A Beginners Guide to Understanding OpenStack

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February 27, 2014

The more I learn about OpenStack, the more I see why there is so much buzz about the technology as well as about the community of developers and users. In a poll hosted on Opensource.com, we discovered that many of our readers are curious and eager to learn more about OpenStack. For those new to this technology, OpenStack can be described as a set of software tools for building and managing cloud computing platforms for public and private clouds.

Avoiding Android Pitfalls, Mozilla Shoulders Firefox OS Update Burden

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February 27, 2014

Mozilla doesn’t want Firefox OS users to have out-of-date versions of the mobile OS, so it’s working to offer updates itself over Wi-Fi connections. [Read more]

A Career in Linux is What You Should Be Pursuing In 2014

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February 27, 2014

With large firms making attempts to equip themselves better with the latest technology so as to maintain their edge over the competition; this seems to be a good time to be a technology professional. However, it’s even a better time to be into Linux system administration. How? We will see it here.

2014 is a good year for technology professionals. With every business increasingly becoming data driven, hiring managers across different spectrums are looking to strengthen their tech teams. And Linux professionals hold an advantage here. This is the view presented by a latest survey conducted by Dice and The Linux Foundation, where it took a holistic view of the thriving Linux jobs landscape. According to the report 77% of hiring managers have set their eyes on recruiting Linux professionals in 2014, which is 7% up from a year ago.

YunTab S5 Android Phone Uses 3D Infrared for Secure Face Unlock

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CNET

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February 27, 2014

Want to keep your phone secure with just your face? This $152 Chinese handset will do just that. [Read more]

Intel Works On RandR Implementation For Wayland’s Weston

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Phoronix

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February 27, 2014

The latest work by Intel employees on Wayland is adding an RandR protocol, similar to the X RandR protocol, to the Weston compositor…

Symantec’s Vision of Enterprise Security Rests Upon Collaboration, Sharing Data

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February 27, 2014

Symantec’s chief of security intelligence suggests an approach that could reveal and fix more blind spots in enterprise IT worldwide.

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Exciting Features Coming For Qt 5.3

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February 27, 2014

The official release of Qt 5.3 is tentatively planned for April but with the feature freeze coming up we already have a good idea for the features of this next tool-kit release…

Ubuntu Unity to Bring Back Local Menus

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February 27, 2014

When Canonical introduced its new Ubuntu Unity interface, a major design element was a global, universal menu that all apps would use. Things have changed. Canonical is switching back to local app menus.

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Github Brews Text Editor for Developers

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February 27, 2014

‘Atom’ builds on Chromium to offer text editor in a browser that won’t browse

Github has released a beta of what it says is “ the text editor we’ve always wanted.”…

IBM Uses Thinking Computer to Generate Chocolate Burritos and Other Weird Food

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February 27, 2014

Cognitive computers — machines capable of learning, rather that simply following programming — may one day be able to mimic human brains. But first, they’re being used to invent chocolate burritos and Swiss-Thai asparagus quiche. IBM, a leader in the field of cognitive computing who has been working with DARPA since 2008 on a project to create a computer that thinks as people do, has partnered with the Institute of Culinary Education to take the IBM Food Truck on a tour round the United States. On its travels, top chefs will be serving meals dreamed up by a computer.