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	Has Google Shot Android In The Foot? Alan Shimel: One of Android's key strengths is that its wide base of manufacturers allows it to be sold on just about every network, in many form factors and price points. Now makers like Samsung and HTC may ask themselves, how do we compete with Droid? Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Analyze Multi-Terabyte Network Traffic Recordings See Cascade Shark in action. This Webcast demonstrates how the only network analysis software fully integrated with Wireshark, the world's most popular network protocol analyzer, is capable of sustained, multi-gigabit per second recording of network traffic without packet drops. See how easy this powerful tool is to use. Learn more! In this Issue Open Source Support Reward Mechanisms Couchbase Scores 14m In New Funding Fedora 16 to skip btrfs by default Google's VP8 Getting Help From An Unlikely Source How Linux mastered Wall Street Study finds Android app-makers careless with some data CloudSwing enables open source cloud stacks Four Steps Toward a Successful Open Source Project WEBCAST: Riverbed High-Performance Network Traffic Recording See Cascade Shark in action. This Webcast demonstrates how the only network analysis software fully integrated with Wireshark, the world's most popular network protocol analyzer, is capable of sustained, multi-gigabit per second recording of network traffic without packet drops. See how easy this powerful tool is to use. Learn more! Open Source Support Reward Mechanisms Stephen Spector: In the last few weeks I have participated in several meetings on the topic of adding a reward system to community forums. Read More Couchbase Scores 14m In New Funding Alan Shimel: Couchbase, the company formed through the merger of Membase and CouchOne (developers of the open source CouchDB), announced that they have raised $14M in venture capital. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware Learn why traditional antivirus approaches don't work and why a new approach to endpoint security is required to better protect your company from malicious threats. Learn about the scope of the malware problem and strategies that can help you defend against evolving malware threats. Read now! Fedora 16 to skip btrfs by default Joe Brockmeier: One of the main features planned for Fedora 16 was a switch to btrfs by default. However, as the first alpha for F16 approaches, it looks like it will be another cycle before the filesystem gets its day in the sun. Read More Google's VP8 Getting Help From An Unlikely Source Alan Shimel: Google received support this week for its embattled WebM video format from an unlikely source. Skype announced that it has adopted VP8 the codec in WebM as its default. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Leveraging Cloud Security to Weather Threatening Storms This paper assesses the current cyber threat environment and discusses the use of distributed cloud services as an effective means to protect against evolving, modern day IT threats. It takes a close look at DDoS defense in particular. Read now How Linux mastered Wall Street When it comes to the fast-moving business of trading stocks, bonds and derivatives, the world's financial exchanges are finding an ally in Linux. Read More Study finds Android app-makers careless with some data A lot of the software written for Google's Android mobile phones falls short when it comes to user privacy and security. Read More CloudSwing enables open source cloud stacks OpenLogic's service will go up against PaaS offerings from Red Hat and VMware. Read More Four Steps Toward a Successful Open Source Project Are you thinking about launching an open source project in your organization? Want to do it the right way? Then take this advice from the experts. Read More
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