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Tiny Pluggable Linux ARM Computers Are Red-Hot

25.05.2012 17:54  The new wave of fun geek toys is inexpensive, hackable, tiny Linux-powered ARM computers, and they're red hot. This is the year to go small.

Open Recall: Fedora 17 on Mac, libusb Fork and an x86 Android Image

25.05.2012 16:44 Open Recall is a new space on The H for those things which are too small to package as news but are worth the linkage. Open Recall collates the interesting stories which didn't quite make the cut.

Xoreax Software Finds Diamonds in the Cloud

25.05.2012 16:34 Xoreax Software announced recently that diamond-producer Sarin Technologies has has adopted the company’s IncrediBuild-XGE acceleration software. Sarin is using IncrediBuild-XGE to accelerate the performance of Sarin Advisor, a specialized diamond analysis application that maximizes the value of raw diamonds. The software calculates millions of potential diamond cutting options and identifies optimal cutting patterns based on stone attributes including size, weight, and internal flaws. Our adoption of...

Business Apps Are Becoming Integrated with Google Drive

25.05.2012 16:11 Recently, Google introduced its Google Drive cloud storage service, and with it you can sign up for 5GB of free cloud storage, and use it efficiently with your Android device. We've also made the point that Google Drive will provide a form of rescue for Google's Chrome OS, which has been criticized by some for its cloud-centric focus and inflexibility with standard kinds of storage. By filling the storage gap in Chrome OS, Google can appeal to enterprise users with incentives for free Google Drive storage in the cloud in combination with Chrome OS. And now, it's clear from the ecosystem that is taking shape around Google Drive that that is a point of focus for Google. Already, partnerships focused on business users are cropping up around Google Drive. For example, RightSignature, which offers ways to get documents completed and signed online, has announced an integration with Google Drive. The integration with RightSignature means users can send documents stored in Google Drive for an e-signature with a few clicks. When the online signature is completed, signed documents are automatically saved in Google Drive. This is clearly aimed at business users. Think of how a real estate agent might use the service. Syncdocs is another service that...

The Portal Cube Shown On Open-Source Linux

25.05.2012 14:34 Here's a video of the "Companion Cube" from Valve's Portal video game rendering on Linux...

Ubuntu One vs Dropbox: Which Cloud Do You Use?

25.05.2012 13:39 Canonical added support for PayPal to their commercial Ubuntu One cloud storage service.

Top 5 Internal Drives: The State of Solid-State Drives

25.05.2012 13:00 CNET editor Dong Ngo picks the best solid-state internal drives right now that are also reasonably priced. ...

New Obstacle for Open Source on Windows 8

25.05.2012 12:56 Microsoft has announced that, in future, the free of charge version of Visual Studio will only be able to create Metro-style applications. This significantly increases the barrier to entry for open source and freeware developers on Windows...

Linux Gamers Are Going Crazy for this New Game

25.05.2012 10:10 There's another Kickstarter-backed game that may be coming to Linux and it's causing Linux gamers to become extremely excited. In the past day I've received no less than 30~40 emails from readers talking about this possible Linux port of Carmageddon: Reincarnation...

Open Cloud Roundup: Top Stories of the Week

24.05.2012 17:58 Our Digital Content Editor Libby Clark is away from the office this week, so I'm bringing you the Linux.com Open Cloud Roundup. The release of ownCloud 4, and the data surfaced from the Future of Open Source survey provide some interesting news bits this week, while Reuven Cohen and Matt Asay both make interesting points about the trajectory of cloud computing in their blogs. Build Your Own Open Source Cloud with ownCloud 4 ZDNet Steven Vaughan-Nichols writes a useful review of this week's ownCloud 4 release, pointing to its ease-of-use and saying that "ownCloud brings everything I need in one place so that I can run my own cloud my own way." The best thing about ownCloud is you can keep all your data on your own servers and choose the other public clouds with which you want to integrate. Open Source Finds its Way into Mobile, Cloud, Big Data eWeek A group of open source software companies this week released The Future of Open Source Survey, which we covered here at Linux.com. One of the interesting findings that eWeek surfaced in their story lead is that 40 percent of new open source projects in 2011 address cloud computing . This reflects the importance of Linux and open source software in enabling an open cloud experience for IT users who need interoperability, low costs and flexibility. Interest in Cloud Computing Has Peaked Forbes.com Reuven Cohen makes a case, based on web search data, that interest in the cloud has peaked. He shares data that shows web searches for cloud computing terms are down and points to Gartner's Hype Cycle to illustrate we're headed into the phase defined as the "trough of disillusionment." This is when the real winners and losers are exposed and real products start coming to market and real deployments can be analyzed from start to finish. The next phase? "Slope of enlightenment." We can't wait. Red Hat Could Cash In With Open Source Cloud Juggling Act The Register While this post is a summary of Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst's OSBC keynote, Matt Asay makes some really important points about the role of Linux and open source software in the cloud. Here are just a couple excerpts: "Cloud computing is all the rage these days, but it's really a natural consequence of the open-source trend that started decades ago. Cloud computing is essentially impossible in any major way without open-source software at its heart, a point Google has stressed for years. The economics just don't work without high-quality free software with minimal licensing friction." "We see this in the explosion of interest in Big Data, but that's just the sexy, Silicon Valley way of articulating the shift toward information-driven businesses. Those businesses can only afford to be so information-driven, however, because of how open source and other technology forces have dramatically lowered the cost of computing and communication." Seems to me we need to ask Matt to do another Q&A with us here on Linux.com about this topic . Until next week.

3D Supernova Simulations on Jaguar

24.05.2012 16:43 In an effort to measure the size of the universe, researchers are using the Jaguar supercomputer at ORNL to simulate the explosions of white dwarf star supernova. The physics of supernova explosions is something astrophysicists have been trying to figure out for about 50 years now,” said Stan Woosley, principal investigator of an Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment project and professor of astrophysics at the University of California–Santa Cruz. “It is an...

Android Malware Genome Project Launched

24.05.2012 16:28 Security researchers from North Carolina State University announced the launch of a new initiative – the Android Malware Genome Project – to find, collect and analyse Android malware and share it with researchers around the world...

Google+ on Android Gets its Turn at a UI Remake, Extra Hangout and Photo Features in the Bargain

24.05.2012 15:59 Did you see the Google+ 2.0 update for iPhone and wonder if Google's attention had drifted away from its own baby? Don't fret, as the Android app has just been given similarly loving treatment. The interface shares the reworked stream look that we saw on iOS while keeping the swipe-to-switch category filters that Google+ has used from the start. There's...

SSL Fix Flags Forged Certificates Before They're Accepted by Browsers

24.05.2012 15:57 Researchers have proposed an extension to the Internet's foundation of trust that's designed to root out fraudulent secure sockets layer certificates before attackers can use them to impersonate online banks and other sensitive websites.

Google's Schmidt Pledges Raspberry Pi Linux Computers to U.K. Schools

24.05.2012 15:40 As we've reported, the diminutive $25 Linux computer dubbed Raspberry Pi is attracting developers and tinkerers, and we've also noted that it could succeed where projects like One Laptop Per Child ran into roadblocks--in the educational market. In fact, the tiny devices have already drawn interest from educational system and technology industry leaders. Now, in a very promising step for the Raspberry Pi movement, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has pledged to give U.K. schools Raspberry Pis and pledged to train 100 teachers in how to pass Linux skills onto students. "Rebooting computer science education is not straightforward," Schmidt said at an event in London, according to the BBC.