GPUs Power Low-Cost Supercomputer Solution from Nor-Tech

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September 23, 2015

Nor-Tech recently announced low-cost, GPU-powered supercomputer configuration that reduces the HPC purchase cost by 2/3 to 3/4 (about $20,000 less for an 8 GPU server). According to Nor-Tech, the solution is a good fit for nearly all, but not all organizations.

“We figured out a way to get consumer-grade cards into a 4U chassis,” said Nor-Tech’s Vice President of Engineering, Dom Daninger and his team tested and retested the prototype until they were satisfied that their solution would be successful for most applications. “The result is a niche product that allows nearly all organizations to take advantage of GPU supercomputing capabilities—in essence supercomputing capabilities at an unheard of price point.”

Google’s New Squeeze: Brotli Compression Open-Sourced

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The Register

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September 23, 2015

Google wants to bring to life the HBO series Silicon Valley: it’s pitching a new open source compression algorithm into the world, with the hope that it can eventually end-of-life the venerable Deflate.

Brotli (“small bread” in Swiss German, apparently) follows on from Zopfli (“little braid,” also bread-themed), but with between 20 and 26 percent better compression ratios. That, software engineer Zoltán Szabadka of Google’s Compression Team writes, is because while Zopfli maintained Deflate compatibility, Brotli uses new data structures.

Upload Photos On Flickr With Frogr Flickr Upload Client For Linux

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Mohd Sohail

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September 23, 2015

Frogr is a Linux client for uploading photos on Flickr. Users of Flickr don’t need to visit the Flickr web app to upload their favorite photos. Frogr allows you to upload photos and let you edit the photos’ title, description, tags and privacy etc. It allows you to edit whatever the flickrweb app provides. Frogr is officialy for GNOME but this works fine with Unity and other desktop environment.

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ScyllaDB Database Emerges Out of Cloudius Systems

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eWeek

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September 22, 2015

The new NoSQL column store database is intended to be a drop-in replacement for Apache Cassandra.

Avi Kivity is well-known in the open-source and Linux communities as the original lead developer of the widely deployed KVM hypervisor. In 2012, Kivity started a company called Cloudius Systems, which develops the OSv operating system for the cloud. Today, Cloudius is being rebranded and refocused under the name ScyllaDB.

How Open Source and Crowdfunding Are Creating a New Business Niche

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Datamation

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September 22, 2015

The convergence of crowdfunding and open source is having some unexpected results.

A modular laptop built with a Raspberry Pi. An ergonomic, programmable, mechanical keyboard made from slabs of maple, so it looks like a solid-state electric guitar. A device that plugs into a wall socket that allows you to control devices from your smart phone.

What do these and hundreds of other devices – from wearable tech to portable solar chargers – have in common? First, all of them are being crowdfunded. Second, many are being boot-strapped with open source software.

Introducing the Unofficial OneDrive Client for Linux

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Softpedia

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September 22, 2015

onedrive-client-for-linux You’ve got to love the open source community! We have just discovered, while digging the Internet, that an independent developer managed to create the first-ever OneDrive client for GNU/Linux operating systems.

According to the project’s website, it aims to be a minimal OneDrive client for Linux, which comes as an open-source (GPLv3) and freely distributable binary, usable via the command-line interface (for the moment), featuring no Java or Python code.

XcodeGhost Apps Haunting iOS App Store More Numerous Than First Reported

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ArsTechnica

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September 22, 2015

Security researchers have both good and bad news about the recently reported outbreak of XcodeGhost apps infecting Apple’s App Store. The bad: the infection was bigger than previously reported and dates back to April. The good: affected apps are more akin to adware than security-invading malware.

“XCodeGhost seems to be far more widespread than initially assumed,” researchers from security firm Appthority wrote in a blog post published Monday.

Splunk Launches Analytics Service for IT Operations

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ZDNet

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September 22, 2015

Splunk’s IT operations service adds analytics and performance tracking for information technology infrastructure.

Splunk on Tuesday launched an analytics service for information technology operations in a move that adds a front end to its machine learning tools. The company’s Splunk IT Service Intelligence tool is designed to provide visualizations and analytics to track technology infrastructure. The goal for Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) is to find issues, determine the cause and find fixes.

Tiny $30 WiFi-Enabled OpenWRT Module Runs on 1 Watt

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LinuxGizmos

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September 22, 2015

NixCore announced a $30 COM that runs OpenWRT on a Ralink RT5350 SoC with built-in WiFi on 1 Watt, and comes with detailed documentation and an Arduino IDE. The NixCore X1 computer-on-moduleâ€™s Ralink RT5350 system-on-chip, which appears to predate MediaTekâ€™s acquisition of Ralink, is one of several Ralink SoC models that are roughly equivalent to the now Qualcomm owned Atheros line of processors.

GNOME Builder 3.18 Officially Released Ahead of the GNOME 3.18 Desktop Environment

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Softpedia

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September 22, 2015

gnome-builder-3-18 Christian Hergert had the great pleasure of announcing the release and immediate availability for download of his powerful GNOME Builder 3.18 open-source integrated development environment tool for GNOME app developers.

According to the internal changelog, GNOME Builder 3.18 adds all sorts of new features and improvements, among which we can mention the addition of a vsdo fallback on GNU/Linux platforms, as well as the implementation of a simple Goto Line popover…