We’ve written before numerous times about bug bounties–cash prizes typically offered by companies to anyone who finds key software bugs in open source applicaitons and platforms. Source: Tech
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LINBIT Enhances Oracle Linux With DRBD Support
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•Open source high availability powerhouse LINBIT announced DRBD support on the Oracle Linux operating system this morning. Source: Tech
Inte reveals initial open source drivers for Broadwell
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•FUD Zilla spotted that Intel has already issued initial kernel driver support for its future Broadwell processor. Source: Tech
Valve unveils its Steam Machine prototype
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•This image, snapped by The Verge on its visit to Valve’s headquarters, reveals much about Valve’s initial homebrew Steam Machine prototypes. Source: Tech
Mikko Hypponen: Open Source Software Will Make the World More Secure
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•Open source software can be one answer to combating the global surveillance of innocent citizens, said security expert Mikko Hypponen in his keynote last week at LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh. Source: Tech
MontaVistaA ARMs Telecom to Attack the Cloud – Virtualized…
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•Carrier Grade Edition 7 Linux now also includes advanced virtualization features to enable seamless hardware acceleration for the performance sensitive Software Defined Network and Network Function Virtualization market. Source: Tech
Goodbye dotCloud, hello Docker
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•Bowing to the inevitable, dotCloud, the company that created Docker.io container technology for Linux apps, will now be known as Docker Inc. Docker’s claim to fame is it lets developers encapsulate their application as a compact container that can then, in theory, run across any Linux bare metal, virtualized, public cloud, or private cloud ……
Calxeda Updates Its ARM Server Platform, Targeting Private Clouds
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•The company’s new Server-on-a-Chip enables an integrated fabric of high-density servers and storage, and has been selected by HP for Moonshot solutions , which are tuned for hyperscale applications. Source: Tech
Dell to show off its first 64-bit ARM server
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•HP and Dell lead Samsung, Lenovo, and Acer in InfoWorld’s reviews of both classic clamshell notebooks and innovative touch-driven hybrids more While getting caught in the middle of competing demands is nothing new for IT leaders, the pressures being felt today are coming from more sides and with greater intensity than ever. Source: Tech
Ubuntu: 1999-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability
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•Software Description: – linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4 Details: Dan Carpenter discovered an information leak in the HP Smart Array and Compaq SMART2 disk-array driver in the Linux kernel. Source: Tech