With the multitudes of accounts we have to deal with for email, social networking and other applications that require password authentication, we need a better solution. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Linksys Starts Shipping the WRT1900AC, the Successor of Legendary WRT Wi-Fi Router
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•Best in class Wireless-AC router now available for purchase with even more features and OpenWrt supportRushden, UK – April 10, 2014 – Linksys® today announced that it has started shipping the new WRT1900AC to arrive in e-tail and retail stores in the UK from 21st April, 2014. The new WRT is the first consumer grade…
Microsoft Releases Node.js Tools for Visual Studio 1.0 Beta
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•To facilitate Node.js development on its platform, Microsoft delivers a beta release of its new Node.js Tools for Visual Studio. Source: Tech
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
Free Software Foundation statement on Heartbleed vulnerability
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•Today, news broke of a major security vulnerability in OpenSSL. The bug, which is being referred to as "heartbleed", allows unauthorized access to information protected, under normal conditions, by the SSL/TLS encryption used to secure much of the Internet. In response to the news, Free Software Foundation executive director John Sullivan made the following statement:…
How Git Redefined Open Source Software Development
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•It’s not hard to come up with a dozen different reasons why the rise of open source development has been a watershed event in both the software and hardware industries. All of us can build new web applications faster with our feet firmly planted on the shoulders of jQuery, Bootstrap, and Apache. Languages like Ruby,…