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Qubes' Xen-Like Security Requires a Leap of Faith

If you want an effective and different approach to computer platform security, turn to theQubes OS....

Ubuntu Goes to Microsoft's Windows 10 Bash

Microsoft on Wednesday unwrapped a major open source coup forCanonical when it announced that Ubuntu Linux will be able to run on Windows 10 Kevin Gallo, Microsoft's director of Windows developer platform, announced the development during a keynote address at Microsoft's Build 2016 conference in San Francisco....

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Apricity OS Is Clean and Classy

If you're looking for a quick, clean and classy Linux distro, look no further than theApricity OS beta. Either of the two available flavors -- GNOME or Cinnamon -- is sure to give you a pleasant computing experience....

Google Says Sayonara to Chrome App Launcher

Google on Tuesday announced that it was shutting down the Chrome app launcher everywhere but in the Chrome OS That means users who like to launch their favorite Google apps from a menu will have to settle for launching them only within the Google Chrome browser or through shortcuts in their bookmark bar....

Android, iOS on Opposite Sides of Encryption Divide

Consumers' understanding of what encryption does apparently doesn't determine whether they use the technology, with iPhone owners much more likely to use encryption than Android users Most Android phones are not encrypted, either by user choice or manufacturer design. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, about 95 percent of all iPhones...

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Remix OS Fills Android Desktop Void

The ability to run the Android OS as a fully functional desktop on PCs took a giant leap forward this month with a release that merges theAndroid-x86 Project with Jide Technology'sRemix OS distribution....

Microsoft Sees the Light and Joins Eclipse

Microsoft on Tuesday announced it was joining theEclipse Foundation as a solutions member Membership will enable the company to collaborate more closely with the Eclipse community, which has more than 240 members....

SQL Server on Linux Shows Microsoft's More Flexible Side

Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to release a version of its enterprise database product SQL Server 2016 for Linux "Bringing SQL Server to Linux is another way we are making our products and new innovations more accessible to a broader set of users and meeting them where they are," said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president for Microsoft's cl...

Amazon Flip-Flop Lands Fire OS Back in Encryption Camp

Amazon last week announced that it had reversed a previous decision to drop support for local encryption on version 5 of its Fire tablet operating system The disclosure came one day after the company joined 14 others to support Apple in itsfight against the FBI, which wants the company to create a tool or code to unlock an iPhone that belonged to o...

Google Joins Effort to Stop Zika Virus Spread

Google last week announced it would contribute US$1 million to theUN Children's Fund to support the global fight against the mosquito-borne Zika virus A team of Google engineers has volunteered to work with UNICEF to analyze data in an effort to figure out the viral infection's path. It also will match employee donations with the goal of giving an ...

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If You Like Fedora, You'll Love Korora

The Korora Linux desktop is a solid computing platform that's loaded with options to suit a wide range of user needs....

Cryptography Pioneers Win Million-Dollar Turing Award

TheAssociation of Computing Machinery on Tuesday named Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman recipients of the 2015 ACM A.M. Turing Award for their contributions to modern cryptography Their invention of public key cryptography and digital signatures revolutionized computer security, the organization said....

Report: 3.5 Million HTTPS Servers Vulnerable to DROWN

Areport released Tuesday on the DROWN vulnerability raises concerns about possible attacks that could expose encrypted communications DROWN, which stands for "Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened eNcryption," is a serious vulnerability that affects HTTPS and other services using SSL version 2, according to the team of security researchers who ...

Fresh Raspberry Pi Has Better Hardware Baked In

TheRaspberry Pi Foundation on Monday announced the availability of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B for US$35, the same price as the previous model It is thesecond major upgrade to the board in just over a year....

Microsoft Bolsters Cloud Security

Microsoft last week announced measures to improve security management and transparency for Azure cloud services and Office 365 The features, which come from technology Microsoft acquired last year when it purchased Adallom, will bolster security in cloud apps such as Office 365, Box, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Ariba....

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RebeccaBlackOS Is a Class Act

RebeccaBlackOS is a Debian Testing-based live distribution that offers a developmental view ofWayland-based Linux desktop sessions....

Chicago School Board Elevates Computer Science to Graduation Requirement

The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday voted unanimously to make computer science a graduation requirement for all high school students beginning with next year's freshmen Chicago Public Schools has become a national leader in computer science education since Mayor Rahm Emanuel launched the Computer Science for All initiative for grades K-12 i...

Operation Blockbuster Brings the Fight to Sony Hackers

Operation Blockbuster, a coalition of security companies led byNovetta, on Wednesday published a report detailing the activities of the Lazarus Group, the organization responsible for the 2014 cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment Researchers last week published detection signatures to the companies' respective software in the hope of dis...

Facebook TIPs the Scales Toward Better Networking

Facebook on Sunday at the 2016 Mobile World Congress announced its Telecom Infra Project, an engineering initiative aimed at developing new technologies and approaches to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure TIP will bring together telecommunications companies, infrastructure providers, system integrators and other technology compa...

Greenwave Brings Unity to IoT Networks

Greenwave Systems on Monday announced the expansion of its AXON Platform to unite mobile machine-to-machine and residential IoT networks into one fully manageable network service Mobile carriers, telecommunications operators and service providers can use AXON for Mobile IoT to integrate a variety of communications protocols into the same standard I...

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