Google’s Robotics Program Has Legs, But Where is it Going?

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December 17, 2013

Google’s plan to dominate the robotics field is well underway. Already, Google owns a company that make robot arms, a company that makes robot eyes, and now one that makes robot legs.

With last week’s acquisition of Boston Dynamics, an 80-person company that makes robots that can run faster than Usain Bolt and catch their balance after slipping on ice, the Mountain View giant has assembled a world-class team capable of developing the kinds of sophisticated robots we’ve only seen in science fiction. But what, exactly, is Google building?

Google has declined to elaborate on its robotics program, but various experts point to everything from off-road mapping to elder care.

“If you look at all the companies, each one is a key…

Fedora 20 Released

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LWN

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December 17, 2013

The Fedora 20 release is out. “The Fedora Project dedicates the Fedora 20 release to Seth [Vidal] and asks that you join us in remembering his generous spirit and incredible work that helped make Fedora what it is today. We miss you, Seth.” Click below for an overview of the many changes and new features in this release.

Samsung Unwraps Game Controller for Android Phones

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CNET

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December 17, 2013

The new GamePad is now up for sale only in parts of Europe, though Samsung says it’s slated for additional markets. [Read more]

Dell’s Business Model Shifts To The Cloud In Pact With Dropbox

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ReadWrite

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December 17, 2013

In a move to make itself more relevant to companies hungry for drag-and-drop online storage, Dell announced new plans that will bring Dropbox to several of Dell’s products and services.

Dell’s expansion into cloud-based storage says a lot about its future strategy. Following its 2011 break with EMC as its storage provider, Dell quickly aligned itself with many cloud-based storage providers and application vendors.

Linux: Keep An Eye On Your System With Glances Monitor

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Vivek Gite

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December 17, 2013

Glances is a free LGPL licensed cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool that can provide me a maximum of information about your cpu, disk I/O, network, nfsd, memory and more in a minimum of space in a terminal. It can also work in a client/server mode for remote monitoring. This utility is written in Python and uses the psutil library to fetch the statistical values from your server.

Samsung Files for Electric-Vehicle Patents, Prompts Speculation

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CNET

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December 17, 2013

The company says right now that it has no plans to bring electric vehicles to the world, despite its patent filings. [Read more]

GCC Compiler Receives ARM big.LITTLE Tuning Support

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Phoronix

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December 17, 2013

Patches have been published that allow the GNU Compiler Collection to tune generated binaries for ARM big.LITTLE systems…

‘Systems Performance’: A Definitive Guide for the Cloud Enterprise

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LinuxInsider

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December 17, 2013

Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloudis a must-have reference guide for any IT manager or sysadmin whose job involves working with computer systems that are tethered to the cloud. Author Brendan Gregg is no newcomer to writing definitive books on computer networks and system performance, but his latest release could well be his best work so far. Gregg received the 2013 LISA Award for Outstanding Achievement in System Administration. He is lead performance engineer at Joyent; before that, he was a Solaris kernel engineer at Sun Microsystems.

How to Remote Control Raspberry Pi

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The Linux Foundation

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December 17, 2013

Once you have a fully working Raspberry Pi system, it is probably no longer convenient for you to access Raspberry Pi directly via a keyboard and HDMI/TV cable connector dedicated to Raspberry Pi. Instead, you will want to remote control “headless” Raspberry Pi from another computer. In this tutorial, I will show you how to […]
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Open Source at the Heart of Most Startups These Days

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OpenSource.com

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December 17, 2013

Bringing together people with high-energy and motivation to create startups that have the potential to make a positive impact on society is a great endeavour. It takes vision to bring together inspiring leaders on one platform and create an environment where their best skills are put to use for a larger cause. C3 Inspire is one of those organizations and thrives on such a vision.

I spoke with Alim Maherali, founder of C3 Inspire, and that talk put a lot of things in perspective when it comes to building and successfully running an organization based on the open source principles of collaboration, connections, and sharing.

In this interview, he tells me about the new culture of startups where there’s a reigning sense of collaboration and the overwhelming use of open source software.

Read more in my interview with Alim Maherali.