GNU Radio 3.7.0 Released

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July 8, 2013

Version 3.7.0 of the GNU Radio software-defined radio suite is out. “This is a major new release of GNU Radio, culminating a year and a half of side-by-side development with the new features added to the GNU Radio 3.6 API. With the significant restructuring that was occurring as part of the 3.7 development, at times this seemed like rebuilding a race car engine while still driving it.“

SLES 11 SP3 Brings Secure Boot Support to the Enterprise

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July 8, 2013

The third Service Pack update to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 adds improvements in several storage-related technologies, improves network drivers and brings Secure Boot support to the enterprise server distribution.

Samsung Tops Apple in Fortune Global 500

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July 8, 2013

Samsung Electronics is the world’s 14th-largest company, beating out Apple, which took the 19th spot in the list. [Read more]

WebKitGTK+ Being Ported To Wayland

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July 8, 2013

Developers at the Igalia open-source consulting firm are currently working on porting WebKitGTK+ / WebKit2 to Wayland…

Canonical Reinforces Carrier Advisory Group

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July 8, 2013

With a 250-million-subscriber Chinese carrier joining the Ubuntu for phones club, Canonical now covers most growth markets. Meanwhile, work is progressing to get the phone OS ready for in-house testing and a first release in October.

Raspberry Pi Ushers in Synthesizer and Home Security Concoctions

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July 8, 2013

As we’ve reported many times, the diminutive $25/$35 Linux computer dubbed Raspberry Pi has emerged as one of the biggest open source stories anywhere. It’s attracted all kinds of developers and tinkerers, is now running many different flavors of Linux, and there is even now a supercomputer consisting of many Pi devices lashed together with Lego pieces.

In some of the more exotic new applications for Raspberry Pi, it’s being used in music, robotics and security scenarios. Check some of these concepts out.

Android 4.3 Spotted on HTC One Google Play Edition

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July 8, 2013

The next version of Android appears among the specs for Google’s stock version of the HTC One. [Read more]

Android Still Leads in U.S., But iOS Grows Stronger

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July 8, 2013

Sales growth for the three-month period ending May was flat for Android but reached 3.5 percent for iOS, says Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. [Read more]

The Linux Desktop Beauty Pageant, Round Eleventy

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July 8, 2013

Well the Fourth of July may have come and gone for another year here in the Land of Stars and Stripes, but for Linux fans, every day is Independence Day. Freedom from the dictates of a few giant software behemoths is what we celebrate each and every time we use our computers, as well as the world of choice that comes along with that freedom. Yes indeed, we’re free to choose the operating system we like best, free to tailor it, free to customize it with our favorite desktop environments and free to use Linux to help improve the lives of others.

Bluebox’s Android “Masterkey” Hole Identified

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July 8, 2013

Fixes to the Android fork CyanogenMod cast light upon the “masterkey” flaw and revealed it to be a simple trick of putting two same-named files in an archive. The challenge for Google is how to mitigate any exploitation and get updates to users.