Mageia Project Announces Mageia 3 Linux

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Linux Pro Magazine

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May 21, 2013

Many package updates and Steam integration highlight the latest from the Mandriva-based community Linux.

Neo Technology’s Emil Eifrem: ‘Cloud Is the New Open Source’

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LinuxInsider

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May 21, 2013

Graphs are everywhere. You find them on websites adding social capabilities. Telecommunications companies use graphs to personalize customer services. Innovative bioinformatics researchers, and other organizations are adopting graph databases to model and query connected data. Neo Technology has pioneered graph databases since 2000 and has been instrumental in bringing the power of the social graph to customers such as Adobe, Cisco and Deutsche Telekom.

NASA is Funding a 3D Food Printer, and It’ll Start with Pizza

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The Verge

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May 21, 2013

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NASA is funding research into 3D-printed food. Mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor received a $125,000 grant from the agency to build a prototype 3D printer with the aim of automating food creation. It’s hoped the system could provide astronauts food during long-distance space travel, but its creator has the loftier aim of solving the increasing food shortages around the world. The software for the printer will be open-source, while the hardware is based on the open-source RepRap Mendel 3D printer.

The concept is to use basic “building blocks” of food in replaceable powder cartridges. By combining each block, a wide range of foods should be able to be created by the printer. The cartridges will have a lifespan of 30 years, more than…

Tails 0.18 Can Install Packages on the Fly

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The H

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May 21, 2013

The latest version of the live Debian Linux distribution for anonymity and privacy especially in repressive environments is now available with on the fly package updating and support for the latest obfuscation bridges.

QEMU 1.5: GPU Pass-Through and ARM Support

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The H

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May 21, 2013

The new QEMU supports KVM virtualisation on the Cortex A15 series of ARM cores and can use VFIO to pass through graphics chips from the host to the guest.

Arduino Launches Wi-Fi Board and Ready-to-Roll Robotics Platform

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The H

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May 21, 2013

Arduino has launched a new family of development boards and its first full robotics platform. The Arduino Yún is a Wi-Fi enabled board running Linux and the Arduino Robot is the company’s first robotics platform that is fully functional out of the box.

Does a ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Await Software Vendors Switching to Cloud?

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ZDNet

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May 21, 2013

No one in the industry is talking about any fears they may be having about the cloud — at least not out loud.

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Customers Not as Happy with iPhone As They Were Last Year

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CNET

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May 21, 2013

The American Customer Satisfaction Index shows Apple remains on top, but it’s declining while Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung are rising. [Read more]

$99 HDMI Stick Turns Displays Into Virtual Desktops

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LinuxGizmos

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May 21, 2013

Devon IT unveiled an HDMI stick that can turn any HDMI-compatible monitor or display into an interactive virtual desktop. “Ceptor” is somewhat larger than a typical USB memory stick, runs Devon IT’s Linux-based ZeTOS “zero client” operating system on a 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 SOC (system-on-chip), and sells for $99. “Unlike PC Sticks, Ceptor is […]

Tough Cat B15 Android Phone Marks U.S. Debut

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CNET

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May 21, 2013

The makers of tractors and other construction equipment are trying to drum up partners to sell its rough ‘n’ tumble Android smartphone. [Read more]