Nao Humanoid Robot Humanoid Linux robot Nao thrills developers in Paris
Jun 21, 2012At the end of April, Aldebaran Robotics let their 57cm-long humanoid Nao robots loose on a human audience of mostly open source developers. The robots possess 25 degrees of freedom, a child’s gaze, and anthropomorphic interactions.
more »Social and Private with Friendica Developing for a Post-Facebook World
Jun 19, 2012Be social and keep in touch while maintaining your privacy with Friendica, a network that centralizes social media.
more »Fedora 17 Released
May 31, 2012The Fedora Project announces the availability of Fedora 17, the latest version of its free open source operating system distribution.
more »Kernel News
May 29, 2012Linux 2.4 Status
Kernel Insanity at the Highest Levels
Linux Licensing Constraints
Kernel Disassembler
more »Tech Tools
May 29, 2012Red Hat Announces OpenShift Origin
OpenMAMA 2.1 Now Available
Tizen Association Releases Larkspur
Yocto Project 1.2 Released
more »Coverity 6.0 Released
Apr 26, 2012Coverity rolls out a new testing tool and launches a developer community.
more »Kernel News KVM API Revamp; Load Balancing Improvements; Scheduler Testability
Apr 24, 2012Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.
more »Blue Systems to Sponsor Kubuntu
Apr 19, 2012According to the Kubuntu announcement, Blue Systems will encourage Kubuntu to follow its proven formula.
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Issue 172/2015
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Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
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Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.
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Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
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Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
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TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
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Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.
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Poll: Vote for the Best Open Source Software for Photographers
The Linux New Media Awards have honored the most significant products, projects, people, and organizations for open source/Linux every year since 2000.
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Debian Gets Forked
Legendary Uber-distro splits over the systemd controversy.
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Linux Mint Project Releases Mint 17.1
New LTS version offers many refinements for the Cinnamon and Mate desktops and significant improvement under the hood.
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CeBIT Open Source Forum Call for Papers
One of CeBIT’s most successful forums returns in 2015.