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'Not cool, guys' -- Torvalds bemoans size of RC7 for Linux kernel Version 3.5

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'Not cool, guys' -- Torvalds bemoans size of RC7 for Linux kernel Version 3.5
A host of small modifications and a large number of system-on-a-chip and PowerPC fixes inflated the size of release candidate No. 7 for Version 3.5 of the Linux kernel, according to curator Linus Torvalds' RC7 announcement, made on Saturday. Read More


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One day, three deals, $150 million in open source funding
Deals with GitHub, AlienVault, and Sonatype bring big money to open source quickly. Read More

A conversation with Sam Muirhead, the fully open source man
We have all seen the experiments of using some technology for 30-day periods. You know, the month of using Windows or Linux, the month of using the cloud, or testing Apple or Android. I have even seen the month of using open source software. But could you live for a year with open source? Not just using open source software, though; I mean open source everything. Read More

Linux vulnerability found in Web exploit
A hacked Colombian Transport website has been rigged to deliver a malware payload that is able to target Mac OS, Windows and even Linux systems, according to a report from F-Secure. Read More


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Java-based Web attack installs backdoors on Windows, Linux, Mac computers
A new Web-based social engineering attack that relies on malicious Java applets attempts to install backdoors on Windows, Linux and Mac computers, according to security researchers from antivirus vendors F-Secure and Kaspersky Lab. Read More

25 free open source projects IT pros will love
Although it's popular these days to pooh-pooh the advertising-supported, for-profit SourceForge in favor of GitHub, the SourceForge folks want to remind you that the forge still hosts more than 300,000 projects and serves up a good 4 million downloads a day. We asked SourceForge's new community manager and longtime open source coder, Rich Bowen, to sniff out a few of the cool, lesser-known projects he thinks IT folks will love. What follows are his picks, along with a few of our own. Read More

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A core dilemma for IT today is how to properly protect the organizations' information systems and assets given security tools often seem like a black hole sucking down both time and money. But a strong defense doesn't have to be expensive, and a good place to start is assessing what information is publicly available and figuring out how to safeguard it from attack. Read More


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Late last night/early this morning over 20 million homes that subscribe to DirectTV (including mine) were no longer able to watch 17 different channels that are owned by Viacom. Most of the channels I frankly don't give a hoot about not having. Read More

From tech to toilet paper, Berliner tries to live completely open source for one year
Open source computer, open source mobile phone, open source toothbrush, open source jeans, open source video codec, open source camera, open source beer and even open source toilet paper: these are just a few things you need if you decide to make every aspect of your life open source for a year. A 28-year-old filmmaker from New Zealand living in Berlin is going to try just that. Read More

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Linux is culprit in leap-second lapses: Cassandra exec
A number of high-profile outages that took place last weekend can be traced back to how the Linux OS kernel mishandled a leap second added to the official time, charges the CTO of DataStax, a company that manages the open source Cassandra database. Read More



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