Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Hackers Use Open Source Too; Ubuntu moves away from GNOME

Ubuntu moves away from GNOME | Cloud Drives Server Prices ... Up?

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Hackers Use Open Source Too
Alan Shimel: Two well-known jailbreaking tools are going open source. Read More


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Ubuntu moves away from GNOME
Joe Brockmeier: The big news at the Ubuntu Developer Summit? Moving to Unity as the default interface for Ubuntu Desktop with Natty Narwhal (11.04), rather than GNOME Shell. Read More

Cloud Drives Server Prices ... Up?
Scott Crenshaw: Conventional wisdom says that clouds are built on inexpensive commodity servers. So I find it interesting that the leading server vendors have been investing in high-end server platforms targeting large cloud deployments. Read More

Makers, Users and Buyers of Open Source Software
Stephen Walli: The FUD of lawsuits continues unabated. Understanding your relationship to a project lets you ask the right questions. Read More

How many balls can you juggle?
Stephen Spector: For those of you who have never had the pleasure of releasing an open source software product I thought I would let you in on a secret - IT IS VERY PAINFUL. Read More


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The Joy and Pains of Releasing Open Source Software
Stephen Spector: How many balls can you juggle? Being in charge of a FOSS project will test you. Read More

Breaking the code in wacky product codenames
Michael Adams: Codenames for new IT products can be so odd. How they were chosen is often just as weird. Read More

Android vendors concede tablet market to Apple
Joe Brockmeier: I'm about ready to throw in the towel on Android tablets out of sheer frustration. Read More

One Year Later Metasploit Moves to an Open Core
Alan Shimel: It was just a year ago that Rapid7 makers of a vulnerability management tool acquired the Metasploit open source penetration testing project. Read More


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Motorola adds Android, iPhone support to mobile management
Motorola announced management support for Android smartphones and iPhones in its latest software management tool, known as Mobility Services Platform 3 Control Edition. Read More

Google's Android Market hits 100,000 apps
Jon Brodkin: Android still trails iPhone store's 250,000 apps but the Android Market has apparently just surpassed the 100,000 applications mark. Read More

Google Gingerbread man's arrival fuels Android update anticipation
The arrival of a giant Gingerbread man statue on Google's Mountain View campus signals that the next version of the Android operating system is probably just around the corner. Read More

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