LibreOffice 4.0.1 Delivers Android Remote For All

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March 6, 2013

The first maintenance release for LibreOffice 4 brings over 100 bug fixes and sees the Android remote control for Impress updated to work with LibreOffice on Windows and Mac OS X, as well as Linux.

X.Org Server 1.14 “Keemun Mao Feng” Released

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Phoronix

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March 6, 2013

Version 1.14 of the widely-used X.Org Server was released on Wednesday morning. While this is a six-month update to the X.Org Server, this time around it isn’t a hugely exciting update…

Open Source’s Deep Dive Into the Enterprise

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LinuxInsider

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March 6, 2013

Server provisioning and configuration management and automation are the latest examples of where the tech industry is being driven, largely by open source software. The leading open source server and IT infrastructure automation frameworks, Opscode Chef and Puppet Labs’ Puppet, sit on the leading edge of significant trends under way in enterprise IT — particularly disruption from cloud computing and devops, where application development and IT operations come together for faster, smoother delivery of software and services.

Software-Defined Networking: ‘Virtualization’s Last Mile’

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ZDNet

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March 6, 2013

Next great frontier in IT: uncoupling the network from network hardware.

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EU Fines Microsoft $731M Over Browser Foul

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CNET

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March 6, 2013

European authorities levy yet another fine, after Microsoft runs afoul of previous antitrust commitments to provide a browser choice screen. [Read more]

Video: Supercomputer Modelling of a Complete Human Viral Pathogen

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insideHPC

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March 6, 2013

In this video, researchers perform a reconstruction and simulation of the poliovirus using the BlueGene/Q supercomputer at the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative. The poliovirus model is being used as a basis for understanding antiviral drugs, virus infection and helps us to learn how to model related viruses such as Enterovirus 71.

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KDE 4.10.1 Corrects Over One Hundred Errors

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The H

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March 6, 2013

The first of KDE 4.10’s monthly updates to stabilise the Qt-based desktop environment fixes over one hundred errors in the software

Valve To Begin Steam Box Tests In Coming Months

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Phoronix

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March 6, 2013

It looks like Valve is planning to begin Steam Box testing with gamers this summer…

FreeBSD Works On AMD KMS, BHyVe, Clang

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Phoronix

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March 6, 2013

The FreeBSD Q4’2012 status report has been issued to update its users and other stakeholders on the state of this BSD operating system…

Remote Management Devices Gain Enhanced Serial Port Virtualization

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LinuxGizmos

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March 5, 2013

Opengear, maker of Linux-powered remote cellular out-of-band management devices and console servers, has announced enhancements to its products’ virtual serial port capabilities based on a new partnership with Eltima Software. “Opengear customers can now benefit from the evolution of our product offerings with Eltima’s newer virtualized serial port software, robust feature set and intuitive user […]