rolls out fully open source chip for IoT devices
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•By Swapnil Bhartiya SiFive is a relatively new fabless chip manufacturing startup that is developing fully open source chips. Its new FE310 chip is its first chip (and apparently the first open …read more Source:: OpenSource
Kubernetes tool saves eBay from its OpenStack woes
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Ebay’s work with OpenStack has yielded fruit: A new container administration tool that makes better use of Docker and Kubernetes. This is yet another thumbs-up for containers finding a place as …read more Source:: OpenSource
Alibaba files first lawsuit over counterfeit goods sold on e-commerce site
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•The Chinese e-commerce giant says its has sued two vendors for selling fake Swarovski watches on its Taobao marketplace, marking the first time it is taking legal action against counterfeit …read more Source:: Legal
IDG Contributor Network: Android: Pre-register for Super Mario Run
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•By Jim Lynch Pre-register for Super Mario Run for Android Android gamers have had to envy their iOS counterparts when it comes to playing Nintendo’s massively popular Super Mario Run game. But it looks …read more Source:: OpenSource
‘Hackable’ hypervisor provides lightweight virtualization for Windows and Linux
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Linux kernel developer Ahmed Samy has released an open source hypervisor project that aims to be “simple and lightweight.” KSM is being touted as a way for Linux …read more Source:: OpenSource