The KVM pull request was accepted on Wednesday for the Linux 3.12 kernel. This KVM pull has two major new features…
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Nouveau Might Enable Fan Management Soon
The open-source Nouveau graphics driver has supported fan control management on some NVIDIA GPUs for several kernel releases now, but the support hasn’t been enabled by default. Fortunately, that may soon change…
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Qualcomm’s Smartwatch Entry Not What You Think It Is
It’s time for the onslaught of smartwatches.
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Google Taking Android Mainstream With KitKat
Google has been using desserts as codenames for major Android versions since the beginning. In a surprise move, Google has teamed with the KitKat candy bar for the next version.
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Savings: 67 Percent Report Budget Reduction with IaaS Implementation
The latest Tech Pro Research survey delves into the details of IaaS implemention, focusing on staffing, budget, benefits and results.
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Tizen Running Everything…And Everywhere: Upcoming Tizen Labs, Hack-a-thons and Events
Tizen developers, and those eager to learn more about the open source platform, will have plenty of opportunity for hands-on instruction around the world this fall.
From San Francisco and Bangalore to Tokyo and Edinburgh, the events are a great chance for mobile and HTML5 developers to find out more about the technical details, architecture, and building blocks needed to develop Tizen solutions. Developers will also be able to hack away, socialize, learn and possibly create prize-winning apps, of course, by entering the Tizen App Challenge offering just over $4M in prizes.
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Intel 3.0 Linux Driver To Enable SNA, Support XMir
Chris Wilson has tagged the xf86-video-intel 2.99.901 open-source Intel Linux hardware graphics driver today after making two significant changes: SNA will become the default 2D acceleration method and Canonical’s XMir is now supported by the mainline driver…
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Penguin Computing Demos Atom-Powered Open Compute Microserver
Today Penguin Computing demonstrated a new microserver platform based on the Intel Atom processor. As one of the first microserver designs built on the Open Compute Project’s microserver card specification, the microserver can accommodate 64-bit Intel Atom C2000 processors that feature up to eight cores and up to 32GB of 1600 MHz of DDR3L RAM […]
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Android Hit by Drop in U.S. Sales But Still Dominates, Says Report
Android’s slice of U.S. smartphone sales slid by 7.6 percent over the three month-period ending July, says research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. [Read more]
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Sony Debuts Camera-Centric Experia Z1 Android Phone
At the IFA trade show, the company showed off a new waterproof Android phone with a larger-than-usual image sensor and software that can take advantage of it. [Read more]
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