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Aug 23, 2012News of Google’s employee survival benefit surfaced recently, much to the amazement of bloggers, who were all out on the prowl for some tech news. In an interview with Forbes Magazine’s Meghan Casserly, Google Chief People Officer Lazlo Bock spelled out the terms. If a Google employee dies, the company will give a surviving spouse or domestic partner half the employee’s salary for up to 10 years.
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Aug 23, 2012- OSI accepting individual memberships.
- OpenGL 4.3 and ES 3.0.
- License Protection
- Raspberry Pi ramps up production.
- FSFE protects licences when bankruptcy strikes.
- Gaming passwords secured with My1login.
- Web Apps new to Ubuntu.
- LPI Forum
- RSA Anti Rogue App.
- US Cell Phone Right-to-Know Act.
Doghouse: Tiny Computers Doghouse – Tiny Computers
Aug 23, 2012A choice of ultrasmall boards lets future developers learn how to create and program computers.
more »Kernel News Benchmarking Futexes
Aug 23, 2012Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.
more »Android Extends Lead in Smartphone OS Market
Aug 17, 2012Android's market share climbs to 64.1%– up 20.7 percentage points from 2011.
more »FSFE Seeks to Protect Licenses from Bankruptcy
Aug 02, 2012Free Software licenses could face legal challenges in some European jurisdictions.
more »GIMP 2.8 An overview of the new features in GIMP 2.8
Jul 24, 2012Although the developers of GIMP version 2.8 have not achieved all their goals, they’ve awakened great expectations with some impressive new features.
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Jul 24, 2012- Red Hat Addresses Secure Boot
- FSF Addresses Secure Boot
- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
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