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ZDNet | Thursday May 23, 2013 10:52:05 PM | Enterprise Computing

Developers key to operating cloud native applications, says architecture director of company's cloud systems team. Read more...

LogMeIn Tests Cloud Apps Management Tool

ZDNet | Thursday May 23, 2013 07:00:00 PM | Enterprise Computing

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Kindle Fire HD Spreads to Over 170 Countries, Bringing Uncertainty for Other Android Tablets

ZDNet | Thursday May 23, 2013 05:33:05 PM | Embedded / Mobile

The Kindle Fire represents a real threat to the Android tablet landscape not because of the Amazon logo, but because of its highly disruptive pricing. Read more...

LinkSmart’s Low-Cost, Big Data Plan with Linux and MapR

Libby Clark | Thursday May 23, 2013 04:00:00 PM | Featured Blogs |

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LinkSmart’s audience and link management platform for publishers was built with big data at its core. So when management decided to migrate the cloud-based application to their own hardware, there was no question it would be completely powered by Linux. Also key to the company’s IT cost savings is MapR’s NFS mount, which allows systems administrators to directly access the Hadoop cluster using sta... Read more...

New Paper: How Engineering Leaders Can Use the Yocto Project to Solve Complex Problems

Amanda McPherson | Thursday May 23, 2013 03:55:53 PM | Featured Blogs |

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In a new Linux Foundation training publication titled How Engineering Leaders Can Use the Yocto Project to Solve Complex Problems , the Linux Foundation’s Director of Embedded Solutions, Rudi Streif, outlines some common challenges that plague engineering leaders who work with embedded products. As a 20+ year experienced embedded engineer, Streif walks you through some sp... Read more...

Sharp: Linux Kernel Internships (OPW) Update

LWN | Thursday May 23, 2013 03:37:00 PM | Software

Sarah Sharp reports on the response to the availability of a set of Outreach Program for Women internships working on the Linux kernel. "As coordinator for the Linux kernel OPW project, I was really worried about whether applicants would be able to get patches into the kernel. Everyone knows that... Read more...

Report: Android-Related Projects Far Outpace iOS Projects

OStatic | Thursday May 23, 2013 02:56:27 PM | Embedded / Mobile

The creation of new Android-related open source projects picked up in a big way in 2012, radically outpacing new iOS projects, according to data released by Black Duck Software. Black Duck manages and secures implementations of open source software, and has large samples of real-world data on open source software in use and in development. Its latest study shows that new Android mobile projects ou... Read more...

Introducing Boot to Qt

LWN | Thursday May 23, 2013 02:26:18 PM | Embedded / Mobile

The Qt Blog introduces "Boot to Qt", which is "a light-weight UI stack for embedded linux, based on the Qt Framework - Boot to Qt is built on an Android kernel/baselayer and offers an elegant means of developing beautiful and performant embedded devices." Access is invitation-only currently; a release is... Read more...

New Maven Plugins for Simpler Architecture Management

The H | Thursday May 23, 2013 01:51:00 PM | Software

NoPackageCyclesEnforcerRule automatically detects cyclical dependencies between classes from different packages; Macker helps define specific dependencies between packages and automatically verifies those rules... Read more...

Verizon's Galaxy S4 Gets Rooted Almost Instantly

CNET | Thursday May 23, 2013 01:29:16 PM | Embedded / Mobile

Developers have rooted Big Red's Galaxy S4 right away, but how long will it last? [Read more] ... Read more...

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