Can a Toy Robot Teach Kids Computer Programming?

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October 28, 2013

In late 2012, Vikas Gupta left his job as head of the consumer payments division at Google and set out to discover what he would do with the rest of his life. He’d recently had a daughter, and he knew his next venture would involve helping kids. Then he chanced across an article about Estonia, and how that country begins teaching programming to all children in first grade. He did a little research into the state of computer science education in America and was shocked to find how rare it was. So he set out to create a compelling way for children as young as four or five to start learning basic coding concepts.

The result was Play-i, a new startup building robots that it hopes will teach children about programming through play. The…

Nvidia Expands Shield Controller Capabilities to Thousands of Android Games

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CNET

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October 28, 2013

For a limited time, the company also will offer up to $100 off the portable gaming device and free copies of several games with the purchase of certain Nvidia GeForce GTX graphics cards. [Read more]

Manage MySQL with Puppet

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Wazi

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October 28, 2013

You probably already know that Puppet allows you to set up a server from scratch. You might not realize that Puppet provides efficient, centralized management for complex services such as MySQL.

We recently talked about multiserver administration with Puppet. Now let’s focus on MySQL administration, via Puppet’s MySQL module, a complete, thorough, and proven module that follows best practices both for MySQL and Puppet.

Debian To Switch To Systemd Or Upstart

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Phoronix

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October 28, 2013

Debian developers have been in a very polarized discussion recently about replacing their default SysVinit system with a more modern init system; namely, Debian developers are evaluating whether to use systemd or Upstart…

How to Set Up Web-Based Network Traffic Monitoring on Linux

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The Linux Foundation

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October 28, 2013

When you are tasked with monitoring network traffic on the local network, you can consider many different options to do it, depending on the scale/traffic of the local network, monitoring platforms/interface, types of backend database, etc. ntopng is an open-source (GPLv3) network traffic monitor which provides a web interface for real-time network traffic monitoring. ntopng […]
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Angel, the Open Source Sensor Platform for Health and Fitness Funded on Indiegogo

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The Linux Foundation

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October 28, 2013

Angel, is a super interesting wearable device coming up from indiegogo.

This project really looks awesome:

Angel is the first device designed with developers in mind. Currently most trackers for fitness and health are built for use by a single proprietary app. We want to change that. We are opening up every protocol, API and sensor data stream. Ultimately, this means more apps to choose from.

When it comes to openness, the Angel project dubs itself as open both in software and hardware.

That would be a great choice, as only an open hardware ecosystem (coupled with apps) could provide a good level of experimentation.

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Samsung Scores $100 Million NBA Deal for Courtside Tablets and TVs, Says WSJ

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The Verge

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October 28, 2013

The NBA’s next provider for courtside electronics will be none other than Samsung, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal today. Sources familiar with the three-year deal value it at $100 million, with Samsung providing its tablets and TVs for use by NBA coaches, players, and referees during games. That’ll be the core of the arrangement, however additional collaboration â€” such as the NBA customizing video content for Samsung devices â€” and the inevitable brand exposure during primetime games will also be highly valuable to the Korean company.

Samsung has pursued an aggressive US marketing strategy, which in the basketball realm has included an endorsement form LeBron James and a prominent Jay-Z ad during the NBA Finals….

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Linux 3.12-rc7 Released; Final Version Likely In One Week

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Phoronix

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October 28, 2013

The seventh — and likely last — release candidate for the Linux 3.12 kernel is now available. While late in the release cycle, there’s been an uptick in new patches merged this week…

Seagate Introduces a New Drive Interface: Ethernet

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ArsTechnica

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October 28, 2013

It’s not time to say goodbye to the old storage network quite yet, but a new combination of cloud, networking, and storage technology might mark the beginning of the end for SANs—Seagate has introduced a new storage architecture that puts Ethernet directly on the disk drive.

Called the Kinetic Open Storage Platform, the new approach turns disks themselves into servers, delivering data over the network to applications using an open application interface. The Kinetic platform is a combination of an open programming interface and intelligence and a network interface installed in the storage device itself. It’s targeted mostly at companies looking to adopt the same sort of architecture in their data centers that they use to connect to cloud storage providers such as Amazon.

Development Release: Musix GNU+Linux 3.0 RC1

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DistroWatch

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October 27, 2013

After nearly four years without a stable release, Musix GNU+Linux, a Debian-based distribution designed for musicians, has been resurrected. The new release is a candidate for the upcoming version 3.0: “The development team of Musix GNU+Linux is proud to present version 3.0 release candidate 1 after 11 months….