How to Take, Keep and Share Great Android Smartphone Photos
- Oct
- 09
It’s not all photo apps and more apps when it comes to taking photographs with an Android smartphone — there are some basics that you need to know, unique to smartphones, that have nothing to do with imaging apps. If you’re finding that you’re migrating from a dedicated digital camera and taking more photographs with your phone but are disappointed with the results, here are some pointers.
MongoDB’s Eliot Horowitz: The Database Renaissance Has Begun
- Oct
- 08
NoSQL technologies are giving the database landscape a new look as they steadily push a shift from the relational database model. Young entrants to the alternative technology, such as MongoDB, have been gaining traction despite an admitted need to mature with more needed features. “For MongoDB as a part of the NoSQL space, it is a matter of maturity,” said Eliot Horowitz, CTO of MongoDB.
Tor Stands Tall Against the NSA
- Oct
- 08
The National Security Agency tried to crack the encryption protecting the Tor network — known as a bulletproof vehicle for anonymous communication — but was unable to do so, according to news reports based on revelations provided by former NSA systems administrator Edward Snowden. Undaunted, the agency and its British counterpart, GCHQ, then reportedly used a flaw in older versions of Firefox instead.
Intel’s Quarky Arduino Adventure
- Oct
- 07
With all the cornucopia of Valve-related announcements for gamers over the past few weeks, it may be difficult to imagine that the Linux world could have any more good news in store. That supremely encouraging gaming news, surely, was enough to last us a few good months here in the Linux blogosphere. Well think again! Our friends at Intel have been busy at work with the interests of a different set of users in mind.
Galileo Gives Gadget Makers Great Power
- Oct
- 04
Intel on Thursday announced Galileo, a microcontroller development board made jointly with open source hardware company Arduino for the education and maker markets. Based on Intel’s recently announced Quark system on a chip, the Galileo board will be available by the end of November for less than $60, said Intel spokesperson Kari Aakre.
LiveHive Offers Plenty of Pros for Collaborators on the Go
- Oct
- 04
If you’ve ever been involved with any kind of work-related group project, you’ll know what a nightmare it is to collaborate via email. The management of file versions alone is enough to introduce ambiguity and quickly hiccup the whole thing. Plus, if you’re not careful, it’s possible to start an entire email thread questioning what file version you’re supposed to be looking at.
Kdenlive Delivers Near-Pro Video Editing – If You Have the Right Stuff
- Oct
- 03
Kdenlive is a multitrack, nonlinear video-editing suite packed with some of the most recent video technologies. This application can be a great tool if you have serious video work to do, but you need to fully test it before attempting any mission-critical editing tasks. Kdenlive takes some effort to learn. That’s especially the case if you have little experience with other video-editing software.
No Gold Star for Galaxy Gear
- Oct
- 02
The first reviews of the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch have hit the Internet and they are generally tepid. However, “I’m not sure how anyone can give it a rating of anything until it is put through its paces over time by consumers actually using it in real-life situations,” said Larry Chiagouris, a professor at Pace University. Many reviewers expressed concern over the Gear’s $300 price tag.
Cray Adds Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor Support to XC30 Supercomputers
- Oct
- 01
With support for both Nvidia Tesla K20X GPU accelerators and Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors, the Cray XC30 architecture combines multi-core and many-core.
Read more at insideHPC
Coverity’s Zack Samocha: Software Quality and the Open Source Advantage
- Oct
- 01
Software quality is a topic close to most developers’ hearts, whether they work with open source or proprietary code. Assessing quality, however, isn’t always a simple matter. As a result, several efforts have sprung up to tackle the challenge, including the Coverity Scan project. Coverity began work in 2006 on the open source project, which is a joint endeavor with the Department of Homeland Security.