$7M Funding Means All Systems Go for Cyanogen
- Sep
- 19
The Cyanogen free and open source Android firmware project on Wednesday announced that it had received $7 million in a Series A round of funding in April. The investment came from Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. “What will change is our capabilities, our speed, and our size,” wrote Cyanogen founder Steve Kondik. “I am not going to let anyone stagnate.”
OpenPGP Studio Keeps Prying Eyes Off Your Personal Data
- Sep
- 18
GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio is an easy-to-use, cross-platform desktop tool by Linoma Software that protects files using the OpenPGP encryption standard. Why opt for this relative newcomer instead of other, more mature open standards-based encryption solutions? If for no other reason, OpenPGP Studio is “pretty good protection,” which is the basis of the OpenPGP standard.
Valve Chief: All Gaming Roads Lead to Linux
- Sep
- 17
The future of the gaming industry is Linux, Valve CEO and founder Gabe Newell told the crowd during his keynote address at LinuxCon on Monday. Newell also hinted at a Valve announcement next week that will bring Linux into the living room. The company could be planning to release Steam Box, a Linux-based device designed to connect with TVs to play Steam-based games.
Goodbye, Encryption; Hello, FOSS
- Sep
- 16
Few would deny that the world has changed since the National Security Agency’s PRISM surveillance program was revealed, and not for the better. Here in the Linux blogosphere, FOSS fans have been mulling the implications ever since the unsettling news broke back in June, but just recently things have taken on an even darker cast. Turns out not even encryption techniques can hold the NSA at bay.
Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into a Web Server
- Sep
- 14
Raspberry Pi is one of the most popular devices around. Educators, enthusiats, students and even Googlers love it.
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read morePanicGuard: Nice Idea but Not Ready for Prime Time
- Sep
- 13
Here’s an app that should bring peace of mind to any late-night solo worker, exerciser or neighborhood watch patroller. It’s an ingenious combination of personal alarm, tracker and alert creator that uses sensor and other components included in the average smartphone, such as the speaker, to sound an alarm. The GPS and other location services are used for tracking.
Open Source Is Woven Into the Latest, Hottest Trends
- Sep
- 12
We may not see or hear much about open source in the latest cloud or Big Data offerings, but it’s playing a significant role in the most disruptive trends in enterprise IT. Just as we’ve seen with open source in cloud computing, it is an integral part of trends that currently are disrupting consumer and enterprise IT markets, including hybrid cloud computing, automation and devops, and Big Data.
Wireless Aside, Cr OS Linux Delivers the Best of Two Worlds
- Sep
- 11
The Cr OS Linux distribution is an interesting blend of the Cinnamon desktop with a special edition of the Chromium Web browser. The approach Cr OS Linux takes gives you a taste of Linux Mint with a chaser of a not-quick pure Google Chrome OS. Cr OS is a fully functional Linux distro. It has its own repository and package manager to provide software updates.
Treasure Data’s Hiro Yoshikawa: Taking the Open Road With Big Data
- Sep
- 10
Businesses and government agencies are in a race to gather, quantify and clarify an ever-increasing stream of data. Housing the bits and pieces of their digital treasures can be just as much of a problem as deciding whether to trust traditional relational platforms or adopt more flexible databases designed to handle unstructured data.
Microsoft and Ballmer and Nokia, Oh My!
- Sep
- 09
The days of summer may be dwindling at last here in the Linux blogosphere, but that doesn’t mean things are cooling off. No indeed, the unseasonably scorching temperatures have been matched only by the sizzling nature of the news — in particular, Ballmer is out, and Microsoft is purchasing Nokia! More than a few Linux bloggers have been stuck in the doldrums, truth be told.