How to Install the Android L Beta Now

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June 26, 2014

This guide will show you how to install the Android L Beta so that you can try out the Android L Release on your Nexus 5 or Nexus 7.

Google is offering an Android L Developer Preview, which is essentially an Android L Beta that comes complete with Android L factory images for the Nexus 7 and Nexus 5. You will need these Android L factory images to install the Android L Beta on your device. In addition you will need to install the Android SDK or at least ADB and Fastboot.

ownCloud 7 Aims to Advance Open-Source Cloud File Sharing

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eWeek

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June 26, 2014

With ownCloud 7, cloud file sharing is now enabled for users across different servers.

Stable Kernels 3.15.2, 3.14.9, 3.10.45, and 3.4.95

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LWN

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June 26, 2014

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of four stable kernels: 3.15.2, 3.14.9, 3.10.45, and 3.4.95. As usual, they contain changes throughout the tree and users of those kernel series should upgrade.

Red Hat’s Acquisition-Fueled Climb to the Cloud

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LinuxInsider

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June 26, 2014

Red Hat is famous for its ability to focus squarely on a market and technology and build success from there, as it did with Linux. However, the company increasingly has diverged from its roots and historical laser focus on the enterprise x86 server market with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The overarching theme and identity of Red Hat is still open source software, but the main driver for the company clearly is now cloud computing. Red Hat continued its climb into cloud computing with its $95 million cash-and-stock acquisition of eNovance.

How to Unleash the Power of Developer-Led Innovation

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eWeek

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June 26, 2014

Developers are an internal innovation engine to their companies. A new set of developer-centric rules will help spur the best ideas and applications.

Linus Torvalds to Developers: To Succeed, Make it Personal

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InfoWorld

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June 26, 2014

“It’s not that Linux was new from a technical standpoint. It was new because it was done differently,” says Linus Torvalds in his interview with the IEEE Computer Society. “Linux made it clear how well open source works, not just from a technical standpoint, but also from a business, commercial, and community standpoint.”

Torvalds, winner of the Society’s 2014 Computer Pioneer Award, discusses his past and his future in the above video, and he expounds on the philosophy that got him where he is today.

With Android One, Google is Poised to Own the Entire World

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The Verge

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June 26, 2014

In the developed world, smartphones are ubiquitous. They’re so common, many device makers have given up on selling non-smartphones entirely. But that’s not the case in the developing world, where consumers are still in transition. This market opportunity has often been referred to as “the next billion,” and many companies have made it their priority to focus on it. Research firm IDC reports that in India, smartphone sales have exploded 186 percent in growth in just the last year, with 78 percent of sales coming from devices priced below $200.

Nokia has made the next billion a big part of its business for years, first with the Asha line of phones, and now with its Android-powered Nokia X series. Nokia’s new parent, Microsoft, has also…

PLUMgrid Offers Networking Suite for Securing OpenStack

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OStatic

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June 26, 2014

Ask many IT adminstrators about sticky issues they are facing as they pursue OpenStack deployments, and lots of them will say that they are wrestling with the security features built into the platform. Enterprises simply don’t want to trust a cloud platform and move apps and data to the cloud without having confidence in platform security.

Now, OpenStack may be getting an assist in this area from software-defined networking (SDN) vendor PLUMgrid. PLUMgrid’s just released OpenStack Networking Suite provides virtual networking and security through many cutting-edge technologies.

Android L Could Help Google Crack the Enteprise Market

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OStatic

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June 26, 2014

The Google I/O conference is underway, and, as forecasted here, Android is the star of the event. Not only is Android headed for smartwatches, cars and televisions according to announcements made this at the conference, but it is also going to become much more widely accepted in enterprises if Google has its way.

Android “L,” the next generation of the open operating system, is going to arrive this fall, Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Android, Chrome and applications for Google, said. It features enterprise-focused security and management features, along with productivity tools that businesses can leverage.

Intel MIC Run-Time Offload Library Close To Entering GCC

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Phoronix

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June 26, 2014

Intel’s MIC run-time offload library will likely be added to the GNU Compiler Collection in the very near future…